Concern grows over scale of logging in St Marys River Valley

Over a hundred people gathered in Kimberley on Tuesday night to hear about the impact of current and future logging on wildlife and their habitats in the St Marys River Valley.

Wildsight news : Conservation

South Selkirk Mountain Caribou Update

August 12, 2016 by Lindsay Cuff

Bryce Comer has been working on a film about Mountain Caribou for the last eight years. He has generously agreed to share video updates pulling together footage from trail cameras places throughout the South Selkirks.

Special Places: Mt. Hefty Lookout

August 5, 2016 by Lindsay Cuff

Time spent being a lookout isn't spent at all. Every day in a lookout is a day not subtracted from the sum of one's life. -Phil Connors, Fire Season Looking east from the fire lookout on top of…

Selkirk Secondary Students Go Wild

July 18, 2016 by Andrea Chapman

Grade nine students from Kimberley's Selkirk Secondary School made the most of the last week of school by joining the annual Go Wild trip to Elk Lakes Provincial Park north of Elkford.

Private Land Logging: Past, Present and Future

July 12, 2016 by Eddie Petryshen

I grew up as a pretty typical Kootenay kid. I would spend my school week dreaming of summer weekends. When those weekends did come, my brothers and I would load up my Dad’s old pickup truck with bikes, packs…

20 years of Conservation and Collaboration: Rocky Mountain Trench Society

July 11, 2016 by Robyn Duncan

There is a magic to the golden grasses of the Rocky Mountain Trench. Prairie-esque, the rolling grasslands between the Rocky Mountain and Purcell Mountain ranges are the first place to burst into colour in the spring when crocuses and…

Summer Wild Times

July 4, 2016 by Lindsay Cuff

Our summer print newsletter is hot off the presses, featuring summer hikes and paddles, branch events, new initiatives and inspiring people. Check it out! Wild Times Summer 2016 PLUS: Kimberley/Cranbrook Branch Update Invermere Branch Update Golden Branch Update Elk…