Invasive plants can hitchhike onto your boat, trailer and gear! June 20, 2015 – Family Fishing Weekend at Champion Lakes June 11, 2015The Nelson Rod & Gun club will be hosting a family friendly fishing weekend on June 20-21, 2015 at Cottonwood Lakes. CKISS staff will be there with information on the… Read more
CKISS Celebrates 10 Years of Protecting Ecosystems July 9, 2015On Saturday June 27th CKISS hosted a party at the Old Church Hall in Nelson to celebrate their 10 year anniversary. “The first portion of the day was the Biodiversity… Read more
Phew! A zebra mussel infested boat was detected by BC inspection crew August 26, 2015…etc.) to stop at a watercraft inspection station within the province of BC? The Nelson based inspection crew has been conducting roving mandatory inspections from Midway to Creston and has inspected… Read more
October 20th, 2015 – Kootenay Native Plant Society AGM & Talks September 22, 2015…Speakers – 7:00pm – 8:30 pm Doris Hausleitner Nelson Riverfront Restoration Valerie Huff Milkweed and Monarchs Please join us to learn about these successful projects from our invited speakers. AGM… Read more
Fresh face joins the CKISS Board of Directors October 1, 2015We are thrilled to announce that Malcolm Fitz-Earle Ph.D joined the CKISS team. Malcolm, a Nelson Resident was nominated to the Board of Directors during our AGM on September 16th,… Read more
Kootenay Lake, a pristine B.C. gem! October 24th, 2015 – Kootenay Lake Summit October 1, 2015…and educate. What to expect: Presentations Exhibit booths Live Music Dance and FREE lunch When: Saturday October 24th 9:00 am 3:30pm Where: Prestige Lakeside Resort, 701 Lakeside Dr in Nelson… Read more
Mucho Gracias Thor for you work on the CKISS Board of Directors! October 30, 2015…in Nelson and Reclamation Ride in Taghum Beach, pictured above (Thor’s the handsome guy in the middle with the high vest on). From all of us at CKISS we thank… Read more
April is Earth Month April 19, 2016…in Lakeside Park in Nelson, BC. April 29 – “ Redfish Broombash” – CKISS will lead students from the Redfish School in an outdoor invasive species field trip. Students will… Read more
May 14th, 2016 – Cottonwood Market April 26, 2016…pick up resources, and find out about the Invasive Species Action month photo competition. Where? 199 Carbonate St, Nelson BC When? Saturday May 14th from 9:30 am – 3:00 pm… Read more
Protect our waters from invasveis mussels! Boathouses on Kootenay Lake near Balfour, British Columbia Invasive mussels are moving west! NOW is the time to keep destructive Zebra and Quagga Mussels from invading Kootenay Waterbodies April 24, 2017…estimated to be $75-$91 million per year. Prevention is the cheapest tool in the toolbox to stop invasive mussels from ending up in B.C. An example of a province… Read more