Celebrating Camp Odyssey: A Summer 2021 Recap
We’re excited to share that our popular nature-based summer day camp program will be back in 2022 following a very successful 2021 season!
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Cause for Celebration: 2021 Kimberley Farmers’ Market Recap
With all of the uncertainty surrounding in-person events during the pandemic, we are thrilled to have had a successful 2021 season for the Kimberley Farmers’ Market!
Act now: Support a brighter future for BC’s old growth
The BC government recently announced plans to defer logging of 2.6 million hectares of high-risk old growth forests pending the outcome of consultations with Indigenous Nations. The deferrals, based on the priority areas identified by the independent Old…
Green Your Home 101: Reducing Building Emissions Webinar
A Webinar with thinkBright Homes and Kootenay Solar Whether you are thinking about renovation, retrofitting, or building a new home, the presentation from thinkBright Homes will help you learn about how to keep your home’s energy demand and your…
Province announces next steps for old growth protections
Today the provincial government took steps towards protecting BC's irreplaceable old growth forests, but the work is not done yet. An Old Growth Technical Review Panel found that nearly 70 percent of BC’s old growth forests are unprotected…
Studying the forest for the trees
We walk through the forest, crisscrossing wildlife paths. The ground rises and falls beneath our feet. Brush swipes pant legs; rocks roll under our shoes as we make our way from the logging road to the site of today's…
Social Life of Water Travelling Exhibit comes to Golden Museum and Archives
The Golden Museum and Archives has arranged to bring the Social Life of Water Exhibit from the Kelowna Museum to our facility. This exhibit is a collaborative community exhibit that explores relationships with water.
Zincton is back: Big resort, big losses for wildlife
The proposed Zincton Resort is a massive ski resort development that would cover 55 square kilometres of the Central Selkirk mountains between Kaslo and New Denver. The proposed resort passed the first stage of review from the BC Mountain Resorts…
The Long Awaited End: Jumbo Glacier Municipality to Dissolve
Eight years ago, I was standing with a crowd of ~100 people in Radium protesting the inaugural meeting of the Jumbo Glacier Mountain Resort Municipality (JGMRM). Having a crowd of 100 people show up for a Jumbo Wild rally wasn…
Salvage logging rules must change to protect ecosystem health
B.C. needs to drastically change post fire logging and support ecosystem health By Alan Duffy (BC Backcountry Hunters and Anglers), John Bergenske (Wildsight), and Jim Turner (United Bowhunters of BC) As autumn rains extinguish the last of this summer…