Wildsight joins First Nations, others, in demanding withdrawal of provincial Bills 14 and 15

Wildsight is adding its voice to the chorus of outrage at the BC government’s overreaching Bills 14 & 15.

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Job Posting: Administrator

August 31, 2016 by Lindsay Cuff

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

August 25, 2016 by Robyn Duncan

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

August 12, 2016 by Lindsay Cuff

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

August 5, 2016 by Lindsay Cuff

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

July 19, 2016 by Lindsay Cuff

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

July 19, 2016 by Lindsay Cuff

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

July 19, 2016 by Lindsay Cuff

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…

Selkirk Secondary Students Go Wild

July 18, 2016 by Andrea Chapman

Grade nine students from Kimberley's Selkirk Secondary School made the most of the last week of school by joining the annual Go Wild trip to Elk Lakes Provincial Park north of Elkford.

Private Land Logging: Past, Present and Future

July 12, 2016 by Eddie Petryshen

I grew up as a pretty typical Kootenay kid. I would spend my school week dreaming of summer weekends. When those weekends did come, my brothers and I would load up my Dad’s old pickup truck with bikes, packs…

20 years of Conservation and Collaboration: Rocky Mountain Trench Society

July 11, 2016 by Robyn Duncan

There is a magic to the golden grasses of the Rocky Mountain Trench. Prairie-esque, the rolling grasslands between the Rocky Mountain and Purcell Mountain ranges are the first place to burst into colour in the spring when crocuses and…

Upcoming events

Columbia Lake Weed Pull
Invermere
Saturday, June 14
Led by the fun and knowledgeable weed-busting folk from East Kootenay Invasive Species Council, we'll head out on trails, shoreline or access tracks…
Old Growth Run — Revelstoke
Revelstoke, Regional
Saturday, June 14
Join Wildsight for a 5km fun run near Revelstoke, visit some big trees, and learn all about these rare stands of old growth Inland Temperate Rainforest!
All about the Tiny House (webinar)
Invermere
Thursday, June 19
Since 1950, the average size of a new single-family home in Canada has more than doubled from around 950 square feet to over 2…
Discover the Ecology of Cottonwood Island: Guided Nature Walk with Jim Smith
Creston Valley
Sunday, June 22
Explore the incredible ecology of the Creston Valley on a fun and educational guided nature walk suitable for all ages.
Sinclair Creek Weed Pull
Invermere
Thursday, June 26
Led by the fun and knowledgeable weed-busting folk from East Kootenay Invasive Species Council, we’ll head out on Sinclair Creek trail in Radium…

Wildsight joins First Nations, others, in demanding withdrawal of provincial Bills 14 and 15

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