Our 2018 Annual Report
Join us in celebrating everything we’ve achieved together with our 2018 annual report. Take a look and read about what we accomplished together last year with our partners, members, donors and supporters.
Author: Wildsight
Remembering Juri Peepre
Wildsight mourns the loss of a passionate and courageous leader of the environmental community. Juri Peepre, who passed away peacefully on May 13 at his home at the foot of the Rocky Mountains near Windermere, inspired us with his deep…
30 years of people power: Are you a Wildsight member?
As we celebrate our 30th anniversary, we’ve also been cleaning out our office and have had the opportunity to go through boxes and boxes of photos, slides, newspaper clippings and files from the past 30 years of environmental advocacy…
Dale Zinovich: A Wildsight founder remembered
It is with great sadness that we share the news of the passing of Dale Zinovich. A passionate advocate for the environment, Dale was one of the founding members of the East Kootenay Environmental Society (EKES) with her husband George…
Real science and community planning: Lizard Creek subdivision
We have one last chance to stop the Lizard Creek subdivision near Fernie and protect grizzlies! Send a message to your Regional District director asking them to cast their final vote to protect bears—and to stand up for the…
Our sacred spaces are natural spaces: Joe Pierre Jumbo interview part 3
In part 3 of our Qat'muk interview with Ktunaxa storyteller Joe Pierre, he details what a sacred space means to him, and what the Supreme court case could mean for Ktunaxa, Qat’muk and indigenous sacred spaces across Canada.
Adventures in the Hornaday wilderness: A Go Wild! report
For the last three years, I, Ben Gadd (of no relation to the Ben Gadd), have participated in Go Wild!, hiking for six days into the middle of nowhere and out the other side, accompanied by complete strangers—and Dave…
Columbia Basin students take their classrooms outdoors
This school year, more than 2000 Grade 4-7 students from around the Columbia Basin put their pencils in their pockets and marched deep into the wild world of their own backyards with our Classroom With Outdoors program.
Think Locally, Act Globally: Patagonia and Jumbo Wild
In late 2014, our long-running Jumbo Wild campaign was selected as Patagonia’s environmental spotlight for the coming year. We had no idea that our small, local campaign was under consideration.
Feeding Elk is not the Solution
Feeding elk has been promoted as helpful and even necessary during this snowy winter in the East Kootenay. But is feeding elk really best for the animals? Experienced wildlife biologists have repeatedly argued that feeding elk can do more harm…