Can we keep our mountains wild?
This year, Wildsight celebrates 30 years of protecting wildlife, clean water and wild places. It’s been quite the journey...
Wildsight news : Conservation
Canada & BC reach historic agreement to protect mountain caribou—but will it be enough?
The governments of Canada and British Columbia last week announced an agreement to protect threatened mountain caribou in part of the province. This historic agreement between the federal and provincial governments is the first ever agreement reached under Section 11…
Selenium in the Elk Valley: Are we locking in centuries of water pollution?
Late last month, Teck Coal announced plans to shut down their Line Creek water treatment plant. The plant was designed to remove selenium contamination from water flowing out of mine waste dumps and into the Elk River, but instead it…
Art for Mountain Caribou: An interview with Grant Smith & Online Art Auction
Place your bids here. Grant Smith is a Kimberley artist and retired art teacher. When Grant first moved to the Kootenays, he donated “Giant Sitka”, a block print sold as a fundraiser for Wildsight (then EKES).
Supreme Court decision on Qat’muk: What’s next?
After years in court, the Ktunaxa Nation suffered their final loss last week in their legal case to stop the proposed Jumbo Glacier Resort—but it won’t be the end of their efforts to protect Qat’muk
Wildsight disappointed in Supreme Court decision on Jumbo Glacier Resort
Wildsight is deeply saddened by the Supreme Court ruling today that fails to recognize indigenous spiritual rights connected to sacred places in Canada’s Charter of Rights and Freedoms. We stand with the Ktunaxa Nation in the continued fight to…
Selenium in the Elk Valley: Teck’s $1.4M fine highlights long-term problems
On Oct. 5, Teck pleaded guilty and was fined $1.4M under the Fisheries Act for releasing pollution from their Line Creek water treatment facility in 2014. The three releases of contaminated water killed dozens of bull trout and westslope…
Crockpots and canoes: Celebrating the Columbia Wetlands
Water has been at the core of our work at Wildsight for 30 years. To celebrate our 30th anniversary and the enactment of the full suite of federal boating regulations on the Columbia Wetlands, the culmination of 16 years of…
Fire salvage logging: Our ecosystems in danger
With the colder weather and rain, wildfires are coming under control and plans for salvage logging are being put together quickly across the province. The science over the past two decades has been clear: salvage logging is risky for our…
Pure clean water: Biomonitoring in the Flathead
A few weeks ago, I spent a few hot days in the Flathead Valley, often in the cold, clear waters of the tributaries of the Flathead River. The whole Flathead, which is the largest unsettled valley in Southern Canada, is…