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Toadfest is back this summer at Summit Lake Provincial Park, near Nakusp after a two-year pause due to pandemic restrictions. Mark your calendar: Wednesday, Aug. 17 from 4 to 7 p.m., and Thursday, Aug. 18, from 9: a.m. to 12 noon Toadfest is a free, fun, family event, coordinated by the Fish & Wildlife Compensation Program (FWCP) with support from the Province of B.C. It’s
FWCP approves $6.1 million for 40 fish and wildlife projects
Two conservation groups allege B.C. Hydro has failed to meet its legal obligations to compensate for the environmental damage caused by their hydroelectric dams.
Conservationists are calling on the auditor general to investigate B.C. Hydro, and what they say is its failure to live up to legal and moral obligations to fund habitat restoration as compensation for land destroyed by hydroelectric dam projects.
'B.C. Hydro has flooded more than 2,000 square kilometres of land. And in the process of doing that, they flooded some of the richest, most fertile habitat in the province.'