{"id":628,"date":"2023-04-01T13:28:23","date_gmt":"2023-04-01T20:28:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsite.kootenaynativeplants.ca\/?page_id=628"},"modified":"2023-09-17T19:28:18","modified_gmt":"2023-09-18T02:28:18","slug":"camas-conservation","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/newsite.kootenaynativeplants.ca\/?page_id=628","title":{"rendered":"Camas"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"628\" class=\"elementor elementor-628\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5ff50c0 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"5ff50c0\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fe08a79 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"fe08a79\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">What is Camas?<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8990cd6 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"8990cd6\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-381b0cf e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"381b0cf\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4b9051c elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4b9051c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1156\" src=\"https:\/\/newsite.kootenaynativeplants.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Camas-in-bloom-Kootenay-River-Oxbow-768x1156.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-2962\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newsite.kootenaynativeplants.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Camas-in-bloom-Kootenay-River-Oxbow-768x1156.jpg 768w, https:\/\/newsite.kootenaynativeplants.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Camas-in-bloom-Kootenay-River-Oxbow-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/newsite.kootenaynativeplants.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Camas-in-bloom-Kootenay-River-Oxbow-681x1024.jpg 681w, https:\/\/newsite.kootenaynativeplants.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Camas-in-bloom-Kootenay-River-Oxbow-600x903.jpg 600w, https:\/\/newsite.kootenaynativeplants.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Camas-in-bloom-Kootenay-River-Oxbow.jpg 850w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Camas in bloom - Kootenay River Oxbow<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7b6bf79 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7b6bf79\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dcee22c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"dcee22c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Note: Common camas is easily confused death camas (<em>Toxicoscordion venenosum<\/em>). Death camas grows in the same habitat as common camas. All parts of death camas are highly poisonous. It is dangerous for humans as well as livestock. We do not recommend harvesting or eating common camas.<\/strong><\/p><p>Common camas,\u00a0<em>Camassia quamash<\/em>, is a native perennial herb in the lily family. The beautiful blue flowers grow in moist meadows and prairies in southern British Columbia and the northwestern United States. In the Columbia Basin of BC, camas is a rare find, restricted to low-elevation sites in the West Kootenay. The West Kootenay Native Plant Study Group held a well attended \u2018Camas Count in Castlegar\u2019s Twin Rivers Park and Millennium Walkway in the spring of 2009, where we were astonished to find what appears to be the largest non-coastal concentration of camas in British Columbia. There are smaller camas populations reported in South Slocan, on the Brilliant Bluffs and at isolated locations along the Columbia River.<\/p><p>Camas was a dietary staple for many indigenous peoples wherever it grew, and has been called a \u2018cultural keystone species\u2019. The explorer David Thompson traded for camas during his travels down the Kootenay and Columbia Rivers, recording it simply as \u2018Roots\u2019 (with a capital R) in his journals. There is much evidence to suggest that it was spread beyond its range by transplanting, and the Castlegar Twin Rivers Park camas are probably evidence of long occupation and use of the site by First Nations.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-90f526e e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"90f526e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ac21d18 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"ac21d18\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-21c4991 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"21c4991\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>References to camas as \u2018Roots\u2019 in\u00a0<em>David Thompson\u2019s Narrative of his Explorations in Western North America 1784-1812<\/em>:<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-25c12c3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"25c12c3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"686\" height=\"383\" src=\"https:\/\/newsite.kootenaynativeplants.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/DavidThompsonExtracts1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-2964\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newsite.kootenaynativeplants.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/DavidThompsonExtracts1.jpg 686w, https:\/\/newsite.kootenaynativeplants.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/DavidThompsonExtracts1-300x167.jpg 300w, https:\/\/newsite.kootenaynativeplants.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/DavidThompsonExtracts1-600x335.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 686px) 100vw, 686px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7f143c8 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7f143c8\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f572e73 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"f572e73\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"297\" src=\"https:\/\/newsite.kootenaynativeplants.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Camas-Bulbs.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-2965\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newsite.kootenaynativeplants.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Camas-Bulbs.jpg 300w, https:\/\/newsite.kootenaynativeplants.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Camas-Bulbs-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/newsite.kootenaynativeplants.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Camas-Bulbs-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Camas bulbs are one of many root foods important to First Nations in BC. Death camas bulbs are very similar to common camas bulbs. Death camas is highly poisonous. We do not recommend harvesting or eating common camas.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2af51c7 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"2af51c7\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-38a108b e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"38a108b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6257a42 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6257a42\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5246f47 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5246f47\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Why Inventory and Monitor Camas in the Kootenays?<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a41f8cb elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a41f8cb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Camas is an important natural and cultural resource in the West Kootenay. Camas was an important part of First Nations\u2019 cultures who gathered, ate and traded it extensively. In addition, camas is a low-elevation species associated with moist and seasonally wet ecosystems.\u00a0 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. A comprehensive inventory will provide baseline information vital to understanding the origin, persistence and threats to camas.\u00a0 We will be continuing the habitat assessment we started in 2012 of known and reported camas populations and collecting herbarium specimens so that Kootenay Camas can be adequately represented in the flora of BC.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4c2e136 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"4c2e136\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b916652 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"b916652\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" src=\"https:\/\/newsite.kootenaynativeplants.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Students-in-Castlegar-monitoring-camas-density-in-Twin-Rivers-Park.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2968\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Students in Castlegar monitoring Camas density in Twin Rivers Park<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b080a00 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"b080a00\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a67de21 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"a67de21\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"618\" src=\"https:\/\/newsite.kootenaynativeplants.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Camas-final-2013-map-West-Koots.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2967\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newsite.kootenaynativeplants.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Camas-final-2013-map-West-Koots.jpg 964w, https:\/\/newsite.kootenaynativeplants.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Camas-final-2013-map-West-Koots-300x232.jpg 300w, https:\/\/newsite.kootenaynativeplants.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Camas-final-2013-map-West-Koots-768x594.jpg 768w, https:\/\/newsite.kootenaynativeplants.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Camas-final-2013-map-West-Koots-600x464.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">The confluence of the Kootenay and Columbia Rivers is the area with the highest population density as well as the area with the most individual finds. Millennium Park in Castlegar is a camas \u201chot spot\u201d, as can be seen in the map above.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is Camas? Camas in bloom &#8211; Kootenay River Oxbow Note: Common camas is easily confused death camas (Toxicoscordion venenosum). Death camas grows in the same habitat as common camas. All parts of death camas are highly poisonous. It is dangerous for humans as well as livestock. 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