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In a time of drought, a modernized Columbia River Treaty offers hope

April 23, 2024 by Graeme Lee Rowlands

It’s official: B.C’s annual April snow survey confirms this winter is leaving our province with its lowest snowpack on record at just 63% of normal. Last year’s snowpack was significantly higher at 88%, but even that…

Job Posting: Summer Camp Coordinator for Wildsight Revelstoke

April 10, 2024 by Reanne Harvey

Posting Title Wildsight Revelstoke Summer Camp Coordinator Location Revelstoke, BC Period 7 weeks (245 hours) to be carried out between June 1st and August 31st Wage $30 per hour Close Date May 24th, 2024 Job Summary The Summer Camp Coordinator…

Go Wild! open for applications

April 4, 2024 by Wildsight

Go Wild! challenges youth 14-18 on a six-day wilderness backpacking trip into the spectacular Kootenay backcountry. Go Wild! isn’t just a backpacking trip: it’s an education in backcountry camping and hiking that teaches students the wilderness skills needed to safely plan and undertake mountain exp

What a flight over B.C.’s North Columbia Mountains tells us about the dire state of caribou habitat

March 25, 2024 by Eddie Petryshen

Our plane hovers at 9,000 feet above the massive glaciers of British Columbia’s northern Monashee Mountains. It’s hot and cramped in this small, aluminium sky-box, which is currently being pushed around by rough summer winds.

Wildsight Golden is looking for an Invasive Plant Coordinator

March 20, 2024 by Wildsight Golden

Do you love physical outdoor work, have a passion for the environment and have good communication skills? Wildsight Golden is seeking one qualified person to coordinate ‘Golden’s Community Invasive Plant Program’ and to develop and deliver public education on…

Going beyond reduce, reuse and recycle

March 14, 2024 by Lorene Keitch

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.

An Open Letter to Canadian Pacific and Transport Canada

March 13, 2024 by Wildsight Golden

Golden has some of the poorest air quality in the province. Exposure to air pollution is linked to increased risks of premature mortality, hospital admissions for heart or lung causes, bronchitis, and asthma. These impacts disproportionately affect infants, children, and…

Wildsight welcomes Elk Valley water pollution inquiry

March 11, 2024 by Wildsight

Qukin ʔamakʔis/Fernie - Wildsight celebrates the announcement of an International Joint Commission (IJC) investigation into water pollution from British Columbia’s Elk Valley coal mines as the first step towards addressing a complex problem with transparency, trust and respect…

The importance of critical minerals should not condone their extraction at all costs

March 6, 2024 by Simon Wiebe

Here in the Kootenays, we have a long history of mining a wide range of materials, including gold, silver, lead, copper, zinc and gypsum. Many of these minerals, like zinc and copper, would very easily fit into most critical mineral definitions.

Wildsight Education program recognized with national award

February 29, 2024 by Lorene Keitch

We might be biased, but we're pretty keen about our EcoStewards program. And it seems we're not the only ones who feel that way; EcoStewards is the inaugural recipient of Wildlife Habitat Canada's Diane Griffin Award! EcoStewards…

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