Photo: Rachel Darvill

Golden

 

Our vision for our community and our landscape

We envision a resilient and vibrant Columbia Headwaters: healthy creeks, streams, rivers, and wetlands; teeming aquatic and terrestrial biodiversity; productive and diverse forests that support wildlife connectivity, recreation, and sustainable forestry; and clean air for all to breathe and share. We envision a Golden community where people are engaged on important ecological issues and value wilderness conservation.
 

Our main objectives

Wildsight Golden’s main objective is to work to maintain biodiversity and healthy human communities in and around our region. Our focus is on protecting the high ecological values of the Columbia headwaters region, which continues to be one of the richest and most biologically diverse regions in the world. We participate effectively in government and community processes to promote the protection of clean air, forests, water, and overall biodiversity.
 
We work in partnership with Wildsight Regional and other Wildsight branches on several of our initiatives. We also work on strengthening ties with other sector groups in the community to ensure that environmental protection is supported by a broad constituency.
 
 

The community of Wildsight Golden acknowledge that we are working on the unceded territory of the Ktunaxa and Secwepemc peoples.  We will seek out and listen to the stories and wisdom that the Ktunaxa, Secwepemc and Metis peoples have to share and work towards reconciliation as a basic tenant of our work.  

See  Wildsight Golden Annual Report 2023.24

 

Join us!

There are plenty of projects and ideas for people to work on and we welcome new members. If you are interested in learning more about us or about how you can get involved, please join us at one of our monthly branch meetings. Contact Leslie, our Outreach and Branch Coordinator, at golden@wildsight.ca for more information.

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Upcoming Golden events

Earth Day Community Clean up and Potluck - April 22

Monday, April 22, 2024

Join us at Reflection Lake for a community clean up and potluck dinner!  This annual event is…

Wildlife and recreation dialogues: Elk biology in Golden

Tuesday, April 30, 2024

If you like to adventure outside and want to know more about the wildlife living on the land…

Migratory Bird Day Birding Breakfast 2024

Saturday, May 11, 2024

Join Wildsight Golden for our annual birding breakfast to celebrate World Migratory Bird Day. This is event is…

Bringing the Salmon Home documentary film

Monday, May 27, 2024

The mighty Columbia River was once the source of the world’s greatest salmon runs. But massive dams…

Naturalist guided bird walk (Registration starts May 15)

Saturday, June 15, 2024

Are you interested in learning about the birds that call Golden their home these days? Come join Naturalist…

Native Flora Garden Tour (Creeky Cedars) Registration opens June 3, 2024

Sunday, June 23, 2024

Join Nick Laferriere; artist, photographer and gardener (some of his roles!) as he tours us around his local…

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Join The Team

Want to protect wildlife, clean water and wild spaces? Volunteer with us! Wildsight volunteers are a very special group of people who give generously of their time to stuff envelopes, attend rallies, help run events, put up posters, keep tabs on forestry practices in their communities and participate in citizen science initiatives.

VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES

Branch Information

Contact

golden@wildsight.ca
Box #25
#203 - 421 9th Avenue N
Patlar Building, Golden BC V0A 1H0
1-250-439-8491

golden@wildsight.ca