Wednesday, May 4, 2011

CWSP & Wings Over the Rockies




There are lots of great events this week during the Wings Over the Rockies festival with Columbia Wetland Stewardship Partners leading a few of them.
Bob Jamieson is leading a paddle in 34’ fur trade canoes down the Columbia  River from Athalmer to Radium.

Ellen Zimmerman, explores a hidden treasure of the BC Parks system. Burges and James Gadsden Provincial Park which encompasses most of the Moberly Marshes near Golden.
Andi Dzilums is leading one of the most relaxing birding tour offered! Ride on one of Riverside Golf Course’s electrical golf carts and discover the plentiful birds, waterfowl and wildlife that inhabit the golf course grounds. To spot nesting pairs of Lewis’s Woodpecker and learn about the recent Lewis’s habitat restoration project implemented by Fairmont Hot Springs Resort and the Columbia Wetland Stewardship Partners.
Mark Thomas presents a brief history of the loss of salmon to the Columbia Basin First Nations, a description of actions taken by Columbia Basin First Nations to address salmon loss, the results of intervention, and current and future plans for restoration.

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