Author: Wildsight Golden

We’re hiring: Get Wild! Camp Counsellor

March 26, 2025 by Wildsight Golden

Camp Counsellor - Get Wild! Summer Day Camp Position Description: Wildsight Golden is seeking a team-oriented, creative and energetic individual to fill this seasonal position as a camp counsellor for the GET WILD! Summer Camp.

We’re hiring Get Wild! Environmental Education Coordinator

March 26, 2025 by Wildsight Golden

Summer Environmental Education Coordinator - Get Wild! Summer Day Camp Position Description: Wildsight Golden is looking for a highly motivated and organized individual to act as a coordinator for the GET WILD! Summer Camp. The Youth Environmental Education Coordinators’ work will…

Shape the future of our environment: Join Wildsight Golden’s Board of Directors!

February 25, 2025 by Wildsight Golden

Wildsight Golden has worked towards and delivered many key successes in maintaining biodiversity and a healthy community over the years, for example the inclusion of the old growth forest in the Cummins Valley in Hamber Provincial Park, and the motorized…

Burn it Smart! Keep your Homes Warm and the Air Clean this Winter

January 16, 2025 by Wildsight Golden

How lucky are we to live in such a beautiful mountain valley? Unfortunately for us, air pollution continues to be a significant problem in Golden, and our steep (albeit stunning) surrounding topography doesn’t help matters.

Bank Swallow Habitat Enhancements Completed in Golden Area

December 2, 2024 by Wildsight Golden

Populations of avian aerial insectivores (e.g., swallows, swifts, nightjars) have been declining for decades and conservation actions must be put into place to help halt and reverse this alarming trend. Bank Swallows have faced one of the fastest population…

Insights from the West Bench Recreation Ecology Study

November 13, 2024 by Wildsight Golden

Earlier this year, Golden and area residents shared their perspectives on wildlife and landscape impacts through a research project led by PhD candidate Gemma Cobb. While the analysis is still ongoing, we are excited to share some preliminary results in…

Wildsight Golden Contributes to a MycoBlitz in the Interior Old Growth Rainforest

November 12, 2024 by Wildsight Golden

In an effort to contribute locally to a Fall MycoBlitz, Wildsight Golden supported a group of folks who took a trip into the Old Growth Rainforest located along the south side of the Kinbasket Reservoir on October 21st.

Nature & Climate – Golden Candidates Debate

October 3, 2024 by Wildsight Golden

Submitted by CPAWS: Unceded territories of the Coast Salish Peoples/Vancouver, BC – October 1, 2024 Voters in the Columbia River-Revelstoke constituency are invited to a town hall debate that will include a focus on nature and climate on the…

Community Invasive Plant Program Report for 2024

August 22, 2024 by Wildsight Golden

Wildsight Golden recently wrapped up the 2024 Community Invasive Plant Program (CIPP), which aimed to decrease invasive plant infestations while increasing public awareness about the environmental, social, and economic impacts invasive plants can have on Golden.

EV Car share comes to Wildsight Golden

July 25, 2024 by Wildsight Golden

Golden has had an EV car share for a few years now. The program, hosted by Golden Community Resources, received investments from Columbia Basin Trust and a number of community partners. It was always the intention for Wildsight Golden to…