CKISS is hiring! IS Techs and Outreach & Aquatics Assistant January 22, 2024…hr@ckiss.ca Deadline to Apply: 4:00 pm on Feb 23, 2024* *Applications will be reviewed as they’re received. Positions may be filled prior to the deadline if an appropriate candidate is… Read more
CKISS Publications April 14, 2015…Summary Report 2019-2020 Summary Report 2018 Summary Report 2017 Summary Report 2016 Summary Report 2015 Summary Report 2014 Summary Report 2013 Summary Report 2012 Summary Report 2011 Summary Report 2010… Read more
Combating Invasive American Bullfrogs Using Citizen Science June 13, 2018…School on June 4, 2018. The objective of the program is to provide teachers and students with a hands-on and interactive experience that will give them the knowledge, tools and… Read more
RSS grade 8 students are combating invasive American bullfrogs & plants using citizen science. September 24, 2018…delivered to grade eight students at the Rossland Summit School on September 18, 2018. The objective of the program is to provide teachers and students with a hands-on and interactive… Read more
Give invasive species the brush off! Fifteen NEW Play, Clean Go Signs are going up in our region. October 29, 2018…the Rossland and Nelson area in 2018. Dave Heagy from BC Parks and Laurie Frankcom from CKISS proudly holding one of the 15 new Play Clean Go signs. Here is… Read more
First step is to remove the invasive plants from your property. Second step is to dispose of the garden waste properly! CKISS Volunteer Award presented to Ruth Fraser of Nakusp June 13, 2019On June 10 CKISS organized a community weed pull in Nakusp BC. During the event CKISS acknowledged the recipient of the 2018 Volunteer Award, Ruth Fraser. This passionate weed puller… Read more
February 11-13, 2020 – Invasive Species Council of BC 15th Annual Forum and AGM November 19, 2019…of opportunities for networking throughout the event. View the INVASIVES 2018 presentations here and click here to see the highlights. WHO SHOULD ATTEND? The INVASIVES Annual Forum & AGM is… Read more
The Battle Against Invasive Broom Continues in Nakusp with the help of local volunteers October 21, 2020…were pleased to see that the area we worked on in 2018 and 2019 had very little Scotch broom growing back, proof that Community Pulling Together Events work and positive… Read more
Welcome to CKISS Summer 2023 Staff June 1, 2023…Castlegar, and have lived most of my life in the Kootenays. In 2018 I attended Selkirk College’s Integrated Environmental Planning program, which gave me a deep appreciation for the land… Read more
Adult spotted lanternfly. Photo: Lawrence Barringer. Please report spotted lanternfly. It could devastate BC’s wine, fruit & forest industries! May 31, 2023…causing 45%-100% loss of grape crops in the mid-Atlantic states. Oh no! Save the wine! The answer is not a newspaper, but an agricultural pest the spotted lanternfly! The spotted… Read more