Kootenay Permaculture

A sweet and short video about the riparian restoration project at the Bird Sanctuary in the Slocan Valley, BC

Walter Clough Wildlife Sanctuary Riparian Restoration Project with Slocan River Streamkeepers The Walter Clough Wildlife Sanctuary is a beautiful bird sanctuary located on a large island in the Slocan Valley, BC.Known as the unceded and traditional te...

Kootenay Permaculture aka Spiral Farm @ Bluesky

Spiral Farm (@spiralfarm.bsky.social) Ecological restoration with Slocan River Streamkeepers Permaculture design with Kootenay Permaculture Homesteading at Spiral Farm Sinixt territory, Slocan Valley, BC

It is always a good time to become a member of Slocan River Streamkeepers or to renew your membership.
Only $10 per year! Or send us a donation to help support our important work!
You can send us a message or email to join our email list.
Our e-newsletter was sent out yesterday, if you haven't received it please let us know.
You can also stop by the today (Saturday from 10am -2pm to say Hi!
For the river!

The Little Slocan Watershed The Little Slocan logging animation shows the history of logging, sometimes characterized as “sustainable forestry,” from 1955 up to, and including, 2021. This logging, carried out by Interfor Corp…

Slocan River Streamkeepers is Kootenay Co-op's organization of the month for July!
If you can shop at Kootenay Co-op, ou can make a small donation (at the till) to Slocan River Streamkeepers to help support our projects.
Thank you Kootenay Co-op!
& thanks to everyone for your support!
We'll be doing some public outreach in front of the Co-op on Friday July 29th and most of the Saturdays in July. Please stop by and say hello!

Tomorrow March 15 10am
Find out how healthy riparian areas can reduce flood damage and support agricultural production in the Kootenay Region of BC
Free online webinar
Tue, March 15, 2022
10:00 AM – 11:30 AM PDT

Supporting Riparian Health on Farmland for Flood Management Find out how healthy riparian areas can reduce flood damage and support agricultural production in the Kootenay Region of BC

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Kootenay Permaculture Teaching Permaculture Design across Canada since 1991.
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WE REALLY NEED YOU! BUILDING A PLAYGROUND ON CAMAS AREA!

Hello KNPS friends
kNPS just received a map for a playground development to be constructed this summer in Millennium Park from Travis Christianson, Manager of Engineering & Infrastructure, City of Castlegar. We took the liberty of overlaying the proposed area onto our camas distribution map so you can see clearly the devastation that would result to the existing camas populations in the park. See below.

KNPS has sent an email back expressing its deep disappointment and frustration, and said that we would be contacting Mayor and Council immediately to have the location of the playground moved. Chris Barlow (Chief Administrative Officer) and Michael Gagnier (Civic Works Operations Manager) were included in this email string.

We would love to hear your ideas and your willingness to help us pull together a massive effort in response to this news.

This cannot occur. A cut this big won't be easy to heal, if at all. We are sickened, we are worried, and we are heartbroken. In the words of Amelia Marchand, Program Director for the Environmental Trust Department (ETD), Colville Confederated Tribes (included on this email): "...*the continued destruction and loss of this iconic Sinixt cultural food should no longer occur. ...all itxwa habitat should be protected in perpetuity*"

For the camas, itxwa,
thank you, limlmtx,

KNPS

UPDATE ON AT LEMON CREEK WASHOUT- WASHOUT IS FAIRLY DRY AND YOU CAN GET BY IT BY WALKING DOWN THROUGH THE DITCH ON THE SIDE. We will post when we know repair is imminent.