Time to renew for 2024!

Renewals for our 2024 club memberships are now available!

This includes access to our range as well as a BCWF membership, which features tons of perks! Your membership also helps with conservation projects the club is working on.

Win Early Registration Draw

All 2024 memberships purchased before January 1st will be entered into the draw. The winner of the draw will be announced at the antler scoring event on Saturday, January 27th.

Visit our membership page to renew your membership for 2024.

East Kootenay Wildlife & Habitat Advisory Committee Membership Application

Join the East Kootenay Wildlife & Habitat Advisory Committee. Join others in the region who share your commitment to wildlife and habitat conservation. Work to implement the Provincial Together for Wildlife Strategy in the East Kootenay.

Interested candidates should email fishandwildlife@gov.bc.ca with the subject line “East Kootenay Wildlife & Habitat Advisory Committee membership” to learn more about the committee and receive a link to an online member application form.

The deadline to apply is Monday, December 4th.

Bush Harbour Survey

We want to hear from our members in regard to the Club’s involvement in a project to develop the Bush Harbour area into a campground. It was brought to our attention from concerned members that the Bush Harbour area is becoming an overused, under-resourced area.

As a result, the Club oversaw a feasibility study to look into how the area has been affected by the increased traffic and use over the years.

The study was done in partnership with Columbia Basin Trust, Recreation Sites & Trails BC and the Columbia Shuswap Regional District. It was jointly funded by the CSRD and CBT.

If you have any questions, comments or concerns that you do not feel are adequately addressed by this survey please reach out to brian@goldenrodandgun.com.  

Another Loss in Kicking Horse Canyon

Another loss to the Kicking Horse Canyon Bighorn sheep herd was discovered last week, currently, there are 18 animals in the herd. The second largest ram in the herd was found to have perished in the last few weeks. This ram was collared as a part of the GDRGC BHS monitoring project, so locating the deceased ram included the recovery of the GPS collar it had been carrying.

This collar was on the ram since May 2020 and collected nearly 5000 locations. These locations are used to monitor the changes in habitat use in association with Kicking Horse Canyon construction activities and inform future sheep management actions.

Postmortem inspection of the ram and the location it was discovered ruled out predation but was inconclusive on the cause of death for the ram. The last loss to this herd occurred in close proximity to where this ram was discovered. The previous loss was a young ram that was struck by a vehicle on the TransCanada Highway.

PHoto credit: Stephanie Higgins