Kokanee Salmon Stewardship

Friends of West Kootenay Parks Society
$5,000
Cranbrook, BC

This project will develop Columbia Basin citizens who are willing and able to take responsibility and make informed choices regarding ecosystems it is critical that they have a basic knowledge of the components, interrelationships and consequences of decisions that are made.

A practical approach to achieving these goals is to ensure that elementary and secondary students in the Basin are aware of the ecosystems in their local communities. How does have a healthy Kokanee salmon population contribute to the needs of the community? By paying attention to water quality, logging practices, and by creating healthy environmental conditions for the Kokanee, one is helping to crease a healthy community as well. The spawning channel and the Kokanee Creek itself, is an ecosystem that is right in front of these young people – it’s hands-on, it’s in their backyards, and it’s exemplary of human influences on a natural resource and it’s ecosystem management.

With guidance, the children of the Columbia Basin become stewards and informed citizens of the future. The Kokanee Salmon Stewardship Program will combine natural and cultural history, stewardship education, and artistic expression to enable and empower our youth to make responsible environmentally aware choices.

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