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Over the past 18 years, the Columbia Basin Watershed Network (CBWN) has connected a constellation of stewardship groups throughout the transboundary Columbia Basin.

By Nicole Trigg, Living Lakes Canada Communications Director  The 2023 UN Water Conference was a rare opportunity for the international water stewardship community to join forces and collaborate [...]

Centuries of colonialism has had a devastating and lasting impact on Indigenous communities in what is now called Canada. One of the negative consequences of this is the mishandling and [...]

My feet are kicking, sliding, and twisting. A cloud of sand and silt stirs up from the bottom of the stream. Zigzagging from one bank to the other, I slowly make my way upstream, gripping my net [...]

It was May 19, 2022 when I was given the opportunity to release Sockeye Salmon fry into the Columbia River. Sqlelten7úw̓i (Sockeye Salmon) (sq-loutn oo-ee) haven’t been seen in these waters for [...]

Victoria, BC – Kat Hartwig of Brisco is the recipient of two BC Achievement awards, which were presented to her during a formal ceremony held at Government House in Victoria on Wednesday, May 10. [...]

Did you know that approximately 25% of people living in Canada rely on groundwater for drinking water? Groundwater is a critical freshwater source for both communities and wildlife but it remains [...]

In 2022, the National Lake Blitz partnered with the Kaslo Community Services Society to help seniors get involved in lake monitoring in the Kootenay Lake watershed. This Kaslo group collected [...]

Growing up in a small town around water, mountains, and my own Indigenous land means that protecting these places has always been a crucial part of my life. At a recent youth summit held in [...]

Every creek has a story to tell. Water monitoring data helps tell that story. For almost a decade, the Kootenay Watershed Science program has monitored Bjerkness Creek near Kaslo, B.C. This is [...]