CKISS is Hiring! Assistant Field Program Manager, Invasive Species Technicians, and Outreach Program Assistant January 13, 2023…booth at community events and public locations; leading community weed pull events and youth field trips, assisting with website updates, newsletters, press releases and social media posts, iNaturalist projects and… Read more
Hugely successful planting bee and invasive species education day at Snk’mip Marsh Sanctuary October 4, 2021…migrating birds, they are home to many species at risk, and are important for water filtration, flood control, and they act as a carbon sink. We believe that when youth… Read more
Pet and Aquarium Owners June 11, 2015…or discard of your aquarium and water garden debris into lakes, streams, rivers or storm drains Use these resources to learn how to avoid negatively impacting natural waterways and aquatic… Read more
Zebra & Quagga Mussels (Dreisssena polmorpha & Dreissena bugenis) An early Christmas present for the Central and West Kootenay Region. Our lakes are invasive mussel free……for now! December 3, 2018…once established in a waterbody. Invasive mussels can cause all of the following impacts: Clog water supply systems & hydropower facilities, increasing costs to the consumer Harm drinking water quality… Read more
The Frog Blog: Invasive American bullfrog Q & A December 9, 2019…happening is the frog is released into a different body of water, creating a NEW invasive bullfrog population. Natural migration: bullfrogs can naturally migrate between 5 – 19 km per… Read more
The History of American Bullfrog Control in the Central Kootenays January 23, 2021…find infestations of invasive American bullfrogs! photo: Carl-D.-Howe- How did bullfrogs end up in B.C.? Decades ago, aspiring farmers brought America bullfrogs to B.C. to raise them for meat consumption…. Read more
Flowering Rush (Butomus umbellatus) Flowering Rush April 17, 2015…Flowers are pink to white. Blooms from June to August. Typically grows in shallow waters but can survive in water as deep as 6 meters. Disperses by wind, water and… Read more
February 2, 2016 – World Wetlands Day February 2, 2016What are Wetlands? Wetlands are any area that holds water either temporarily or permanently and come in a wide variety of forms, shapes, and sizes. Wetlands are some of the… Read more
Zebra Mussels To date B.C. is still mussel free! June 29, 2016…that the inspection stations have already surpassed the number of watercraft inspected in all 2015. Here are the numbers: 6100 watercraft inspected 240 watercraft were identified coming from a high-risk… Read more
A New Tool in the Bullfrog Battle: Environmental DNA November 2, 2016…is detected in the sample, we know that we need to increase our surveillance efforts in that water body. On our recent field day, water samples were collected from 12… Read more