PFAC report highlights forestry problems, but political will remains the barrier to real reform

The Provincial Forest Advisory Committee’s newly released report on forest management acknowledges long-standing problems in B.C.’s forestry system, but ultimately fails to address the core reasons reform has stalled.

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Vote today for pro rep in BC!

November 22, 2018 by Lars Sander-Green

Will your vote arrive in Victoria by December 7th? You only have a few more days to drop your proportional referendum ballot into the mail and have it arrive on time! Polls are showing that BC voters are split right…

Celebrating the Success of the Columbia Wetlands Waterbird Survey

November 21, 2018 by Wildsight Golden

The results of the fall 2018 Columbia Wetlands Waterbird Survey (CWWS) are in! With the highest bird counts since the project’s inception in 2015, and with the largest number of volunteers participating… this was our best set of bird…

Environmental groups call on feds to step up B.C. caribou protections

November 19, 2018 by Robyn Duncan

VANCOUVER – Ecojustice lawyers, acting on behalf of the Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative, Greenpeace Canada, Wilderness Committee, and Wildsight, sent a letter to Minister of Environment and Climate Change Catherine McKenna on Friday, Nov.

Jumbo: Things are stalled, but still moving

November 19, 2018 by Robyn Duncan

Last night I went to the Jumbo Creek Conservation Society (JCCS) annual meeting in Invermere. Together, we celebrated that the Jumbo Valley has stayed wild for another year. The JCCS has been Wildsight’s main partner in the decades-long…

Not Giving Up: The recovery of Mountain Caribou Will Take Generations

November 9, 2018 by Eddie Petryshen

The provincial government recently announced plans to capture the remaining six caribou from the South Selkirks and South Purcell herds and translocate the animals to a maternal pen near Revelstoke. This is the latest chapter in an ongoing heartbreaking story…

Stand up to make sure mines pay for their own cleanup!

November 2, 2018 by Lars Sander-Green

Who pays to clean up old mines? Our mine reclamation security system is supposed to make sure mine owners pay to clean up their mine sites and downstream pollution, but there are so many exceptions, secrets, weak policies and backroom…

Wildsight, Robert Bateman and environmental groups renew call for government action on mountain caribou

November 1, 2018 by Lindsay Cuff

Wildsight, joining with other environmental groups in B.C., have called on the provincial government for an immediate moratorium on new development in caribou mountain critical habitat. This comes after discovering that, since May, the B.C.

Supporter spotlight: Stephanie Kellett donates portion of art sales

November 1, 2018 by Lindsay Cuff

Stephanie Kellett is one of our superstar supporters who is generously donating 40% of her art sales from November 2-9 to Wildsight. Check out her online store here. I was curious about her art and activism and how they…

Why BC’s proportional representation referendum matters for our environment—and how you can help

October 25, 2018 by Lars Sander-Green

British Columbians have a choice this November: vote to change our electoral system so that our legislature better represents our interests or stick with our first-past-the-post system. Here at Wildsight, we know that British Columbians value their…

B.C. approved 83 logging cut blocks in endangered caribou habitat in last six months [The Narwhal]

October 24, 2018 by Lars Sander-Green

New survey of permits granted by province highlights incongruity between treatment of forestry companies and a critically imperilled species

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PFAC report highlights forestry problems, but political will remains the barrier to real reform

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