Author: Melissa Flint

From 2022 to 2024 Wildsight Creston Valley has been monitoring the health of the Goat River. The monitoring program gathered baseline water quality data and sampled benthic invertebrates. Benthic invertebrates are the bugs that live in the streambed.

Wildsight Creston Valley Branch is launching a pilot project to look at how animals are moving in the Creston Valley, and the health of riparian areas. Creston is a biodiversity hotspot in BC and in Canada, and has a number…

This past Monday, Norm Allard, Community Planner for Yaqan Nukiy (Lower Kootenay Band) took us on a tour of restoration projects on the Kootenay and Goat Rivers. The floodplain and wetland restoration work holds multiple benefits for wildlife, water and…

Combining all the themes in the Green Map The Green Map process shows that conservation is complex and that there are many challenges and opportunities on the landscape. After looking at the six map themes individually, they were aggregated further…

To get a general idea of the Creston Valley Green Map- you can see our first post here. To see the first three map themes, go here. Otherwise, dive into some details and give us your feedback! 4.

To get a general idea of the Green Map- you can see our first post here. Otherwise, dive into some details and then give us your feedback! Building a Map The Creston Valley Green Map is built from 28 data…

Welcome to the first of a series of blogs about our Creston Valley Green Map project. What is a green map? Green Maps are used worldwide to highlight nature, culture and other values to create healthier communities.

Results are in! 135 species were found in the Creston Valley this weekend! Thanks to Ulrike and the Creston Valley Bird Festival Committee for organizing. Thank you to all our valley birders who headed out in the beautiful sunshine to…