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.

Wings Over the Rockies

Wings Over The Rockies Celebrates it 's 15th Year

Columbia Wetland Stewardship Partners are once again involved in ths years celebration of the incredible bio-diversity of life in the Wetlands of the upper Columbia Valley. Participants can chose from over 70 high quality educational events including a wide variety of field trips, river paddles, evening presentations and an art exhibit. Pynelogs Cultural Centre will once again be the hub of activities, and field trips will take participants to surrounding forests, grasslands, and wetlands. Some events will be coordinated with Parks Canada to help celebrate their 100th anniversary. Others will involve local ranchers including a BBQ at the historical K2 Ranch. The Festival will also showcase the flight cage for injured raptor rehabilitation, which the Invermere Veterinary Hospital is building in partnership with Wings Over the Rockies. 

Read Dave Quinn's excellent article about Columbia River Headwaters and the bird festival in the latest Westworld Magazine