Golden resident Ellen Zimmerman passed away on Sunday, March 8 after a lengthy battle with cancer. Ellen was a tireless advocate for conservation in the…
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Tourism development threatens Flathead wilderness
The wilderness and wildlife in B.C.’s Southern Rockies are under threat by a new proposal for a long-term tourism operation in one of the most…
Castle’s expanded protection hailed by conservationists
After a 40-year-long struggle between advocacy groups and the government, the Alberta Government has announced that it will expand protection in the Castle wilderness area…
Fourth Flathead BioBlitz aims to catalogue species
Fourteen scientists are gathering today in B.C.’s Flathead and Elk valleys for a BioBlitz on three undeveloped parcels of land belonging to Teck Resources Ltd….
Youth get free leadership training in conservation
Polluted air and drinking water, species extinction, climate change. These are the terms that make headlines daily in B.C. For youth in the Kootenays, these…
Wolf cull needed to buy time for caribou recovery
Letter to the Editor I have been involved with mountain caribou since the 1970s and as Wildsight since the ‘90s when we first sponsored caribou…
Flathead Bat BioBlitz may help endangered bats
Bat biologists are converging in B.C.’s Flathead River Valley tomorrow (July 24). They hope to gain new information to advance bat conservation in B.C.’s southeast…
Partisan differences transcended by US Flathead Bill
The U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill March 4 that formally withdraws the federally-owned portion of Montana’s Flathead River watershed from future oil and…
Flathead bats may help Canada’s endangered bats: new study
A new study concludes that B.C.’s Flathead River Valley could play an important role in understanding White Nose Syndrome, a mysterious disease that has nearly…
Teck buys 7,000 ha for conservation
Teck Resources announced Oct. 17 that it has purchased more than 7,000 hectares of land in the Elk and Flathead river valleys of Tembec Inc….