Useful Links:
Creston Valley Wildlife Management Area
Where to Stay, Places to Eat, Things to Do in Creston
College of the Rockies
Red Barn Farm
Wings Over the Rockies Festival, Invermere, BC
Karen Whitford Photography
Friends of the Kootenai National Wildlife Refuge
Swan Valley Honey
International Migratory Bird Day
Discover Owls
Important Bird Areas Canada
Baillie Grohman Winery
Kootenay Meadows
Going Wild with Brian Keating
Ramada Hotel
Birding with Paul Foth
Kunze Gallery
Ask Dr. David Bird
Gaelen Schnare Photography and Birding
For some great kid-friendly resources including Nature Quizzes, Scavenger Hunts, and Wetland Bird Checklists, please visit the Kootenay-Columbia Discovery Centre’s Learning Links
Kootenay Bank Swallows: Attached you will find our latest update. Feel free to contact with any questions you might have regarding the project. The swallows will be returning to the Kootenays in late April and May. Please report all active colony sites to kootenaybankswallows@gmail.com.
Great Blue Herons: Pandion Ecological Research Ltd. is continuing to monitor herons during the 2021 breeding season and would be very interested in any heron sightings that could help identify active breeding sites. This work comprises part of an ongoing heron inventory and stewardship project that has been funded by the Fish and Wildlife Compensation Program, the Columbia Basin Trust, and by the Government of Canada in 2020. Heron sightings can be reported directly to Marlene Machmer via email (mmachmer@netidea.com) or by telephone (250 505-9978).
