Mountain goats in a dangerous time: Recreating respectfully this winter

Mountain goats in a dangerous time: Recreating respectfully this winter

Wildsight news : Forests

Webinar: Save forests; safe communities

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Missed our webinar with Dr. Peter Wood? Watch it now, and get informed on how BC's forestry industry needs a paradigm shift to better protect our communities agains the affects of climate change: https://vimeo.com/620117020…

Logging threatens important caribou habitat

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Deep in the heart of the Rocky Mountains, Louisiana Pacific (LP) is building a new road and is about to log important habitat for endangered mountain caribou. Multiple mountain caribou sightings in and adjacent to planned cut-blocks have been…

Safer communities through saved forests

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Landslides. Floods. Wildfires. They come with a vengeance, sweeping away or burning up communities. When they're happening, they seem inevitable. But what if these events weren't inevitable? What if the solution was closer than we think? To get…

Standing up for BC’s forgotten rainforest

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On a bright and hot summer afternoon, on a dusty logging road near ancient giants, Splatsin First Nation Kukpi7 (Chief) Wayne Christian is conducting a ceremony to protect a group of Revelstoke locals putting their bodies on the line to…

Field Notes: Dispatches from Fairy Creek

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By Lindsay Cuff Director, Wildsight Regional Council “A tree is the slow explosion of a seed.” ~Bruno Munari My eight-year-old son and I pull up to the access gate on the Forest Service Road (FSR) just off Pacific…

A future for old growth?

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Have you ever walked in a forest, dappled sunlight filtering in, and had the feeling of being dwarfed by a giant, towering tree? For me, there is nothing quite like standing at the base of an ancient tree and tracing…