Youth Climate Corps West Kootenay

Hiring is closed for the 2024 West Kootenay Youth Climate Corps season. Thank you for your interest. Our season begins this May; follow our Instagram page for more updates.

West Kootenay 2024 Projects

Salmo Wildﬁre Risk Reduction Project: A wildﬁre risk reduction project developed to spread awareness and increase local wildﬁre resilience. Working with a local forestry company to remove surface fuels and increase the canopy base height to reduce the continuity of fuel loads. Collaboration with local FireSmart Neighbourhoods and Coordinators.
Community Engagement: The crew will work with different organizations and local governments to help educate and connect with the community on fire resiliency, water conservation, and community preparedness.
Several other small projects are dependent on funding and partnerships including residential-based FireSmarting, Sustainable Development Goals, shoreline stewardship, agricultural sector support environmental education facilitating and potentially more.

Past project highlights

Youth Climate Corps news

Beloved local ski hill gains wildfire protection thanks to Youth Climate Corps

June 20, 2024

It's little more than a ski lift and a couple of runs, but the Salmo Ski Hill is a treasured local gem.Read more

Small actions for big change

February 7, 2024

How can one person make a difference to the climate crisis? For Kaslo resident Kenya Blouin, the answer lies in bringing sustainability and climate solutions to local communities.Read more

Now hiring: Wildsight YCC East Kootenay

January 23, 2024

Hiring is now complete for the East Kootenay Youth Climate Corps 2024 season. Thank you for your interest. Follow along on Instagram for program updates.Read more

Now hiring: Wildsight YCC West Kootenay

January 23, 2024

Hiring is open CLOSED for the 2024 Wildsight Youth Climate Corps West Kootenay. Than you for your interest. Follow along this season on our Instagram account.Read more

What's lurking in the water at Lois Creek?

December 14, 2023

Lois Creek is a much loved little stream that trickles its way through Kimberley. This humble waterway holds a surprisingly rich history of local innovation and human expansion.Read more

Decolonizing the landscape with fire

December 7, 2023

Western science is slowly catching up with Indigenous knowledge as our understanding of fire ecology grows. Through fire, Indigenous peoples are decolonizing the land, one hectare at a time.Read more

Join The Team

Want to protect wildlife, clean water and wild spaces? Volunteer with us! Wildsight volunteers are a very special group of people who give generously of their time to stuff envelopes, attend rallies, help run events, put up posters, keep tabs on forestry practices in their communities and participate in citizen science initiatives.