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Wildsight news : Conservation

Contamination of Elk Valley drinking water indicates spread of selenium pollution

August 15, 2024 by Simon Wiebe

In December 2023, the City of Fernie announced it would begin immediately exploring for a new secondary water supply, with workers operating seven days a week until Christmas Eve. In June 2024, it continued its investigations with pumping tests performed…

Five things to know about the IJC investigation into Elk-Kootenay water pollution

August 13, 2024 by Amelia Caddy

The international investigation into water pollution from Elk Valley coal mines is about to reach its first big milestone. Here’s what you need to know.

A walk through the Seymour River Valley

July 29, 2024 by Eddie Petryshen

Photographer Bailey Repp documents what's a stake in the wild and remote forests of the upper Seymour River Valley, where logging proposals threaten old forests and core caribou habitat.

New Kootenay Lake cut level highlights an industry at odds with provincial promises

July 25, 2024 by Eddie Petryshen

The decision reveals an industry in which timber-centric thinking still prevails — and points to a problematic disconnect between our provincial leaders’ promises, and the day-to-day decisions being made on the ground.

How does mountain biking affect wildlife in the Elk Valley?

July 11, 2024 by Amelia Caddy

Fernie, in British Columbia's Elk Valley, might be best known as a ski town, but when the snow melts and the bears wake up, residents and visitors alike flock to the city's world-class network of mountain biking…

Give mountain caribou a fighting chance

June 27, 2024 by Eddie Petryshen

Thousands of hectares of B.C.’s Inland Temperate Rainforest are currently slated for logging, including over 600 hectares in the Seymour River watershed considered to be core habitat for the Columbia North herd.

Wildsight-Ecojustice legal petition will require answers from Ottawa on B.C. mine takeover

June 18, 2024 by Casey Brennan

The petition will require the federal government to answer questions about how it's protecting Canadian taxpayers and the environment as part of its review of Glencore’s takeover of coal mines in B.C.’s Elk Valley.

Caribou habitat is under threat in the Seymour River watershed … again

June 17, 2024 by Eddie Petryshen

A new batch of clearcut proposals in the Seymour River watershed threaten over 600 hectares of endangered woodland caribou habitat, old growth forests and remnant patches of our Inland Temperate Rainforest.

Video: Wild Spaces Recreation Dialogues — mountain goats and bighorn sheep

June 5, 2024 by Amelia Caddy

This event was part of the Wild Spaces Recreation Dialogues, a series of Wildsight-hosted events geared specifically toward those who move through our valleys and mountains on foot, wheels or water.

Podcast: Great.com talks with Wildsight Conservation Director Casey Brennan

May 22, 2024 by Amelia Caddy

Tune into this conversation in which Great.com chats all things Wildsight with our Conservation Director Casey Brennan.

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Wildsight news : Conservation

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