Author: Lorene Keitch

Youth crew works to reduce wildfire risks

January 5, 2021 by Lorene Keitch

Sometimes, the best intentions go awry. Wildfires destroy forests, threaten communities, and harm wildlife. They can grow out of control and cost millions of dollars to stop. So the general policy in B.C.

Counting our feathered friends

December 17, 2020 by Lorene Keitch

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.

Wildsight turns the page on 20 years of education

November 30, 2020 by Lorene Keitch

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

November 17, 2020 by Lorene Keitch

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

November 2, 2020 by Lorene Keitch

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

October 15, 2020 by Lorene Keitch

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

September 21, 2020 by Lorene Keitch

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

August 19, 2020 by Lorene Keitch

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

August 17, 2020 by Lorene Keitch

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

May 25, 2020 by Lorene Keitch

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…