Author: Lindsay Cuff

Report calls for serious changes to BC’s Professional Reliance system

July 3, 2018 by Lindsay Cuff

Last week, the B.C. government released its review of the professional reliance system, a system that has put industry in charge of water, fish and wildlife in British Columbia. The report, written by Mark Haddock, makes it clear that…

Today, Jumbo is back in court. And so are we.

June 25, 2018 by Lindsay Cuff

This week, Jumbo will be before the court in Glacier Resorts Ltd. vs. the BC Minister of the Environment. Glacier Resorts, the company who dreamed up the now legendary large-scale resort proposal for the contested Jumbo Valley will be…

Young Stewards in Action

June 15, 2018 by Lindsay Cuff

Last week, Julie Howard’s class from Fernie Secondary helped turn an old gravel pit in the Hosmer area into a functioning wetland. The project was a Deep Learning Project, part of Know Your Watershed, a program of the Columbia…

Work With Us: Education Coordinator

June 8, 2018 by Lindsay Cuff

Wildsight seeks a part-time Education Coordinator to join our team and support our classroom environmental education programs throughout the Columbia Basin, with a focus on our four Education in the Wild programs – Winter Wonder, Nature through the Seasons, Classroom…

If BC won’t act for mountain caribou, the federal government will

May 8, 2018 by Lindsay Cuff

Last Friday, Environment Minister Catherine McKenna declared an “imminent threat” to mountain caribou recovery, ordering the BC government to take immediate action to protect core mountain caribou habitat—or the federal government will step in and do it for them…

Four caribou left in South Purcells herd is a dire situation

April 24, 2018 by Lindsay Cuff

The results of the spring caribou count are in—there are only four caribou left in the South Purcells herd. This comes less than two weeks after the tragic news that there are just three animals left in the South…

Retallack & Yaqan nu?kiy want 700km² of Purcell wilderness for heli-skiing and heli-biking

April 24, 2018 by Lindsay Cuff

A newly proposed backcountry tenure for heli-skiing, heli-biking and heli-hiking stretches from the mountains just above Kootenay Lake nearly all the way to St. Mary’s Lake near Kimberley. It covers 700 square kilometres in the heart…

Bold Steps for Change: Kootenay Kids Celebrate Earth Day

April 23, 2018 by Lindsay Cuff

Since the first Earth Day in 1970, the third week of April has always been about youth making bold steps for change. And the students taking part in Wildsight’s Beyond Recycling program are doing just that.

Bold Steps for Change: Kootenay Students Celebrate Earth Day

April 23, 2018 by Lindsay Cuff

Only three caribou left in South Selkirks herd

April 12, 2018 by Lindsay Cuff

Wildsight is mourning the tragic loss of all but three of the South Selkirks caribou herd and is again calling for immediate and full protection for all critical mountain caribou habitat in BC.