The Kootenay Camas Project is a citizen-science initiative that seeks to focus attention on the ethnobotanical and natural importance of Camassia quamash (common camas) in the West Kootenay region of British Columbia.

Camas was an important part of First Nations' cultures who gathered, ate and traded it extensively. In addition, camas is a low-elevation species associated with moist and seasonally wet ecosystems. The extent of these ecosystems has been dramatically reduced due to agricultural conversion, urban encroachment, and flood control from the dams along the Columbia River.

Users are encouraged to add their observations of camas, with photographs and geolocations, for positive identification by project botanists.

This project is sponsored by the West Kootenay Native Plant Study Group, and more information can be found on our website: http://growwild.kics.bc.ca/

Kootenay Camas Project is supported by the Columbia Basin Trust. less ↑