Author: Lars Sander-Green

Mountain caribou need our help: New agreement is all talk, no action

December 19, 2017 by Lars Sander-Green

Across BC, our mountain caribou are disappearing. Habitat destruction and threats from all corners have limited mountain caribou to small islands within their historical range that covered much of the province. After decades of half-measures, Canada and BC have…

Canada & BC reach historic agreement to protect mountain caribou—but will it be enough?

November 28, 2017 by Lars Sander-Green

The governments of Canada and British Columbia last week announced an agreement to protect threatened mountain caribou in part of the province. This historic agreement between the federal and provincial governments is the first ever agreement reached under Section 11…

Back to school: The magic of the changing seasons

November 20, 2017 by Lars Sander-Green

As Kootenay kids headed back into the classroom this September, Wildsight educators were scheming to get them right back outside again. Every year, across the Columbia Basin, our team of 25 environmental educators bring the magic of nature to thousands…

Selenium in the Elk Valley: Are we locking in centuries of water pollution?

November 20, 2017 by Lars Sander-Green

Late last month, Teck Coal announced plans to shut down their Line Creek water treatment plant. The plant was designed to remove selenium contamination from water flowing out of mine waste dumps and into the Elk River, but instead it…

Supreme Court decision on Qat’muk: What’s next?

November 8, 2017 by Lars Sander-Green

After years in court, the Ktunaxa Nation suffered their final loss last week in their legal case to stop the proposed Jumbo Glacier Resort—but it won’t be the end of their efforts to protect Qat’muk

Selenium in the Elk Valley: Teck’s $1.4M fine highlights long-term problems

October 10, 2017 by Lars Sander-Green

On Oct. 5, Teck pleaded guilty and was fined $1.4M under the Fisheries Act for releasing pollution from their Line Creek water treatment facility in 2014. The three releases of contaminated water killed dozens of bull trout and westslope…

Crossing the Purcells: A Go Wild! trip report

September 12, 2017 by Lars Sander-Green

Bry Daniels, a two-time veteran of our Go Wild! youth wilderness trips, just returned from our second trip of the summer with 11 other local youth, travelling the historic Earl Grey Pass trail over six days, from near Invermere…

Photo by Yana Kehrlein

Closed – Student job: Communications & Development Intern

August 26, 2017 by Lars Sander-Green

This position has been filled. Are you a college student looking for a part-time job during the school year? Wildsight is looking for a Communications & Development Intern to work with us during the school year in our Kimberley…

Photo by Bruce Kirkby

Join the call for a habitat protection in the Fisheries Act

August 21, 2017 by Lars Sander-Green

It seems obvious: fish need habitat. Fish need clean water, functioning ecosystems, and habitat for spawning, migrating, growing and feeding, but habitat protection was cut from the Fisheries Act under Harper.

Berries and bears: Time to stop the commercial huckleberry harvest

August 17, 2017 by Lars Sander-Green

Commercial harvesting of wild huckleberries is happening on a scale we’ve never seen before in the Kootenays. One camp of thirty harvesters near Yahk, working with berry rakes, is picking hundreds of pounds per day and they plan to…

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