Osprey Festival $2,200
Creston Valley Wildlife Management Area

In 1995 staff members attended the Brant Festival on Vancouver Island and discovered that festivals can raise public awareness about an important cause or organization. We believe that it is through education and awareness that people will understand how important wetlands are to the environment. So to raise public awareness for the active habitat and wildlife management, research and educational work we do here we held our first Festival in 1996. The Osprey became our theme as it is a valued raptor species around the world, their numbers have been reduced to a fraction of former levels, we have a large population here and this is vital nesting and nursery habitat to the Osprey. Although the Festival has been successful it has stayed small due to lack of staff/volunteers and financial support. By moving the Festival from April to June we now have the needed manpower from our volunteers and seasonal staff.

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