Environment Canada misses another deadline to release long-delayed plan for endangered caribou

Environment Canada misses another deadline to release long-delayed plan for endangered caribou

Wildsight news : Golden Branch

Wildsight Golden Year in Review – 2023

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Wildsight Golden had a very busy and interesting 2023! Our organization holds events, but is also so much more. Here are some of our accomplishments from the past year. Upper Columbia Swallow Habitat Enhancement Project (UCSHEP) Bank and Barn Swallows…

Decolonizing the landscape with fire

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Western science is slowly catching up with Indigenous knowledge as our understanding of fire ecology grows. Through fire, Indigenous peoples are decolonizing the land, one hectare at a time. Fires have always been a part of forest life cycles.

Completion of feasibility study

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Over the last 6 months, Wildsight Golden has conducted a feasibility study to understand if a wellness trail would be beneficial to the people and businesses of Golden and Area A.

Athalmer Bank Swallow Habitat Reshaping Project

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Bank Swallows are aerial insectivores whose population has declined in Canada by between 93% and 98% in a recent 40 year period. In order to increase available breeding habitat for this at-risk species, a large substrate pile in Invermere…

Golden Community Loves Old Growth

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On September 28, Wildsight Golden facilitated an event to correspond with the provincial day of action against old growth logging. A group of community members gathered at Golden’s Spirit Square to collectively complete a painting created by Alana Jung…

Building biodiversity in a backyard

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The inaugural Wildsight Youth Climate Corps (YCC) Golden season has begun and we couldn't be more excited to see this new crew diving into the work. The season kicked off August 8th with in-class learning on issues surrounding…

Clearing the air around heat pumps

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Heat pumps are an incredibly efficient way to heat a home; they work by moving heat from one place to another, as opposed to generating their own heat. In the winter heat pumps extract heat energy from outside air (even…

The journey of a bank swallow

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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.