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Floaties to footprints: the growing impact of users on the Columbia
Submitted by Wildsight Warm spring days have us dreaming of summertime in the Kootenays. But before you head out on your local waterways this year,…
A collaborative approach to forest management
Kootenay Conservation Program Kari Stuart-Smith, a wildlife ecologist and Manager of Biodiversity & Wildlife at Canfor, has dedicated over 30 years to advancing sustainable forest…
Wildsight joins in demanding end of Bills 14 and 15
Wildsight is adding its voice to the chorus of outrage at the B.C. government’s Bill 14, the Renewable Energy Projects (Streamlined Permitting) Act, and Bill…
A call to the current: Why protecting water starts with us
Submitted by Wildsight Roughly 22,000 people recreated on a seven kilometre stretch of Columbia River between Columbia Lake and Fairmont Hot Springs in 2021 alone….
Nominate a conservation champion
Submitted by Wildsight Do you know a woman who has made an outstanding contribution to protecting nature or environmental education in the Columbia Headwaters region?…
Navigating water-based recreation and aquatic health
It’s turbulent times for Columbia Valley waters. The combined impacts of invasive species, increasing water-based recreation and climate change are threatening the once-pristine waters found…
Local mine named in harmful steel-supply chain report
Submitted by Wildsight The Elk Valley’s Line Creek Operations (coal mine) has been named in a new report exposing environmental impacts and human rights abuses…
Federal ministry challenged over caribou protections
Environmental groups, including Wildsight, recently sent a letter to Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) calling on the ministry to complete critical habitat mapping and…
Concerns shared over scale of logging in St. Mary Valley
Over a hundred people gathered in Kimberley on Tuesday night (Nov. 26) to hear about the impact of current and future logging on wildlife and…