On the power of collective action — and why small acts can change everything
Wildsight Executive Director Robyn Duncan reflects on what gives her hope, and the cumulative power of small acts to create a current of change for good.
Wildsight news : Forests
Mushroom hunting in the Inland Temperate Rainforest
Quiet footfalls pass through the deep mossy undergrowth, the air wet and windy. Under the shelter of towering old-growth cedar trees, the worst of the weather is blocked as the small group carefully hunts the ground for unusual prey…
Why old forests are still being logged in one of BC’s most endangered ecosystems
Three months ago I walked through a magical cathedral forest where thousand-year-old cedar trees wrapped with green ‘car straps’, towered above six-foot-high devil’s club. I was among the last people to see these ancient beings…
St. Mary’s field tours highlight forest still under threat
Although new logging plans currently appear to be on hold in the St. Mary's valley, that pause should not be mistaken for protection. Recent field tours have helped demonstrate what's at stake.
A Trouble in the Headwaters film tour is coming to the Kootenays
This fall, we're excited to be bringing back-to-back screenings of Trouble in the Headwaters to Fernie, Golden and Kimberley from November 22-24.
A new era begins for the Elk Valley’s Kootenay Forest Lands
In early October, Elk Valley residents awoke to news that the Nature Conservancy Canada had sealed the deal on the purchase of more than 45,000 hectares (110,000 acres) of the valley for conservation.
Bearing witness: My first steps through an old-growth clearcut
Reanne Harvey comes face-to-face with the destruction of an ancient forest for the first time, bears witness to the next giants set to be destroyed, and questions how — in 2025 — this is still able to occur.
Webinar recording: Old-growth logging & caribou in the Revelstoke area
In this webinar recording, join Wildsight Conservation Specialists Eddie Petryshen & Reanne Harvey to learn about old-growth logging in B.C.'s Inland Temperate Rainforest, and what it could mean for our deep-snow caribou.
Thousands of hectares of old growth, caribou habitat under threat
Wildsight, Stand.earth and Wilderness Committee are calling for urgent action as new research sounds the alarm on imminent danger to southernmost caribou from logging.
BC Timber Sales promises to protect caribou habitat in Revelstoke-Shuswap region
In an email to Wildsight, the BC Government's own logging agency has signalled its intention to stop new logging developments in core caribou habitat north of Revelstoke.