At times most of us have felt that we are nothing but a voice in the wilderness. We speak out to industry or government and little seems to change. A letter is written with no reply nor result and we…
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…
This position has now been filled. Organizational Overview Wildsight is a registered charity with a mission to protect biodiversity and encourage sustainable communities in the Kootenay-Columbia region of BC. Our vision is to inspire a shared community desire to…
https://vimeo.com/568634860 The Rocky Mountain Trench Ecosystem Restoration program hosted an online workshop to explore historical fire regimes and forest composition over the past 600 years in the Rocky Mountain Trench with members of the Tree Ring Lab…
They’re not as cuddly as a koala, as photogenic as a polar bear, or as charismatic as a caribou. But western toads are just as worth saving. These bumpy-skinned scramblers are described in terms like stout, stumpy, and…
Senior Biologist and conservation guru Marcy Mahr shared with us the extent of the Western Toads awesomeness! Tune in to see why these creatures are so important for the health of our ecosystem (and cool to boot) and how Marcy…
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…
National Indigenous Peoples Day: Let’s celebrate the groundbreaking work Indigenous Nations are doing to bring the salmon home This is National Indigenous History Month with National Indigenous Peoples Day on June 21st.
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…
In the Columbia Valley, a lucky herd of mountain goats have found themselves an advocate in local rancher John Zehnder. His interest in the local herd began as a boy growing up on a ranch that borders the Toby Canyon…