We're hiring: Conservation Coordinator

Job Title: Conservation Coordinator Where: Anywhere in the East Kootenay region, based from your home office FTE or Hours: 0.6 FTE (22.5 hours/week) Starting: January 6, 2025 Description: Wildsight is seeking a Conservation Coordinator to join our team. The ideal candidate is passionate about wildlife, an avid outdoor recreationist, familiar with the Columbia Valley and Kootenay Region…

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Youth Climate Corps open house

February 23, 2022 by Lorene Keitch

If you missed our virtual get-together, watch the recap now. Hear directly from staff about what makes Wildsight's Youth Climate Corps such a unique program, and listen to alumni as they share what they learned, and what they…

Conservation heroes wanted

February 9, 2022 by Wildsight

Call for Nominations: 2022 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 2022 Ellen Zimmerman Award and support their ongoing…

Hatch New Ideas & Hype New Products at the Kimberley Farmers’ Market

February 8, 2022 by Trixie

The BC Farmers’ Market Hatch & Hype project is an initiative that enables people to hatch, hype, and highlight new BC farm and food products from existing vendors and new vendors at BCAFM farmers’ markets.

Interview with Hanako Nagao regarding her original painting donation

February 7, 2022 by Wildsight Golden

Hanako Nagoa, a lifetime resident of Golden has generously painted and donated this beautiful piece of art to Wildsight Golden to encourage you to become a member and attend our Annual General Meeting.

The Columbia Valley Recreation Planning Initiative is seeking public input

February 7, 2022 by Wildsight Invermere

What is it you love about the Columbia Valley? For us, here at Wildsight, it’s the wild spaces that provide homes for wildlife and opportunities to connect with nature. As more and more people search out these places, how…

Act now: Save Radium’s Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep

February 5, 2022 by Wildsight

Over the past 20 years, more than 200 bighorn sheep have died on the highway at Radium on the edge of the Rocky Mountains. In January, seven sheep were killed on one deadly stretch of highway just outside Kootenay National Park.

February’s Climate Champion

February 3, 2022 by Wildsight Golden

Meet Alysia and Jake Frater, the builders and owners of a sustainable small home and Wildsight Golden’s Climate Champion for the month of February. The Climate Champion can be an individual or a business that is awarded recognition for…

Local youth find employment theory and practice through partnership

January 28, 2022 by Wildsight

A group of young adults in the West Kootenay have a few more job skills in their pockets thanks to a successful collaboration between Kootenay Career Development Society (KCDS) and Wildsight. Fresh from this successful venture, the two organizations are…

Four highway deaths last week near Radium Hot Springs

January 26, 2022 by John Bergenske

Failure to act has resulted in the death of at least four dead bighorn sheep over five days last week alone. This is the latest in a spate of deaths decimating the Radium bighorn sheep herd that saw an additional…

A year of community-powered local food

January 18, 2022 by Lorene Keitch

The eggs should be here any minute. Potatoes and apples are arriving later today. Perched in the backroom with one ear bent to the phone and the other to the door, Jennifer Lennon juggles the day-to-day operations while…

Upcoming events

The Upper St. Mary's Valley: What's at stake
Kimberley & Cranbrook, Regional
Tuesday, November 26
Join us for an informal town hall gathering to learn about proposed logging in the Upper St.
Sustainability Clothing Shu-Swap
Golden
Thursday, December 5
Join us at Golden's Senior Centre for a fun and eco-friendly Clothing Swap event.
Banff Centre Mountain Film Festival World Tour
Kimberley & Cranbrook
January 3 - January 4
Get off the beaten path and explore the edge of believable with captivating stories from the 49th Banff Centre Mountain Film Festival.

We're hiring: Conservation Coordinator

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