Know Your Neighbour: Cody Hollick
KNOW YOUR NEIGHBOUR: Cody Hollick 1st time at Wild and Scenic Film Fest, 1st time Raffle Prize Winner! Cody was the lucky winner of the $150 gift certificate to Elements Grill at Copper Point Resort.
Wildsight news
Jumbo Wild: Watch it now on Vimeo & iTunes
After a series of packed theatre and store events—the film tour continues well into next year—Jumbo Wild, Sweetgrass Productions' film documenting our 24-year struggle to keep the Jumbo Valley wild is now available for digital download on…
What will you fight for?
I watched my husband and my son march with Search and Rescue in our small town’s Remembrance Day parade yesterday morning. I was filled to the brim as I thought of my grandfather, a second world war navy veteran…
Monica Nissen Receives National Award
Monica Nissen, local Nelson resident and Director of Wildsight’s education programs, was awarded a prestigious national award in Canmore last week—the 2015 Canadian Network for Environmental Education and Communication Award of Excellence.
Wild Times Newsletter Winter 2015
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Elk Valley Environmental Monitoring Committee Open House
The public is invited to the first annual Elk Valley Environmental Monitoring Committee (EMC) open house to learn more about the water quality monitoring and management work being undertaken in the Elk Valley under Teck’s Environmental Management Act permit…
Cranbrook Students Clean Up Joseph Creek
Cranbrook, BC - Last Friday, 19 Grade 7/8 students from Kootenay Christian Academy worked together to clean up 100 kilos of waste from Joseph Creek. Concentrating their efforts around the perimeter of the Tamarack Mall parking area, they removed candy…
Jumbo Wild: The Movement
We knew this was going to be big. But how big, we couldn’t have possibly imagined. The world’s eyes are on Jumbo. Our own wild Jumbo. Over the last two weeks, Jumbo Wild, the feature documentary made by…
Approval of Lake Louise Resort Expansion Raises Serious Concern
Today, a diverse group of Canadians gathered in Banff to call for an end to inappropriate commercialization of Canada’s national parks. A rash of commercial projects in Banff and Jasper National Parks, and the recent last-minute approval of…
Victory! Environmental Education Returned to BC Curriculum
Environmental Education has been returned to the BC curriculum thanks to your input and support! Last spring, when the first draft of brand new curriculum for BC was released, teachers all over the province noticed that there was something glaringly…