Location: Golden, BC Employment Type: Seasonal How to Apply: Please email a resume and cover letter to Leslie Adams at Golden@wildsight.ca Salary: $20.00 per hour Job Description: The GET WILD! Summer day camp provides and environment and outdoor education program for children from ages 6-10. The camp prides itself with its experiential education style, local … Continued
Location: Golden, BC Employment Type: Seasonal How to Apply: Please email a resume and cover letter to Leslie Adams at Golden@wildsight.ca Start Date: June 26, 2023 Number of Weeks: 9 weeks Job Description: Wildsight Golden Branch is looking for an outgoing, well-organized, and dynamic person to assist the Outreach Coordinator and Wildsight Golden with community … Continued
In Golden this winter you may have noticed, especially up at the ski hill, that there are huge numbers of birds up high in coniferous trees, singing and calling. They are mostly White-winged and Red Crossbills as well as Pine Siskins, and some Pine Grosbeaks. Crossbills are an interesting bird in that they can nest … Continued
Brandi Romano, local golden artist, has generously painted and donated a gorgeous piece of original art to Wildsight Golden to encourage people to become members and attend their Annual General Meeting. Brandi is a well known local artist who has is known for painting beautiful impressionistic scenery, goddesses and the whimsical Swearbirds. Wildsight Golden is … Continued
(submitted by Annette Lutterman) Clean air and water are essential for the health and well-being of our human communities as well as for wildlife and their habitats. Wildsight Golden is responding to the concerns of many residents in the Town of Golden and Columbia Shuswap Regional District Area A about local and regional air pollution … Continued
The Upper Columbia Swallow Habitat Enhancement Project’s (UCSHEP) monitoring and data collection efforts have wrapped up for 2022! The project wants to thank all the volunteers who helped make this project so successful for 2022. This is a five-year project (2021-2026), and to date, five large Swallow Condos for barn swallows have been erected and … Continued
The barn swallow (Hirundo rustica) is one of the most widely distributed birds globally, but it is also a species at risk in Canada – its population facing a steep decline in recent decades. As the name suggests, since European settlement barn swallows typically nest in buildings. But did you know that barn swallows often … Continued
This is a good reminder to remove any Common Burdock burs you find on your property! On September 16th 2022, Wildsight Golden’s Community Invasive Plant Program coordinator found a deceased bat that had been stuck to the burs of a Common Burdock plant. It was found in a back alley of a residential area in … Continued
In late June 2022, Wildsight Golden started a new thread of the Upper Columbia Swallow Habitat Enhancement Project by putting 50 Motus tags (wildlife tracking devices) on 50 individual threatened Bank Swallows. This was done in partnership with Environment and Climate Change Canada’s Canadian Wildlife Service. The collaboration also installed three large Motus Wildlife Tracking … Continued
Andrew and Julie Caldwell were chosen as this month’s climate champion. Andrew and Julie are two Golden locals who have done many things in their personal lives to reduce their carbon footprint/ecological impact. They have an energy-efficient straw bale house which is made out of renewable and recycled materials whenever possible. Their home is also … Continued
