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VOLUNTEERS WANTED

Help us collect 4000 cottonwood livestakes to restore streamside areas to improve fish and wildlife habitat.

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VOLUNTEER AT FUNDRAISING EVENTS
Funds will support ERA programs including water monitoring, restoration, and education and outreach.
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Whirling Disease
WHIRLING DISEASE

Whirling disease has recently been detected in BC for the first time. Careless transfer of wet or dirty equipment between the Crowsnest and Elk River could result in disease spread to our watershed.

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Monitoring, Restoration, and Education

The Elk River Alliance has spent over a decade monitoring the Elk River Watershed and its tributaries, restoring streamside vegetation, and providing educational content to the Elk Valley Community.

What We Do
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As a not-for-profit charity, your support is important to us. By supporting ERA you support a healthy Elk River Watershed.
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VOLUNTEER WITH ERA!

The Elk River Alliance relies on passionate and dedicated community members to help us make a difference. This year we need you more than ever to help with our outreach, monitoring, and restoration efforts.

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PULSE OF THE RIVER

The Elk Valley has many land uses that impact our water. Watch our video on impacts of common land uses, Ktunaxa perspectives on land-use, and how monitoring is a vital step in the water stewardship process.

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SELENIUM AND THE ELK VALLEY

Selenium in the Elk River is a serious concern for Valley residents. ERA compiled information on selenium to address community concerns.

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WORKING TOWARDS A HEALTHY ELK RIVER WATERSHED

Operating since 2010, the Elk River Alliance is a community-based water charity that connects people to the Elk River using science, education and community collaboration to ensure sustainable stewardship of the Elk River watershed.

What do we do?

ERA has diverse programs, from water monitoring, to community engagement, and education and outreach.

OUR PROJECTS

Volunteer

We’re always excited to welcome new volunteers. Volunteering is a great way to give back to the Elk River, and meet other folks passionate about conservation.

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The Elk River Alliance is a registered not-for-profit charity, and your financial support helps keep our operations running.

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ELK RIVER ALLIANCE MEMBER

Your membership is very important to us.

By becoming a member, you allow us to demonstrate that the Elk River has engaged community support. Your membership also supports our projects, such as Community Based Water Monitoring, hydrology work, community education and outreach, and much more.

MEMBER RIGHTS

  • Eligibility for board membership
  • Eligibility to vote on ERA project and program direction
  • Your voice is represented by ERA

MEMBER BENEFITS

  • Early-bird Registration for Elk River Discovery Camp (2023)
  • Discounts on ERA events

MEMBERSHIP PACKAGE

  • ERA Sticker
  • ERA Postcard
  • Thank you letter
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The Elk River Shoreline Clean Up results are finally in! We had a record breaking amount of attendees and numbers of trash collected this year. This incredible stewardship effort brought out 608 community members who collectively picked up 9983 pieces of garbage! Today, ERA is very thankful for the support of our incredible community. Over this weekend, volunteers collected over 1000 cottonwood livestakes for replanting in areas impacted by agriculture. This means we are now at 1635 out of our goal of 4000!! These awesome folks cut existing cottonwood saplings, bundled them into groups of 10, and carried them to a shaded area for storage. If you would like to be like these amazing folks, ERA will host volunteer events every weekend in October. Please visit elkriveralliance.ca/volunteer to learn more and sign up! A huge shout out to @kootenaydiscoveryschool students for helping us collect 510 livestakes yesterday!! The students eagerly worked to restore the watershed, and learned about the value of riparian vegetation and community stewardship action. This is a significant step towards our goal of collecting 4000 livestakes by December. This Saturday (Oct 12th) we are collecting more livestakes and you can join! 🐟💧🧬🔬Another year, another season of CABIN water monitoring completed! Our field team worked hard throughout September to collect water chemistry samples, benthic invertebrate samples, and data on stream geomorphology. In addition to our 10 long-term sites throughout the watershed, this year we added a new Lizard Creek monitoring site in response to the changes in biodiversity and stream morphology we noted earlier (see September @ferniefix Water Column article). This was an especially momentous field season for our Monitoring Field Technician, Fynley Kuijt, since it was her first season running the program! Huge congratulations for running a successful field season are in order. We would like to extend our heartfelt gratitude to all the volunteers who helped out: Cameron McArthur, Kristen Hribar, and @royalroadsu intern Brent Woodworth. Our work would not be possible without you! To learn about current volunteer opportunities go to elkriveralliance.ca/volunteer.

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AGM 2024

Add to Google Calendar Zoom Link Please RSVP The Elk River Alliance Annual General Meeting…

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Appreciation BBQ

THUR. SEPT 7th, 5:30-7:30PM, ANNEX PARK AMPHITHEATRE The work the Elk River Alliance does would…

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