START DATE: Mid June END DATE: Late August Hours- Full Time, 10 weeks @ 40 hr/week, some weekend and evening work Rate: $12/hr Location- based out of Invermere About Wildsight: Wildsight works to maintain biodiversity and healthy human communities in Canada’s Columbia and Rocky Mountains ecoregion. We are focused on three core areas: the … Continued
Last summer I had the opportunity to hike with some members of the Flathead Wild team into B.C.’s southernmost Rocky Mountain alpine wonderland. Over the past ten years I had hiked and camped in many places throughout British Columbia’s Flathead River Valley, but I had not hiked to Grizzly Wide Pass and the spectacular alpine … Continued
Earth Day: Small Steps Change the World The theme of this year’s earth day is “It’s Our Turn to Lead.” And the kids who’ve been participating in our Beyond Recycling program have taken this to heart. Since the fall, they’ve been on a journey to discover the impact of their lifestyles—product choices, energy, waste and … Continued
Enter by July 18; prizes for First, Second and Third announced at Regatta! Lake Windermere, B.C. — To bring artistic excitement to the Lake Windermere Regatta—and to the whole Columbia Valley Summerlude weekend—the Lake Windermere Ambassadors will host the Love Your Lake Photo Contest. Shutterbugs who live, stay or play around the lake can enter their … Continued
Vancouver company requests exemption from rules to protect endangered caribou habitat A Vancouver mining exploration company proposes to turn part of a popular hiking trail in endangered mountain caribou habitat into a road for heavy drilling equipment, 9 conservation groups revealed today. Pembrook Mining Corp. has requested an exemption from government orders that ban road … Continued
