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No.2 Winter 2010



Who We Are
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The Columbia Basin Watershed Network was developed to coordinate education and information resources, increase capacity and foster networking among groups, individuals and organizations involved in watershed management within the Canadian portion of the Columbia Basin.

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News & Events
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Share your news, events or resources with other members of the watershed network. We can help spread the word for you. Contact us for more info.

Call for Papers for the "Human Dimensions of Natural Resource Management" conference. For more information on this conference and others offered by the Columbia Mountains Institute of Applied Ecology (CMI), click here.

BC Wildlife Federation’s Wetland Institute in Kamloops
May 31 – June 6
Six days of fieldwork and dialogue with experts to learn wetland construction, restoration, and stewardship skills. Find out more.

Help Endangered Sturgeon
April 19 & 20 – Castlegar & Creston
The Fish and Wildlife Compensation Program invites you to release juvenile sturgeon. Check fwcp.ca for the latest information. Find out more.

Resources
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Glaciers in the Columbia Basin
A DVD of the glacier information session will be posted online soon. The Watershed Network will have a DVD available to loan to members. Click here to obtain a DVD.

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What’s in a Name?
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To help get the word out about the Watershed Network, we are hosting a basin-wide contest and want your suggestions in coming up with a name for the Watershed Network's
e-newsletter.

Consider names that exemplify what watersheds within the Columbia Basin mean to you.

The winner will receive a beautiful gift basket of quality products made in the Columbia Basin! The prize package is valued at more than $150.00 and the winner will be featured on our website.

Entries are due by April 30th, 2010. Send in your ideas to www.cbwn.ca or
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Lake Windermere Project chosen for “best practices”
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The Lake Windermere Project has recently been selected as one of three "best practices" case studies. Project manager Heather Leschied says, “We are excited to have been chosen and look forward to sharing our experiences of community-based monitoring.”

This research will identify successful community-based environmental monitoring and specific conditions contributing to their success.

The "best-practices" information will be compiled into a handbook-style guide and used by the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency (CEAA) to ensure successful monitoring initiatives are undertaken in the context of Environmental Impact Assessment Follow-up.

This project is funded by CEAA and carried out by N.T.Yap Environmental Systems Analysts (YESA). A representative from YESA, Tristan Lefler, conducted interviews in Invermere from February 20 to March 3 with project participants, partners and volunteers. For more information on the research project, please call Heather Leschied at 250-341-6898. For information on the Lake Windermere Project, click_here.


Welcome – New Steering Committee Members
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The Watershed Network is pleased to announce the following new steering committee members:
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› Heather Leschied , Lake Windermere Project/Wildsight
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› Grant Trower, Friends of the Lardeau
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› Colin Mackintosh, Slocan River Streamkeepers
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› Jim Duncan, Mainstreams Environmental Society
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› Richard Johnson, Slocan Lake Stewardship Society
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› Lee-Anne Walker, Elk River Alliance

Jennifer Yeow, Slocan River Streamkeepers, will stay on as Past Chairperson.
A special thanks to the out-going volunteer steering committee for their invaluable contribution and efforts made to create and develop the Watershed Network.
Thanks to:
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      • Nola Alt of Friends of the Columbia Wetlands Society and;
      • Helen Sander of Wildsight Kimberley/Cranbrook.    

The Watershed Network wishes to thank all the applicants for their interest in becoming a Steering Committee member and serving their community.