(Looks Can Be Deceiving …continued) c) Stay on designated trails and roads, and avoid crossing weed-infested areas d) Organize a weed-pull or reclamation project with club members in cooperation with the Central Kootenay Invasive Plant Committee
Could a weed pulling “party” actually be as much fun as it looks like these folks had?
The Central Kootenay Invasive Plant Committee is a local non-profit society, formed in 2005, to raise awareness of invasive plants and their impacts. For more information and to learn more about invasive species in your area visit www.kootenayweeds.com or call the Kootenay Weeds Information Line at (250) 352-1160.
Creston Valley Wildlife Management Area
Submitted by: Carla Haegele, Stewardship and Communications Coordinator
You can’t wait for the day when you get to lace up your boots, fill your backpack with a pair of binoculars, camera and lunch and set out on the trail. One place that you may have been to before or might want to explore (again!) is the trails and waterways of the Creston Valley Wildlife Management Area (CVWMA).
The CVWMA is a rich and biologically diverse 17,000 acre wetland habitat. This year, we are celebrating 40 years of wetland conservation and management. As stewards to the area, we manage for conservation and natural species diversity through active habitat and wildlife management, research, education and public support. Through these efforts, 372 species of birds, mammals, fish, amphibians and reptiles, not to mention the plants and invertebrate species, are interconnected in a complex web of live where each species depends on the other for survival. The CVWMA is not only important to the ecosystem within the
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