Beavers: Our unsung climate heroes
From stopping wildfires in their tracks, to mitigating floods and the impacts of drought, beavers do a lot to keep our homes safe and the environment healthy.
Wildsight news : Conservation
Gone before you know it
The old growth mysteries we risk losing before we realize they exist.
Williamson’s sapsuckers: The woodpecker BC is failing
Imagine flying nearly 4,000 kilometres from Mexico to sip the sap of BC’s old growth — only to arrive and find few ancient trees left. Such is the life of a Williamson’s sapsucker, a little-known woodpecker that…
Bringing the salmon home: Tribes in U.S. secure $200m for Columbia River salmon
The U.S. Government has pledged $200 million over 20 years to support a tribe-led reintroduction of salmon to the Upper Columbia River Basin. As Wildsight’s Director of Water and Climate, Graeme Lee Rowlands, writes, the U.S. announcement could be the start of an exciting new chapter for Canada.
Saving seeds in the subalpine
Pinus albicaulis, more commonly known as whitebark pine, is a five-needled conifer that makes its home in high elevation forests across its native range. This sometimes scraggly, sometimes towering, tree ekes out its existence in some of the most…
It’s time to end old growth logging
It’s been years since the release of the Old Growth Strategic Review, but our ancient trees are still being loaded onto logging trucks. Will you speak up to protect our forests?
United for old growth
Join us at a rally for old growth on the provincial day of action, Sept 28th.
In Nelson at MLA Brittny Anderson's office or in Revelstoke.
New Conservation Director sets sights on protecting and connecting our shared home
There's no place like home. And for Casey Brennan, there's nothing better than working to protect this special place we call home. After more than a decade gaining valuable experience in both the private and the international ENGO…
The journey of a bank swallow
In late July, a fledgling bank swallow emerges from its burrow in a steep cliff alongside the Columbia Wetlands. Shortly after it first takes flight, likely within days or weeks, this young swallow will begin a journey that could take it as far south as Chile for the winter.
The future of forestry: Cheakamus Community Forest
The Cheakamus Community Forest sits on 330 square kilometres of forest surrounding Whistler, and operates under an ecosystem management-based approach. We met with executive director Heather Beresford to learn more about how forests such as these might shape the future of forestry.