Author: Eddie Petryshen

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.

Photostory: In the Inland Temperate Rainforest with a lichenologist

August 16, 2022 by Eddie Petryshen

Field work to conserve old growth forests and caribou habitat in the North Columbia mountains began this month. The project that we’re embarking on is identifying, assessing, and advocating for the protection of endangered old growth forest in the…

Keeping it wild for wolverines

July 11, 2022 by Eddie Petryshen

The first time I met a wolverine it was a bluebird day in the Purcell mountains. As I kick-turned my skis into another switchback that afternoon, I turned, and there she was.

Locally cherished area set to be logged during nesting and migratory bird season

May 10, 2022 by Eddie Petryshen

For years, many residents of the small hamlet of Argenta and the West Kootenay have campaigned for the inclusion of the Argenta face, an important landscape on Kootenay Lake that lies between Argenta and Johnson’s Landing, into the Purcell…

New evidence shows logging and cutting permits in proposed old growth deferral areas

April 11, 2022 by Eddie Petryshen

Kimberley – B.C. groups are releasing new evidence of ongoing logging and pending cut permits in proposed old growth deferral areas in the province. Images and documentation can be accessed here and here. Conservation North, Sierra Club BC, Stand.earth…

B.C. allows logging in critical habitat of one of the province’s sole recovering caribou herds. [The Narwhal]

March 30, 2022 by Eddie Petryshen

Satellite imagery reveals new cutblocks are ‘nibbling away’ at the critical habitat of the endangered Columbia North caribou herd, widely considered to be the Kootenay-area population with the highest chance of persisting in the long term.