On Top of the World: Go Wild!
It was the views that cinched the trip for Tanner Banman. The views, and the smell of rain mixed with pure mountain air that made Go Wild! an experience like no other.
Wildsight news : Education
Field School returns with a flourish
“This experience has become one of the building blocks of my future life, in relation to both my career path and my personal endeavours.” - Faye Petersen, 18, Argenta/Kaslo After two long years away from the water due to the…
What if teenagers renegotiate the Columbia River Treaty?
Applications close May 22 for this year's Columbia River Field School: learn more. ----- You may have heard about the Columbia River Treaty in the news once, or perhaps many times, over the last decade.
Girls on Ice Kootenay Expedition team looking for Gear Fairies
Girls on Ice is a tuition-free wilderness science education program for young women, non-binary, and gender non-conforming youth (ages 16-18). The team spends 12 days exploring and learning about mountain glaciers and the alpine landscape in…
Growing School: On Farm Learning with Apple Quill
Growing food in the East Kootenays presents a unique set of challenges: cool temperatures, high elevations, and short growing seasons to name a few. If you're eager to learn about local growing, there's no better way to learn…
Student learning goes beyond the 3 Rs in deep-dive program
Have you ever eaten honeycomb fresh from the hive, with the delightful gentle buzz of the relentless hard working bees above your head? How about taken a walk to understand water scarcity? Have you visited your local landfill to see…
Exploring a local grassland through Classroom with Outdoors
Spirits were high when Windermere Elementary students visited Columbia Lake Provincial Park's Spirit Trail for a recent field trip. Amber Aspervig's Grade 4-5 class visited this local grassland ecosystem through Wildsight's Classroom with Outdoors program, which…
Students work to restore Cranbrook wetland
Elizabeth Lake is a beloved Cranbrook wetland. This important nature reserve provides a critical nesting and staging area for several types of birds, as well as a safe habitat for Western Painted Turtles and other wildlife.
Students take a likin’ to lichen
On a recent field trip local students tromped through forests and picked through trees to collect lichen for dwindling caribou herds living in captivity. Mountain caribou are amongst the most endangered mammals in North America.
4,361 reasons to celebrate
Your support has helped get more than 4,300 students learning to love and understand our wildlife and wild places this school year. Thank you! https://youtu.be/-9DZ7Eof9Zw This has been an incredible year for Wildsight Education, with thousands…