Annual Jumbo Wild Hike A Success
Blue skies, wildflowers and 360 degree views of the mountains and glaciers greeted us as we headed up to the Jumbo Pass. On August 20, we went out on our annual pilgrimage to celebrate the wild Jumbo Valley.
Wildsight news
A Day in Grizzly Country
My best adventure stories usually start with bad decisions. As lightning strikes around us I can’t help but think that we should have stayed home. The forecast called for severe thunderstorms but that didn’t deter our ambitions.
Highway Mitigation from the Pass to the Elk Valley
If you drive to Alberta along Highway 3 this month, you’ll probably have to slow down when you come up to Emerald and Crowsnest Lakes. You might sigh and mutter something under your breath about construction, but this is…
Job Posting: Administrator
We're looking for a 0.6 FTE (24 hours/week) Administrator with a mind for systems and a passion for the environment to work in our regional office! Job Description Wildsight is an environmental charity that works in the…
Wildsight’s Go Wild! Youth Leadership Summer Trek a Huge Success
This summer 15 youth from across the region tackled some of the most rugged and remote wilderness in the Kootenays on Wildsight’s six-day Go Wild Youth Leadership Adventure. Led by Revelstoke’s Patagonia Ambassador and Pro Skier Leah…
South Selkirk Mountain Caribou Update
Bryce Comer has been working on a film about Mountain Caribou for the last eight years. He has generously agreed to share video updates pulling together footage from trail cameras places throughout the South Selkirks.
Special Places: Mt. Hefty Lookout
Time spent being a lookout isn't spent at all. Every day in a lookout is a day not subtracted from the sum of one's life. -Phil Connors, Fire Season Looking east from the fire lookout on top of…
Arrow Heights Elementary Students Inspire Stewardship of Painted Turtles
This summer, if you happen to walk up Red Devil Hill to the Painted Turtle kiosk, you’ll be greeted by stunning new banners, thanks to Amber Thompson’s Grade 4 class from Arrow Heights Elementary.
Slocan Students Connect to their Watershed and Inspire River Stewardship
If you saw students down at the Slocan River this spring, nets in hand, getting their feet wet, learning about water quality and the aquatic insects, then you were seeing kids in action, connecting to and discovering their local watershed…
Lucerne students participate in Silverton Creek riparian conservation
Lucerne School science teacher Signy Fredrickson is all about getting her students outside. So it was no surprise to find her in early June digging holes and planting trees with her grades 7, 8 and 9 students on the banks…