Survivor: Animals in winter edition

Wildsight's Winter Wonder program invites students to explore the ecology, environment and educational experiences found in nature just steps from the classroom door. Students learn basic ecological principles that launch their journey to a lifetime of learning and love for our wild backyards. This school year, Wildsight educators brought the magic of winter to life for 1,671 students…

Wildsight news : Mountain caribou

EcoStewards students support caribou recovery efforts

May 23, 2023 by Lorene Keitch

Mountain caribou are struggling to survive. This endangered species is on the decline, with loss of their habitat hurting overall population numbers. Through Wildsight's EcoStewards program, students are learning about this special mountain animal — and taking action to support…

Action alert: Protect ancient forests in caribou habitat

November 24, 2022 by Eddie Petryshen

Deep in the heart of BC’s Inland Temperate Rainforest a logging plan threatens ancient and globally rare forest in the Seymour River area, northwest of Revelstoke. The area is part of the epicentre for the largest remaining and most…

Ancient Forests in Caribou Habitat Remain At Risk In The Seymour River.

October 27, 2022 by Eddie Petryshen

When a caribou moves, a tendon rolls over bones in its foot creating a unique clicking sound. A few years ago on a trip in the Northern Monashees, I ran into a female caribou in a meadow.

New evidence shows logging and cutting permits in proposed old growth deferral areas

April 11, 2022 by Eddie Petryshen

Kimberley – B.C. groups are releasing new evidence of ongoing logging and pending cut permits in proposed old growth deferral areas in the province. Images and documentation can be accessed here and here. Conservation North, Sierra Club BC, Stand.earth…

B.C. allows logging in critical habitat of one of the province’s sole recovering caribou herds. [The Narwhal]

March 30, 2022 by Eddie Petryshen

Satellite imagery reveals new cutblocks are ‘nibbling away’ at the critical habitat of the endangered Columbia North caribou herd, widely considered to be the Kootenay-area population with the highest chance of persisting in the long term.

Argonaut Creek taken off the chopping block

December 3, 2021 by Eddie Petryshen

After significant pressure from Indigenous nations and the public, the BC government has agreed to defer an old growth valley north of Revelstoke that provides critical habitat for caribou. The B.C. government's own logging agency, BC Timber Sales…

Guest Blog: Ancient cedar stands at risk in Shuswap’s own Fairy Creek

November 26, 2021 by Wildsight

The article below was originally published in the Salmon Arm Observer and Shuswap Passion. By Jim Cooperman Thanks to the work of a forest campaigner, Eddie Petryshen, from the Kootenay environmental group Wildsight, we are now aware of the plans…

Logging threatens important caribou habitat

September 21, 2021 by Wildsight

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…

Globally unique old growth falls as BC fails to act

June 21, 2021 by Eddie Petryshen

Deep in the heart of BC’s Inland Temperate Rainforest, chainsaws are cutting irreplaceable and globally unique stands of ancient cedar-hemlock forests. The trees, which are hundreds and hundreds of years old and many one to two metres in…

Recovering caribou: A conversation with caribou expert Rob Serrouya

May 26, 2021 by Eddie Petryshen

Dr. Rob Serrouya has spent his career studying caribou and the ecosystems which have supported caribou for millenia. But things are rapidly changing for caribou and the ecosystems that support these elusive critters.

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Survivor: Animals in winter edition

Wildsight news : Mountain caribou

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