Goats and winter recreation
So you’re skiing up the skin track, head down. You finally break out past the trees into the alpine and realize you’re not alone! There’s a beautiful shaggy haired creature there and it looks like she spent…
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Call for Nominations: 2023 Ellen Zimmerman Award
Do you know someone who has made an outstanding contribution to protecting nature or environmental education in the Columbia Headwaters region? Nominate them for the 2023 Ellen Zimmerman Award and celebrate their commitment to protecting nature and inspiring about nature…
World Wildlife Day
As humans for 50,000 generations we were wildlife. I cannot see our identity as humans separate from the natural world in which we emerged. Over the last 500 generations we’ve largely removed ourselves from that relationship.
A deeper look at the Incomappleux
When we think of British Columbia’s forests, we might picture the deep greens of towering cedar and hemlock lining the wild Pacific coast. Those in the southeast might imagine the sweet-scented ponderosa pine of the Rocky Mountain Trench…
Honk for Crossbills
In Golden this winter you may have noticed, especially up at the ski hill, that there are huge numbers of birds up high in coniferous trees, singing and calling. They are mostly White-winged and Red Crossbills as well as…
Speak up for BC’s biodiversity
The BC Government is creating a Biodiversity and Ecosystem Health Declaration and Legislation – but words mean nothing without action. Tell the Provincial government BC’s ecosystems and the species that rely on them need to be put first and protected…
Teck Coal fined for failed water treatment
Kukama?nam/Kimberley The BC government has fined Teck Coal $16.5 million for failure to construct a water treatment facility by the required permit date, along with fines for exceedances in selenium and nitrate. Wildsight strongly supports the administrative…
COP15: A global agreement to protect nature
In December, Montreal welcomed the world to COP15. The goal? To negotiate a new global biodiversity framework (GBF) ambitious enough to tackle the world's growing biodiversity crisis. Wildsight’s team was on the ground to advocate for ambitious commitment…
Passionate people protecting wilderness: Our forecast for 2023
One of Wildsight’s superpowers has long been its people. For thirty-six years, we’ve worked together and made some very significant lasting changes. From the alpine wildflower meadows of Qat’muk, to the ancient riparian layers of the…
Incomappleux protection marks a turning point for protection of rare Inland Temperate Rainforest
For Immediate Release: Kukama?nam/Kimberley Incomappleux protection marks a turning point for protection of rare Inland Temperate Rainforest Wildsight celebrates the creation of the Incomappleux Conservancy in the heart of the Inland Temperate Rainforest (ITR).