Wings Over the Rockies Nature Festival Society

Wings over the rockies presented out annual week-long nature festival in may 2024 with over 100 events that focused on conservation and ecosystem relationships within the columbia valley and nearby kootenay park. Our there was 'wings way over the rockies...the big picture' and featured keynote well-renowned science journalist and speaker cbc's bob mcdonald. The festival was supported by over 50 volunteers who contributed hundreds of volunteer hours to the festival's success. In 2024 the wings organization was proud to establish the ross macdonald legacy fund through the columbia valley community foundation a registered charity creating access to sustainable funding for local causes in the columbia valley region. This endowment fund has been created to provide ongoing funding to assist projects in the columbia valley that will support community environmental education and/or land-based conservation such as habitat restoration maintaining or improving ecological conditions or species at risk protection.