The Fish & Wildlife Compensation Program (FWCP) approves $5.5 million for 43 regional fish and wildlife projects A project to increase the hatchling survival rate…
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Celebrating Cranbrook’s most ancient creatures
By Dan Hicks Hello sunny surface world – here I come! Eyes closed prior to its release, a western painted turtle hatchling (Chrysemys picta bellii)…
Cranbrook Bird Count Dec. 28
This year, the Audubon Christmas Bird Count will mobilize over 72,000 volunteer bird counters in more than 2,500 locations across the Western Hemisphere. This count…
Birders to take part in 117th annual Christmas Bird Count
The annual Christmas Bird Count (CBC) – the longest-running Citizen Science survey in the world – will take place from December 14 to January 5,…
Greg Ross Area C Volunteer of the Year
Greg Ross has been officially recognized as the 2016 Electoral Area C Volunteer of the Year. In 2008, Ross (pictured left) was one of the…
Wide variety of birds counted
A good number of naturalists from the East Kootenay and Crowsnest Pass joined forces on December 27 for the Cranbrook Christmas Bird Count. With the…
Community association backs bats at JimSmith
Pictured are Brien Browne and Greg Ross of the Jimsmith Lake Community Association, ready to deliver 12 handmade bat boxes to residents of JimSmith Lake….
Naturalists presentation for newcomers
By Jenna Madsen As part of the Welcoming Communities project, the Columbia Basin Alliance for Literacy and the Cranbrook Public Library have teamed up to…