What is a Green Map?
Welcome to the first of a series of blogs about our Creston Valley Green Map project. What is a green map? Green Maps are used worldwide to highlight nature, culture and other values to create healthier communities.
Wildsight news
Why isn’t Teck’s huge Castle coal mine getting a federal environmental assessment?
Teck’s Castle coal mine expansion will take down a mountain in the BC Rockies over decades and will become Canada's largest coal mine by production. But under Canada’s environmental assessment rules, the mine apparently doesn’t qualify…
Wild Reads For Summer
Summer is officially here and hopefully your days are filled with exploring and enjoying your local wild paradise. But when your hammock is summoning you for some respite, connect to the natural world with our list of recommended summer reads…
Reconnecting the Rockies
If you drive enough on a provincial highway, it seems inevitable you will collide with an animal some day. It seems everyone has a story of a near-miss, or a collision, with wildlife while driving at high speeds.
Reduce Reuse Recycle – Out in the Wild
A lot of waste is generated camping and picnicking. Through this series, there have been a lot of “at home” hints, but often when we go outdoors to eat or send our children with lunches and snacks, we generate a…
Tell BC we need a sustainable recovery
The BC government is preparing a plan to reactivate the economy and they want to hear from you. They are setting priorities for improving the healthcare system, restoring and creating jobs, supporting Indigenous peoples and enhancing quality of life for…
Sustainable Recovery: Is it really possible?
Thousands of Canadians have raised their voices to demand an economic recovery that builds a more sustainable future. This pandemic has highlighted the strong connections between health, climate, biodiversity and social equality, and people are realizing that building back better…
Watch now: Old growth logging in Golden’s Blaeberry Wilderness
Wildsight Golden is supporting the release of a new short film that celebrates the beauty and biodiversity of the headwaters of the Blaeberry River, while offering a reminder of what we stand to lose under current forestry practices in BC…
Reduce Reuse Recycle – Covid 19
As this series continues to be published in the paper, a number of people have provided Wildsight Golden with feedback that what we are advocating cannot be done during a global pandemic.
Speak up: Castle mine needs a federal environmental assessment
Teck’s proposed Castle mine, which will produce more coal than any other mine in the country, won’t have a federal environmental assessment—unless the people demand one.