Common Loonies Karen Whitford

Protections for the Rainbow-Jordan Wilderness move one step closer to reality
February 11
Wildsight applauds the City of Revelstoke for passing a motion to bring forward a resolution to the Union of BC Municipalities (UBCM), urging the province…
Nominate a conservation champion
February 11
Do you know a woman who has made an outstanding contribution to protecting nature or environmental education in the Columbia Headwaters region? Nominate her for…
Federal government taken to Court over 11-year delay in protecting caribou habitat
February 9
Environmental groups, represented by Ecojustice, are taking the Government of Canada to court over its more than 11-year delay in fully mapping critical habitat for threatened Southern Mountain Caribou.
PFAC report highlights forestry problems, but political will remains the barrier to real reform
February 5
The Provincial Forest Advisory Committee’s newly released report on forest management acknowledges long-standing problems in B.C.’s forestry system, but ultimately fails to address the core reasons reform has stalled.
“An excellent example of what the future looks like” – snowless valleys and, for now, snowy mountains
January 27
The snowpack bulletin of the winter shows an above-average snowpack for most of the Kootenay-Columbia. But focusing too much on this high-elevation data risks painting an overly rosy picture.