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Wildsight news : Youth Climate Corps

A path to protecting native pollinator species

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Elk Root Conservation Society in the West Kootenay's Slocan Valley is creating a pollinator highway. Pollinator highways are tracts of land dedicated to supporting pollinators (bees, hummingbirds, bats and more) by growing food sources such as native wildflowers, connecting…

Small actions for big change

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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?

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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

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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.

Food, farms and fires

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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.