From forest waste to farm resource

The Youth Climate Corps (YCC) East and West Kootenay crews launched their season by joining forces on a wildfire risk reduction project that combined on-the-ground training with climate resilience work. The project took place on 3.1 hectares of Goat Mountain near Creston, B.C. — a mountainside that holds not only forest but homes, trails and powerlines, making…

Wildsight news : Education

Back to school: The magic of the changing seasons

November 20, 2017 by Lars Sander-Green

As Kootenay kids headed back into the classroom this September, Wildsight educators were scheming to get them right back outside again. Every year, across the Columbia Basin, our team of 25 environmental educators bring the magic of nature to thousands…

Crossing the Purcells: A Go Wild! trip report

September 12, 2017 by Lars Sander-Green

Bry Daniels, a two-time veteran of our Go Wild! youth wilderness trips, just returned from our second trip of the summer with 11 other local youth, travelling the historic Earl Grey Pass trail over six days, from near Invermere…

Adventures in the Hornaday wilderness: A Go Wild! report

August 2, 2017 by Wildsight

For the last three years, I, Ben Gadd (of no relation to the Ben Gadd), have participated in Go Wild!, hiking for six days into the middle of nowhere and out the other side, accompanied by complete strangers—and Dave…

Wildsight seeks environmental educators in Invermere and Golden

July 20, 2017 by Robyn Duncan

Wildsight has been delivering environmental education programs in schools throughout the Columbia Basin for 17 years. We have 5 programs customized for youth from kindergarten to grade 10. We are seeking environmental educators to deliver our Winter Wonder, Classroom with…

Columbia Basin students take their classrooms outdoors

July 19, 2017 by Wildsight

This school year, more than 2000 Grade 4-7 students from around the Columbia Basin put their pencils in their pockets and marched deep into the wild world of their own backyards with our Classroom With Outdoors program.

Hiking into History: Youth Go Wild into Hornaday Wilderness this summer

June 26, 2017 by Lars Sander-Green

Local youth will be heading deep into the backcountry this July to explore the Hornaday Wilderness near Elkford with Wildsight’s Go Wild! Rockies Youth Leadership Program. This 6-day, self-sufficient backpacking trip starts July 8th and is open…

Columbia Basin Kids Get Better Acquainted With Their Watersheds

June 11, 2017 by Jeremy Sroka

It's very easy to become disconnected to where our water comes from and what happens once we're done with it. We turn on our taps and out it comes.

Wild Times Newsletter Summer 2017

June 1, 2017 by Lars Sander-Green

Summer 2017 newsletter (plus branch inserts: Elk Valley, Golden, Invermere, Kimberley/Cranbrook…

From Inside Revelstoke Dam: Educators Gather for a New Season of Know Your Watershed

April 28, 2017 by Jeremy Sroka

Eleven excellent Wildsight educators gathered in Revelstoke this spring for their annual training session for Columbia Basin Trust’s Know Your Watershed program, an initiative administered and delivered by Wildsight. “With educators in every major community across the Columbia Basin…

Students Go Beyond Recycling For The Future Of Our Planet

April 19, 2017 by Jeremy Sroka

This school year, 13 classes from around the Columbia Basin joined Wildsight educators on a 24 week Beyond Recycling investigation into the impact of their lifestyles—energy, waste and consumption—to discover how their everyday actions affect the health of…

Upcoming events

Webinar — Old growth logging and caribou in the Revelstoke area
Revelstoke, Regional
Monday, July 14
Join Wildsight Conservation Specialist Eddie Petryshen and Wildsight Revelstoke's Reanne Harvey to learn about the old growth logging still occurring north of Revelstoke — and explore what it means for our local caribou.
Let's go hiking - with kids!
Invermere
Sunday, July 20
Did you enjoy hiking pre-kids and now wish to continue with kids, but aren’t sure where or how to start? We're running…
Columbia River Field School
Regional
July 12 - July 26
The Columbia River Field School is a summer learning adventure for students aged 15-18. Participants will paddle key sections of the Canadian side of…
Go Wild!
Regional
July 27 - August 1
Go Wild! challenges youth through a six-day wilderness backpacking trip into the spectacular Kootenay backcountry. Go Wild! isn’t just a backpacking trip: it…
Summer cleanups at Lake Enid
Invermere
June 18 - August 13
Beloved by many, Lake Enid is a beautiful spot for nature appreciation, camping and outdoor recreation. Over summer it can become over-used, and unfortunately…

From forest waste to farm resource

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