Author: Wildsight Golden

Get ready to Get Wild – Coordinator needed

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Job Posting: Summer Environmental Education Coordinator No longer accepting applicaitons 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.

Callout for Volunteers 2024 Season

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It’s that time of year again. Spring has sprung and the birds are on the move. Tree Swallows have already arrived in the Columbia Valley! This is the fourth year of the five-year Upper Columbia Swallow Habitat Enhancement…

An Open Letter to Canadian Pacific and Transport Canada

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Golden has some of the poorest air quality in the province. Exposure to air pollution is linked to increased risks of premature mortality, hospital admissions for heart or lung causes, bronchitis, and asthma. These impacts disproportionately affect infants, children, and…

Wildsight Golden Year in Review – 2023

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Wildsight Golden had a very busy and interesting 2023! Our organization holds events, but is also so much more. Here are some of our accomplishments from the past year. Upper Columbia Swallow Habitat Enhancement Project (UCSHEP) Bank and Barn Swallows…

Completion of feasibility study

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Over the last 6 months, Wildsight Golden has conducted a feasibility study to understand if a wellness trail would be beneficial to the people and businesses of Golden and Area A.

Athalmer Bank Swallow Habitat Reshaping Project

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Bank Swallows are aerial insectivores whose population has declined in Canada by between 93% and 98% in a recent 40 year period. In order to increase available breeding habitat for this at-risk species, a large substrate pile in Invermere…

Golden Community Loves Old Growth

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On September 28, Wildsight Golden facilitated an event to correspond with the provincial day of action against old growth logging. A group of community members gathered at Golden’s Spirit Square to collectively complete a painting created by Alana Jung…