Our branch could not “bee” more excited to announce that we have partnered with Moody Bee to deliver a workshop about how we can show our local pollinators some love and appreciation. Come and build a bee box for your yard and enjoy interactive family activities that will help you learn more about pollinators. At … Continued
Invasive plants do not belong in the compost. Please double bag all invasive plants and take them to the landfill for deep burial. As of 2018, all yard and garden waste are free to dispose of at any CSRD refusal disposal site. If you have any questions or would like to report an invasive plant, … Continued
The Friends of Lois Creek, Vahana Goats, East Kootenay Invasive Species Council (EKIS) and Wildsight Kimberley Cranbrook are inviting everyone to come out and help out a herd of goats! This kid-friendly weed pulling event will help us to control a patch of invasive Spotted Knapweed threatening the ecology of the entire Lois Creek trail … Continued
The Rocky Mountain Trench Ecosystem Restoration program hosted an online workshop to explore historical fire regimes and forest composition over the past 600 years in the Rocky Mountain Trench with members of the Tree Ring Lab, led by Dr. Lori Daniels (University of British Columbia, Department of Forest and Conservation Sciences). Presenters: Greg Greene … Continued
Kitchen tables became office cubicles. Family gatherings turned into Zoom meet-ups. And in schools across the country, in-class learning turned to virtual classrooms when COVID-19 arrived more than a year ago. Teachers rose to the challenge, coming up with creative ways to engage students in learning despite a world turned upside down. With traditional classroom … Continued
They’re not as cuddly as a koala, as photogenic as a polar bear, or as charismatic as a caribou. But western toads are just as worth saving. These bumpy-skinned scramblers are described in terms like stout, stumpy, and stocky; not exactly the picture that would grace the cover of a Canadian Wildlife Federation calendar. Luckily … Continued
Wildsight educators teach thousands of students every year about the importance of conservation, habitat protection, and understanding and appreciating the natural places in our own backyard. But how does what students learn transfer to their life view as adults? We set out to ask just that question to four former students from a variety of … Continued
Senior Biologist and conservation guru Marcy Mahr shared with us the extent of the Western Toads awesomeness! Tune in to see why these creatures are so important for the health of our ecosystem (and cool to boot) and how Marcy, others and even you can be ‘Toad Angels!’ Wildsight Revelstoke is working on a long … Continued
June is National Indigenous History Month in Canada. And this year, the sobering reality of why we recognize this month became all the more apparent as the discovery of children’s bodies buried without grace or respect on the grounds of the Kamloops Residential School horrified and shocked the world. We grieve the lost lives of … Continued
Deep in the heart of BC’s Inland Temperate Rainforest, chainsaws are cutting irreplaceable and globally unique stands of ancient cedar-hemlock forests. The trees, which are hundreds and hundreds of years old and many one to two metres in diameter, are being auctioned off and logged by BC’s own provincial timber agency, BC Timber Sales (BCTS). … Continued
