From trails to streams: Ecosystem health in Lois Creek

From trails to streams: Ecosystem health in Lois Creek

Wildsight news

Defend our rivers from coal mine pollution

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Coal mines in the BC Rockies send toxic selenium pollution downstream that puts fish in danger, not just in BC, but in Lake Koocanusa and the Kootenai River for hundreds of kilometres through Montana and Idaho — and back into BC…

It’s time to end water pollution in the Elk Valley

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“We are hopeful that the Commissioner of the Environment will undertake an audit of Canada’s remarkable failure to adequately regulate coal mine pollution in the Elk Valley over the last twenty years. This regulatory failure has directly contributed to…

Going beyond single-use

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To reduce our waste, we need to not just recycle more. We need to produce less. Wildsight Elk Valley is looking to change the way you think about the materials you bring into your home.

Happy New Year! (Wait, what?)

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Each year, on the first day of school, there is always a flurry of emails and phone calls within the Wildsight education team wishing one another a “Happy New Year”! For educators, parents, and teachers the beginning of September feels…

Logging threatens important caribou habitat

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Deep in the heart of the Rocky Mountains, Louisiana Pacific (LP) is building a new road and is about to log important habitat for endangered mountain caribou. Multiple mountain caribou sightings in and adjacent to planned cut-blocks have been…

Why is Old Growth important?

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Written by Kiana Froese I am sure that you have all heard about the Fairy Creek Blockade and the Revelstoke Blockade (Revylution) which are attempting to protect the old-growth forests from being logged.

Climate change and cherries

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What do cherries have to do with climate change? Youth Climate Corps (YCC) crew members in Kimberley/Cranbrook can answer that question, after spending eight days on food recovery projects – two of them spent salvaging cherries and sharing them with…