Supporting the ideas and efforts of the people in the Columbia Basin
Lucerne School science teacher Signy Fredrickson is all about getting her students outside. So it was no surprise to find her in early June digging holes and planting trees with her grades 7, 8 and 9 students on the banks […]
If you saw students down at the Slocan River this spring, nets in hand, getting their feet wet, learning about water quality and the aquatic insects, then you were seeing kids in action, connecting to and discovering their local watershed. […]
Upgrades to the Gyro Park tennis courts and the development of four pickleball courts are complete thanks in large part to Columbia Basin Trust’s Recreation Infrastructure Grant program. The Trust grant of $120,000 made up the lion’s share of the […]
$725,000 investment in the Upper Kootenay River watershed Fourteen fish and wildlife projects aimed at the Upper Kootenay River watershed are getting under way thanks to Upper Kootenay Ecosystem Enhancement Plan (UKEEP) Grants. The Fish & Wildlife Compensation Program administers […]
Trails BC is pleased to announce that funding has been secured for Phase 3 and the completion of the Cranbrook to Wardner Trans Canada Trail project. At a ceremony on Wednesday, June 8th at one of the current work sites […]
If you’re relatively new to the community, you may not know the railway once held an important role in Nakusp and area. The Nakusp Rail Committee will soon be changing this by installing an old caboose and rail snow plow […]
