Lower Mainland Wetlands Institute - 2016
Event Information
Description
UPDATE: Due to demand, our application deadline has been extended until August 18th. If you or someone you know is interested, please sign up as soon as possible to increase your chance of being accepted.
When: August 27-September 2, 2016
Where: Chillwack, BC (August 27-28), Mission, BC (August 28-September 2)
Cost: Course: FREE! for BC residents. $1000 for non BC residents.
Optional Meals and Accommodation (Details TBA)
*Update. Here is a list of some of the confirmed topics and speakers. More to come.
- An appreciation of the importance and diversity of wetland types and functions
- Hands-on experience planning, constructing & restoring wetlands with both ground water and liner techniques with internationally renowned Wetland Restoration Specialist Tom Biebighauser
- Invasive Reed Canary Grass and Yellow Flag Iris control with Gord Gadsden (Faser Valley Regional District) and Catherine Tarasoft (Thompson Rivers University)
- Working with First Nations with Kelly Squires and the Katzie First Nation
- Species at Risk Management with Pamela Zevit (South Coast Conservation Program)
- Hands-on experience with wetland inventory and classification
- Amphibian ID and Restoration Projects with Monica Pearson (Balance Ecological)
- Bird Banding with Réné McKibbon (Canadian Wildlife Services)
- Regional Ducks Unlimited Initiatives with Dan Buffet (Ducks Unlimted Canada)
- Wetland Plant ID with Terry McIntosh (University of BC)
- Grants and fundraising with Neil Fletcher (BC Wildlife Federation)
- Landowner contact approaches with the Langley Environmental Partners Society
- A history of Wetland Drainage in North America with Tom Beibighauser
- Current inventory/evaluative field techniques for vegetation
Here are some other topics that we have covered in previous years that may or may not be a part of the 2016 workshop:
- Wetland invertebrate sampling and identification
- Wetland regulations: protection, forestry laws, etc.
- The role of wetlands in stormwater management and bioremediation
- Turtle Wetland Management
- Bats and the Wetland Connection
- Road Crossing Projects
- Wetland Prioritization
Click here to read the report on the 2015 Okanagan Wetlands Institute.
This field experience will also provide access to a network of individuals who will help you successfully complete your local conservation project(s). You will leave with the skills and support you need, and full time participants are eligible for a BCWF Wetlands Institute certificate after successfully completing the workshop.
For more information contact:
Jason Jobin, Wetlands Education Program Coordinator
wetlands_coordinator@bcwf.bc.ca
604-882-9988 ext 225
or
Neil Fletcher, Wetlands Education Program Manager
wetlands@bcwf.bc.ca
604-882-9988 ext 232
This project was undertaken with the financial support of: / Ce projet a été réalisé avec l’appui financier
de:
Since 1985, Wildlife Habitat Canada, a national, non-profit, charitable conservation organization, has invested over $60 million to support hundreds of conservation projects on private and public lands across Canada, through its granting program. Wildlife Habitat Canada works through partnerships with communities, landowners, governments, non-government organizations, and industry to conserve, enhance, and restore wildlife habitat. To learn more about the projects that Wildlife Habitat Canada has funded or to see our annual report, please visit www.whc.org. Without habitat...there is no wildlife. It's that simple!
Organizer BC Wildlife Federation Wetlands Education Program
Organizer of Lower Mainland Wetlands Institute - 2016
The BC Wildlife Federation's Wetlands Education Program (WEP) helps build the capacity of British Columbian citizens to determine their backyard wetland assets, and increase their community's environmental health using this knowledge.
WEP activities result in habitat restoration, enhancement & conservation through the collaboration of communities, BCWF clubs/members, NGOs, naturalist groups & First Nations.
