Wild Nature Workshops — Fernie
Wild Nature Tours is thrilled to announce our upcoming Summer 2017 Wild Nature Workshops! We have something for everyone to get them out and exploring and learning about our amazing corner of the East Kootenays.
Wildsight news : Elk Valley Branch
Elk Valley’s “Keeping Food Real” Project Is Ready To Sprout
In exciting news from the East—or the West, North or South, depending on where you're reading this—the Wildsight Elk Valley branch will be moving their Keeping Food Real project from brilliant idea to brilliant reality this year…
Wild Nature Tours Kicks off Winter in Style!
Wild Nature Tours is pleased to be offering our fun-for-all-ages Winter Snowshoe Safaris! Join naturalist Lee-Anne Walker as she guides you through Fernie’s snowiest places all while keeping you moving with colourful stories, interesting facts…
Recognizing Lee-Anne Walker: A legacy of environmental stewardship
Recently, we recognized Lee-Anne Walker and her incredible contribution to environmental education at a CBEEN Environmental Education Expo in Fernie. Below is an excerpt of the tribute to Lee-Anne by many that resulted in a standing ovation and…
I’m Dreaming of a Green Christmas
Creating a Green Holiday Season: Ideas to Keep It Eco-Friendly According to Andy Williams, it's "the most wonderful time of the year". Unless it's a Green Holiday you're planning, it's also the most wasteful, consumer…
Wildways: Corridors of Life Mini Tour!
From grizzly bears in the Flathead Valley to lions in Tanzania the PBS documentary Wildways: Corridors of Life showcases the importance of wildlife corridors in the ever changing landscape of the 21st century.
Support Craft Beer and Protect the Places You Love
Vote for Wildsight in Phillips Benefit Brew contest and help us get our own beer + $10,000 towards protecting the Jumbo Valley and other places you love! You can vote here everyday, once a day, until November 18th.
Wildsight Elk Valley Awarded a “Happy Birthday Canada” 150th Celebration Garden
Fernie, BC, - The Wildsight Community EcoGarden is the lucky recipient of one of a hundred and fifty, ‘150th Celebration Gardens’ being distributed across Canada – by the Canadian Garden Council in collaboration with Vesey’s Bulbs of PEI – in celebration of…
Job Opportunity: Communications and Development Coordinator
Communications and Development Coordinator (One year, half-time contract, with potential to renew) Start Date: Position begins January 3, 2017, with two to three training days in mid-December Hours: 20-24 hours a week, to be determined Salary: $22…
Wildlife Values Continue to Erode while Mine Approvals Move Forward
The BC Government continues to approve extensions and entertain new open pit coal mine proposals in the Elk River watershed, an integral part of the Southern Rockies wildlife corridor. Last week, Teck’s Baldy Ridge extension was approved, opening up…