Located along Highway 3 in southeastern BC, the property is situated south of Fernie and connects a vast expanse of provincial land to the west with NCC’s Elk Valley Heritage Conservation Area to the east.

The open burn Category 3 fire ban includes the Elk Valley and South Country

It took a dozen Elk Valley residents digging into difficult rocky soil to complete the Elk River Watershed Alliance (ERA) […]

The Columbia Basin Trust thanks a departing director and welcomes a new one

This week saw the opening of the Smokehouse in the Red Tree Lodge with the the call, “Attention all food lovers, Smokehouse is ablaze!”

British Columbia has vowed to stop the building a bitumen pipeline across our province, over pollution and climate concerns. But on the other side of the province, in the Kootenays, pollution of a different kind is flowing from BC into Montana.

Last year the City of Fernie heard concerns from the public about the application of pesticides in public spaces and health. This year they are doing something about it!

The Fernie at War book won the Community History Award at British Columbia Historical Federation Historical Writing Competition. The award celebrates books that make significant contributions to the historical literature of British Columbia.

The popular Ancient Cottonwood Trail is not currently safe for walking due to accumulated debris both on the ground and in the canopy following a wind storm.

It is so important for society to recognize that those with disabilities are able to do anything they put their minds to.

In the fall of 2017, ERA collaborated with the Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC) to restore an abandoned gravel pit north to a functioning wetland north of Hosmer on NCC’s Elk Valley Heritage Conservation Area.

Fernie currently has 147 riders and 62 teams, get involved, join a team, go solo and win big!