Author: Eddie Petryshen

Caribou habitat is under threat in the Seymour River watershed … again

June 17, 2024 by Eddie Petryshen

A new batch of clearcut proposals in the Seymour River watershed threaten over 600 hectares of endangered woodland caribou habitat, old growth forests and remnant patches of our Inland Temperate Rainforest.

What a flight over B.C.’s North Columbia Mountains tells us about the dire state of caribou habitat

March 25, 2024 by Eddie Petryshen

Our plane hovers at 9,000 feet above the massive glaciers of British Columbia’s northern Monashee Mountains. It’s hot and cramped in this small, aluminium sky-box, which is currently being pushed around by rough summer winds.

Gone before you know it

October 23, 2023 by Eddie Petryshen

The old growth mysteries we risk losing before we realize they exist.

United for old growth

September 5, 2023 by Eddie Petryshen

Join us at a rally for old growth on the provincial day of action, Sept 28th. In Nelson at MLA Brittny Anderson's office or in Revelstoke.

Speak up to reduce the cut: Kootenay Lake logging review

June 23, 2023 by Eddie Petryshen

If you fly over British Columbia, the most acute problem affecting our forests becomes alarmingly clear; it’s not just Fairy Creek, old growth logging or clearcutting, it's the astonishing rate of logging that is happening due to the…

One clearcut at a time

June 1, 2023 by Eddie Petryshen

I’m standing at the edge of a clearcut where a towering ancient cedar and hemlock rainforest used to be. One giant cedar tree remains in the middle, a lonely monument holding the memories of creatures who used to call this place home. Only a year ago, this clearcut was a forest full of life.

World Wildlife Day

March 3, 2023 by Eddie Petryshen

As humans for 50,000 generations we were wildlife. I cannot see our identity as humans separate from the natural world in which we emerged. Over the last 500 generations we’ve largely removed ourselves from that relationship.

Incomappleux protection marks a turning point for protection of rare Inland Temperate Rainforest

January 25, 2023 by Eddie Petryshen

For Immediate Release: Kukama?nam/Kimberley Incomappleux protection marks a turning point for protection of rare Inland Temperate Rainforest Wildsight celebrates the creation of the Incomappleux Conservancy in the heart of the Inland Temperate Rainforest (ITR).

Action alert: Protect ancient forests in caribou habitat

November 24, 2022 by Eddie Petryshen

Deep in the heart of BC’s Inland Temperate Rainforest a logging plan threatens ancient and globally rare forest in the Seymour River area, northwest of Revelstoke. The area is part of the epicentre for the largest remaining and most…

Ancient Forests in Caribou Habitat Remain At Risk In The Seymour River.

October 27, 2022 by Eddie Petryshen

When a caribou moves, a tendon rolls over bones in its foot creating a unique clicking sound. A few years ago on a trip in the Northern Monashees, I ran into a female caribou in a meadow.