Whether you are keen on our latest endeavours to visit space – or you find them frivolous given the ongoings down here, one takeaway is clear: Earth is all we have. We are all inextricably tied to one another and this place.
Happy Earth Day to every being that dwells here. 🌎
Wildsight joins 130+ other civil society leaders from faith, labour, enviro, legal, academic & arts communities are standing together for human rights and reconciliation – calling on #BCgov to recommit to implementing, not suspending #DRIPA.
Read the statement: https://www.wcel.org/DeclarationAct
More than five years after the provincial government committed to implementing BC’s Old Growth Strategic Review, every member of the provincially-appointed Old Growth Technical Advisory Panel is saying the province is failing to protect some of the most at-risk and irreplaceable forests.
Join Wildsight conservation specialists Eddie Petryshen & Tim Chapman for an evening of community conversations about the future of our forests and watersheds, and how a community can help change their trajectories.
secure.wildsight.ca/civicrm/event/register
We are so grateful for the trust this community puts in us to protect the wild, and we don’t take that trust for granted. Our annual reports allow us to demonstrate how we use our supporters’ funds to create meaningful change for wildlife, rivers, forests and sustainable communities.
Applications close March 29 for this summer's Columbia River Field School. Youth will paddle, camp, learn and explore key sections of the Canadian side of the Columbia River over the 15 day field course. Learn more: https://wildsight.ca/programs/crfs/
Do you want to contribute to conservation in a meaningful way, and happen to have a knack for photography? Wildsight is seeking photographers across the region willing to volunteer a few hours of their time.
Learn more at https://wildsight.ca/volunteer-photographers?source=bs
🗓️ Join us virtually at 7pm MT on March 10 for our online AGM and a behind-the-scenes look at how Wildsight turns bold ideas into lasting impact.
Register online to get your Zoom link: https://wildsight.ca/events/wildsight-agm-2026/
Take 2 minutes to tell Canada it's time to follow through on their promises to protect southern mountain caribou. secure.wildsight.ca/caribou
We are at a critical tipping point for this species, and the forests they call home. We can't afford to wait.
There are signs of improvement on water pollution from coal mining in B.C.’s Elk Valley. But with selenium concentrations still reaching 30 times BC’s aquatic safety limit, the problem isn’t solved; it is being managed less poorly than it has in the past.
Read more: wildsight.ca/2026/02/25/w...
We're in their world.
This World Wildlife Day, we celebrate the species that help make the Kootenay-Columbia region so unforgettable.
#worldwildlifeday2026 #wildlife
📸:
Steven Gnam
Liron Gertsman
Siobhan Williams
We’d never ignore mountain gorillas.
So why are we ignoring mountain caribou?
Take action for their habitat today. 🫎👉 secure.wildsight.ca/caribou
Comic by Anneke Rosch
Go Wild! is back! Youth will spend six days this August in the Kootenay backcountry hiking, camping and exploring our wild backyard.
Applications due April 10
➡️ vist.ly/4swfv
It shouldn't take a lawsuit for the government to protect threatened species, but we don't have anymore time to waste.
Take 2 minutes to tell the government that caribou can't afford more delays.
secure.wildsight.ca/caribou
Taking students outdoors fosters a love for the wild in deep and meaningful ways. Thank you to you, and Columbia Basin Trust REDi grants, Copernicus Education Products, the Province of British Columbia, Teck Trail and TD Friends of the Environment for making this program possible.
Check out some of the wildlife crossing projects we've been working on alongside Y2Y and other partners for the 'Reconnecting the Rockies' initiative!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UM2sDTMrkVE
Every year, Wildsight honours a remarkable person from the Upper Columbia region (Revelstoke to Canal Flats), making extraordinary efforts towards environmental conservation and education. Learn more and nominate someone today: wildsight.ca/branches/golden/programs...
Today, Wildsight joins 80+ leaders from legal, labour, faith, enviro, academic, arts & other communities who are urging Premier Eby and the #BCgov to hit the brakes on planned amendments to #DRIPA, and recommit to upholding #IndigenousRights.
Read the joint statement: wildsight.ca/pressrelease...
Don't miss the chance to have a say on the proposed expansion of Canada's largest metallurgical coal mine. Visit vist.ly/4rnk3
Ecojustice is representing Wildsight, Stand.earth and Wilderness Committee in this important case. Accountability shouldn't require a court room.
While the recently released report from PFAC includes some positive recommendations, it does not confront the political barriers that continue to undermine forest protection, ecosystem health and public confidence.
wildsight.ca/2026/02/05/p...
Mountain Goats and Bighorn Sheep survive winter in part through their highly calculated habitat selection.
Mountain Goats favour steep, wind-scoured ridges and sunny south-facing cliffs where snow accumulation is minimal and escape terrain is close at hand.
Photos by Jess Findlay + Kevin White
It's a tale of two elevations. While the alpine snowpack was above normal for almost all parts of the Kootenay-Columbia region on Jan 1, valley bottoms tell a very different story — one that points to a warmer, riskier future for our region.
wildsight.ca/2026/01/27/a...
BC’s current forestry model is about simplifying complex forest ecosystems — meaning our processes and cut levels are founded on replacing most or all old and primary forest in the timber harvesting landbase with ‘managed’ forest.
Send a message to BC at vist.ly/4pvx2
It's simple. No new mines or expansions should be approved in the Elk Valley until Elk Valley Resources has proven it's dealt with existing pollution.
Speak up now at vist.ly/4p9kh
Photos from the vault! 📸 We started teaching kids about environmental education 25 years ago — and the need for these lessons and experiences has only grown since then.
For this #WorldEducationDay, it was fun to look back on how our youth engagement has grown and evolved.
Register at ca01web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_JZpz... and visit https://www.wildsight.ca/FRX to learn about helpful talking points, as well as the impacts that approving FRX would have on our watersheds, wildlife, and communities.
You can replant trees, but you can’t fast-forward forests. Old growth is not a renewable resource.
Speak up for our old growth at https://secure.wildsight.ca/ITR?source=BSky+-+Deadwood
Here in BC, one of the most effective nature-based climate actions we could take would be to protect old-growth forests.
Take action to protect the last old and ancient forests of BC's threatened Inland Temperate Rainforest: wildsigh.ca/ITR
Cartoon by Anneke Rosch
At our annual all-staff gathering a few months ago, we asked some of our colleagues a simple question: what motivates you to stand up for the wild?
As we close out the year, your support helps ensure our work for the wild can continue. vist.ly/4k6eu
