Kootenay Camas Project Publications:
Camas at the Confluence: Where Ecology and Culture Meet at Kp’ítl’els (Valerie Huff, Eva Johansson, 2012)
The land surrounding the confluence of the Kootenay River and the Columbia River may once have been a highly productive camas meadow. Read the full Menziesia article.
Columbia River Basin Biodiversity Atlas: Common Camas
Camas featured on the Columbia River Basin Biodiversity Atlas.
http://biodiversityatlas.org/species/camas.php
Kootenay Camas Project 2012: Camas Inventory and Density Maps (Kylie Morin, 2012)
Maps produced from the 2012 Kootenay Camas Project field season
http://www.sgrc.selkirk.ca/bioatlas/pdf/CamasMapsReport.pdf
Recommended Reading:
Native Plant Propagation Guidelines: Camassia quamash (common camas). (Garry oak ecosystems recovery team)
http://www.goert.ca/propagation_guidelines/forbs/camassia_quamash
Camas. Camas serve double duty – with exceptional beauty and an exotic taste. (Richard Hebda)
http://www.gardenwiseonline.ca/gw/plants/2002/05/19/camas#ixzz1ovQpXhGo
Protecting our natives: Habitat loss and invading exotic species are threatening what remains of the native vegetation found in the Garry oak ecosystem.
http://www.canadiangeographic.ca/magazine/so06/indepth/nature.asp
Spring Lilies. Sunshine Coast Botanical Garden Society
http://www.coastbotanicalgarden.org/article_spring_lilies.shtml
Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History: Camassia quamash (Pursh) Greene. Small camas.
The cultivation, processing and trade of camas bulb is a prime example of how Indians used native plants to sustain themselves and for trade with others, including with the Lewis and Clark expedition…
http://www.mnh.si.edu/lewisandclark/resources/Camassia_quamash.pdf