Wildsight Invermereās Fire & Ice program kicks off on June 25 at the Columbia Valley Centre in Invermere, with Requiem for a Glacier. This special…
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Purcells included in Avalanche Warning
Avalanche Canada, in partnership with Parks Canada, is issuing a Special Public Avalanche Warning for recreational backcountry users across numerous forecast regions inĀ British Columbia and…
Considerable avalanche risk in Purcells
Avalanche Canada is reporting considerable avalanche danger ratings for the alpine, treeline and below treeline for the Purcell Mountains. All three zones were inundated by…
Jumbo Glacier Resort is dead
The Ktunaxa Nation Council (KNC) is honoured and heartened to announce that Qatāmuk, which includes the Jumbo Valley, will remain wild. The Jumbo Glacier Resort,…
I hate Jumbo because I love it
Kootenay Crust By Ian Cobb Op-Ed Commentary I tried to get up to visit Jumbo Valley a month or so ago but ran out of…
Court of Appeal rules Jumbo Valley to stay wild
The B.C. Court of Appeal today (August 6) ruled that the original 2015 decision of then Minister of Environment Mary Polak, that the Jumbo Glacier…
World class in our back yard
Road Trippinā Bugaboo Provincial Park, B.C. You can catch glimpses of the Bugaboos from vantage points along Highway 95 at Brisco, 29 km north of…
Prescribed burning season extinguished for the spring
By Ian Adams Rocky Mountain Trench Ecosystem Restoration Program The small wildfire that broke out in the Kimberley Nature Park last weekend serves as a…
Trust delivers $484,000 for 29 trail projects
Trails connect our communities, take us to spectacular locations and provide fresh-air opportunities to get moving. Around the Columbia Basin, 29 projects will be adding…
Creating an ethic to connect people to the land
Faces & Places: John Bergenske By Nicole Trigg John Bergenske knows what it means to love the land. The Conservation Director for Wildsight moved to…