Student job: Communications Intern
This position has been filled. Are you a college student looking for a part-time job during the school year? Wildsight is looking for a Communications Intern to work with us from now to April.
Wildsight news : Sustainable communities
Testing the waters: Water monitoring puts career options top of mind
Emma Watson and Oliver Gatzke sit alongside a wooden dock that cordons off the end of a popular recreational lake near Skookumchuk, BC, a softshell black zippered bag opened between them. Emma grasps a tubular silver and black wand about…
Beloved local ski hill gains wildfire protection thanks to Youth Climate Corps
It's little more than a ski lift and a couple of runs, but the Salmo Ski Hill is a treasured local gem. Run by a small and dedicated volunteer board, the ski hill has operated for decades on a…
Going beyond reduce, reuse and recycle
My son participated in Wildsight's Beyond Recycling program last year. In it, he learned the tenets of a sustainable community and studied how his own actions, and those of our family, impact the planet.
Small actions for big change
How can one person make a difference to the climate crisis? For Kaslo resident Kenya Blouin, the answer lies in bringing sustainability and climate solutions to local communities. Kenya decided early on that she was going to dedicate her career…
What’s lurking in the water at Lois Creek?
Lois Creek is a much loved little stream that trickles its way through Kimberley. This humble waterway holds a surprisingly rich history of local innovation and human expansion. But years of human interference have left its mark on this small…
Decolonizing the landscape with fire
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.
Food, farms and fires
We welcomed our third community to the Wildsight Youth Climate Corps (YCC) roster this year with the launch of a season in Golden. But what exactly does a season look like? We're glad you asked.
Taking climate action to the streets
This season our West Kootenay Youth Climate Corps crew took on a unique role, becoming community ambassadors for the City of Nelson and the Regional District of Central Kootenay (RDCK) and bringing the climate conversation to the public across the…
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…