Columbia Basin Kids Get Better Acquainted With Their Watersheds
It's very easy to become disconnected to where our water comes from and what happens once we're done with it. We turn on our taps and out it comes.
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Wild Times Newsletter Summer 2017
Summer 2017 newsletter (plus branch inserts: Elk Valley, Golden, Invermere, Kimberley/Cranbrook…
Columbia Wetlands Waterbird Survey strikes again!
Frozen marshes, few birds and cold temperatures... that’s how many people would have felt about the way spring rolled out in the Columbia Valley this year. However, despite there being some truth to this description, the recently completed third…
From Inside Revelstoke Dam: Educators Gather for a New Season of Know Your Watershed
Eleven excellent Wildsight educators gathered in Revelstoke this spring for their annual training session for Columbia Basin Trust’s Know Your Watershed program, an initiative administered and delivered by Wildsight. “With educators in every major community across the Columbia Basin…
Do Not Disturb: Nesting Season on the Columbia Wetlands
Spring is unmistakably in the air again and that familiar desire to get out on the water has returned too. But before we grab our gear and vessels and head out on the open water, now is a perfect time…
A Conflux Of Water Work and Appreciation
Not only is it Canada Water Week all week, but World Water Day is all day today - which makes this Wednesday a real confluence of water-related celebrations. We figured we'd take a moment to join in the festivities…
Selenium in our water: Wildsight calls for halt to new mines in the Elk Valley
In light of recent charges brought against Teck under the Fisheries Act for fish deaths resulting from the failure of their selenium treatment plant in 2014, Wildsight and the Flathead Wild Coalition are renewing their call for a halt to…
Deep Water: Groundwater Monitoring in the Columbia Basin
For most of us, groundwater isn’t something we give much thought to. Even for those who have wells, we don’t think much about aquifer levels unless our well runs dry. But for Wildsight’s Nicole Fulcher, our region…
Heather Leschied Receives Conservation Leadership Award
This past November, the Kootenay Conservation Program dedicated a portion of their annual gathering in Creston to showcase individuals who have demonstrated outstanding leadership qualities in the field of conservation. One of those people being honoured was our very own…
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"There’s a crack in everything. That’s how the light gets in.” Leonard Cohen I'm walking down a freshly cut logging road and the day is dark with clouds hanging to the valley bottom.