- Kootenay Conservation Program
- Friends of Kootenay National Park
- Electronic Atlas of the Flora of BC
- Columbia Wetlands Stewardship Partners and the Columbia River Guide
- iNaturalist: Learn about nature and become a Citizen Scientist. iNaturalist is a global data-sharing application to engage people in observing, learning about, and recording the rich biodiversity that surrounds us.
- Some aspects of the ecology of the Columbia National Wildlife Area_Larry Halverson et al If you want to learn more about what you can find in our wetlands, read this. Even though the report was published in 2012, it remains vital and relevant. Here’s what one of the report’s authors, Neil Dawe, remembers about gathering the information for the Canadian Wildlife Service: We had a wonderful summer there that year, as you can no doubt tell from the report. As we often said as we were paddling the wetlands, counting birds, checking grebe and tern nests, and revelling at the sheer beauty of the locale, “Can you believe we’re getting paid to do this?”
Pat Morrow
Local Resources
Nominate a conservation champion
February 11, 2026
Do you know a woman who has made an outstanding contribution to protecting nature or environmental education in the Columbia Headwaters region? Nominate her for…Read More
Wild & Scenic thank you
December 10, 2025
The 12th Wild & Scenic Film Festival 2025. Thank you to our incredible sponsors and all who attended on November 15th.Read More
2025 Silent Auction - Wildsight Invermere Fundraiser
November 4, 2025
The 12th Annual Wild & Scenic Film Festival in Invermere isn’t just about great films and hanging out with your besties....Read More
Upcoming Invermere events
Repair Cafe: Sewing 101 learn to fix your gear
Thursday, February 26
Sewing 101: Learn how to fix your own clothing and reduce textile waste to landfill and prioritising repairing over replacing textiles. Wildsight Invermere's first repair cafe will teach you…
Spring Pre-loved Clothing Market Invermere
Thursday, March 26
The Spring Pre-loved Clothing Market is a place to keep textiles out of landfill and keep quality items in circulation in the Columbia Valley. Shop affordable pre-loved fashion — good for your wardrobe, better for the planet.
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.