Counting our feathered friends
It’s a tradition 120 years strong. It has lasted through two world wars, the Spanish Flu epidemic, the start and end of a century and the turning of a new one.
Author: Lorene Keitch
Wildsight turns the page on 20 years of education
The year was 2000. Dial-up internet, no smart phones. Y2K bug discredited. The prime minister was Jean Chrétien and BC’s premier was Ujjal Dosanjh. And in the East Kootenay, Elk Valley resident Lee-Anne Walker was exploring…
Saving BC’s Forgotten Rainforest
It started as an expedition to track down the elusive mountain caribou. David Moskowitz - renowned photographer, writer and wildlife tracker - had already written about the disappearing species a few times, but had never encountered them in the wild.
TEDx Talk Sunday: Caring for the land and each other
Selkirk College is hosting a virtual TEDx series to champion and accelerate solutions to the climate crisis. The free talks include both local and global speakers who will discuss ideas and actions to face the climate crisis.
Youth Climate Corps launches into action
Young adults are getting their hands dirty and their minds filled as they learn about and take action on local projects to mitigate and adapt to the effects of climate change. The Youth Climate Corps, a Wildsight initiative, launched at…
2,300 say no to Zincton
Thanks to you, the provincial government will think twice before giving the green light to yet another ski resort in our over-impacted mountains. A developer wants to build a ski resort in the West Kootenay’s Selkirk Mountains.
Tune in to nature
For those rare moments when your day’s adventures are done, you’ve finished the last page of your book and all you want is to sit back and relax, our Wildsight crew has uncovered some treasured nature-based videos…
A Jumbo partnership with Patagonia
The story of Jumbo Wild is a saga with many twists and turns, but ends as all good stories should. In this valley at least, grizzlies have freedom to roam without excavators invading. The wolverines can clamber and climb without…
Bidding farewell to Jumbo Wild’s Doug Anakin
Longtime Jumbo Wild supporter Doug Anakin passed away April 25th, leaving behind a trail of happy memories with friends and loved ones. Doug was a valued member of the Jumbo Creek Conservation Society (JCCS), the nonprofit organization dedicated to saving…
Avian analysis
Like the tourist towns nearby, the Columbia Wetlands are a popular seasonal destination. But instead of skiers and sunbathers, the wetlands attract a well-travelled flock of a different feather. Birds. Thousands of birds make the Columbia Wetlands a must…