A bear’s journey
What’s life without connection? There’s nothing quite like the sense of connection I feel seeing a grizzly bear’s eyes on me from across an alpine meadow, the graceful leap of a mountain goat up a cliff, or…
Author: Robyn Duncan
Watching the world through new eyes
More than a year ago, I stepped away from Wildsight for the birth of my son, Arlo. Now I’ve come back to Wildsight with a new sense of inspiration: I have never been more committed to protecting nature, to…
Extinction through the eyes of a five year old
A friend of mine once shared with me her experience of trying to explain to her five year old son what extinction meant. How do you conceptualize the idea that an animal or plant will never again live, anywhere? Let alone explain that the reason is likely because our expanding human footprint...
Closed – We’re Hiring: Conservation and GIS Summer Student
Start Date: May 9, 2019 End Date: August 21, 2019 Wage: $20/hour Hours: Full-time (37.5 hours per week) Location: Kimberley, BC About Wildsight Wildsight’s vision is to inspire a shared community desire to protect our natural…
Closed – Job Posting: Operations Manager
This position has been filled. Wildsight is looking for a creative, collaborative and passionate Operations Manager to join our team. This is a 0.5-0.7 Full Time Equivalent (20-28 hours per week) maternity leave contract that comes…
The Future of Waste in the East Kootenay
Do you want community composting? More reuse centres in our region? If you live in the Regional District of the East Kootenay (RDEK), now is the time to have your voice heard.
Have you seen birds?
“Have you seen winter birds? Searching snow and tapping bark, Perching puffed in freezing dark Winter birds need lots of feed, Scraps of fat and sacks of seed. Have you seen birds?" I used to think of birding as kind…
Environmental groups call on feds to step up B.C. caribou protections
VANCOUVER – Ecojustice lawyers, acting on behalf of the Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative, Greenpeace Canada, Wilderness Committee, and Wildsight, sent a letter to Minister of Environment and Climate Change Catherine McKenna on Friday, Nov.
Jumbo: Things are stalled, but still moving
Last night I went to the Jumbo Creek Conservation Society (JCCS) annual meeting in Invermere. Together, we celebrated that the Jumbo Valley has stayed wild for another year. The JCCS has been Wildsight’s main partner in the decades-long…
Minister of Education to speak at National Environmental Education Conference at St. Eugene
Connecting kids to nature and their wild backyards is a big part of what we do at Wildsight. We launched our school-based environmental education program in 2000 and now offer six different programs during the school year and two…