- Kootenay Conservation Program
- Friends of Kootenay National Park
- Electronic Atlas of the Flora of BC
- Columbia Wetlands Stewardship Partners and the Columbia River Guide
- iNaturalist: Learn about nature and become a Citizen Scientist. iNaturalist is a global data-sharing application to engage people in observing, learning about, and recording the rich biodiversity that surrounds us.
- Some aspects of the ecology of the Columbia National Wildlife Area_Larry Halverson et al If you want to learn more about what you can find in our wetlands, read this. Even though the report was published in 2012, it remains vital and relevant. Here’s what one of the report’s authors, Neil Dawe, remembers about gathering the information for the Canadian Wildlife Service: We had a wonderful summer there that year, as you can no doubt tell from the report. As we often said as we were paddling the wetlands, counting birds, checking grebe and tern nests, and revelling at the sheer beauty of the locale, “Can you believe we’re getting paid to do this?”
Pat Morrow
Local Resources
Since 2022, Shuswap Wildlife Monitors have been out on highways to alert drivers when bighorn sheep are on the road, ultimately reducing the number of…Read More
How many boats is too many for Lake Windermere?
April 16, 2025
When you imagine a perfect summer day on Lake Windermere or Columbia Lake, you might picture sparkling water, sunshine, and boats cruising by.Read More
Roughly 22,000 people recreated on a 7 km stretch of Columbia River between Columbia Lake and Fairmont Hot Springs in 2021 alone.Read More
Upcoming Invermere events
Columbia Lake Weed Pull
Saturday, June 14
Led by the fun and knowledgeable weed-busting folk from East Kootenay Invasive Species Council, we'll head out on trails, shoreline or access tracks around the East side of…
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Want to protect wildlife, clean water and wild spaces? Volunteer with us! Wildsight volunteers are a very special group of people who give generously of their time to stuff envelopes, attend rallies, help run events, put up posters, keep tabs on forestry practices in their communities and participate in citizen science initiatives.