Wildsight
@wildsight.bsky.social
Defending wildlife, wild places and clean water, and inspiring the next generation of environmental stewards. We work in B.C., Canada, from the Southern Rockies to the Northern Monashees.
www.wildsight.ca
www.wildsight.ca
Private land logging is a huge problem in BC. It is largely unregulated — meaning there are few requirements to protect riparian areas, watersheds, endangered species’ habitat, or anything else.
https://www.pentictonherald.ca/spare_news/article_7ce57224-5d3d-5d98-b5dd-8e3cc08204b5.html
https://www.pentictonherald.ca/spare_news/article_7ce57224-5d3d-5d98-b5dd-8e3cc08204b5.html
November 6, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Private land logging is a huge problem in BC. It is largely unregulated — meaning there are few requirements to protect riparian areas, watersheds, endangered species’ habitat, or anything else.
https://www.pentictonherald.ca/spare_news/article_7ce57224-5d3d-5d98-b5dd-8e3cc08204b5.html
https://www.pentictonherald.ca/spare_news/article_7ce57224-5d3d-5d98-b5dd-8e3cc08204b5.html
Following a gathering in late 2024 , we've continued to engage the local community in the threats to the upper St Mary's valley, west of Kimberley. Read more about our field tours and what's at stake: https://wildsight.ca/2025/10/29/st-marys-field-tours-highlight-forest-still-under-threat/
St. Mary's field tours highlight forest still under threat
Although new logging plans currently appear to be on hold in the St. Mary's valley, that pause should not be mistaken for protection. Recent field tours have helped demonstrate what's at stake.
wildsight.ca
November 5, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Following a gathering in late 2024 , we've continued to engage the local community in the threats to the upper St Mary's valley, west of Kimberley. Read more about our field tours and what's at stake: https://wildsight.ca/2025/10/29/st-marys-field-tours-highlight-forest-still-under-threat/
For more information, see our latest press release: https://wildsight.ca/pressreleases/ottawa-acknowledges-serious-risks-of-fording-river-mine-expansion-orders-further-assessment/
October 30, 2025 at 10:06 PM
For more information, see our latest press release: https://wildsight.ca/pressreleases/ottawa-acknowledges-serious-risks-of-fording-river-mine-expansion-orders-further-assessment/
Spotted on Sunday near Malakwa on Hwy 1, this ancient western redcedar heading eastbound towards Revelstoke.
This must end. Send a message asking the BC gov to protect old and ancient trees in one of the rarest and most carbon-rich rainforests on Earth: vist.ly/4c733
This must end. Send a message asking the BC gov to protect old and ancient trees in one of the rarest and most carbon-rich rainforests on Earth: vist.ly/4c733
October 29, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Spotted on Sunday near Malakwa on Hwy 1, this ancient western redcedar heading eastbound towards Revelstoke.
This must end. Send a message asking the BC gov to protect old and ancient trees in one of the rarest and most carbon-rich rainforests on Earth: vist.ly/4c733
This must end. Send a message asking the BC gov to protect old and ancient trees in one of the rarest and most carbon-rich rainforests on Earth: vist.ly/4c733
This fall, 26 classes are participating in a Wildsight Classroom with Outdoors program like this one to Luxor Creek near Radium — spending a full day exploring a richly-educational local landscape.
Find out more about Wildsight Education: https://wildsight.ca/programs/education/
Find out more about Wildsight Education: https://wildsight.ca/programs/education/
October 23, 2025 at 3:00 PM
This fall, 26 classes are participating in a Wildsight Classroom with Outdoors program like this one to Luxor Creek near Radium — spending a full day exploring a richly-educational local landscape.
Find out more about Wildsight Education: https://wildsight.ca/programs/education/
Find out more about Wildsight Education: https://wildsight.ca/programs/education/
Several major developments are reshaping the story of Record Ridge, including some recent legal action by the Save Record Ridge Action Committee and back-to-back CBC interviews with SRRAC and the mine’s proponent West High Yield Resources.
Find out more: wildsight.ca/2025/10/09/r...
Find out more: wildsight.ca/2025/10/09/r...
Record Ridge mine faces legal challenge as push for protections continues
The fight to protect Record Ridge and its threatened species and ecosystems is far from finished. Several major developments have reshaped the story, including some recent legal action and a Wildsight...
wildsight.ca
October 22, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Several major developments are reshaping the story of Record Ridge, including some recent legal action by the Save Record Ridge Action Committee and back-to-back CBC interviews with SRRAC and the mine’s proponent West High Yield Resources.
Find out more: wildsight.ca/2025/10/09/r...
Find out more: wildsight.ca/2025/10/09/r...
Last week, community members joined together to wrap up another incredible season of work in Kimberley's Lois Creek trail system.
This multi-year project has included stream enhancement, trail builds and the planting of thousands of native species.
This multi-year project has included stream enhancement, trail builds and the planting of thousands of native species.
October 20, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Last week, community members joined together to wrap up another incredible season of work in Kimberley's Lois Creek trail system.
This multi-year project has included stream enhancement, trail builds and the planting of thousands of native species.
This multi-year project has included stream enhancement, trail builds and the planting of thousands of native species.
Simon Wiebe, mining & policy impacts researcher for Wildsight, said the penalties were a good start but came nowhere close the level required to deter further pollution.
“They made over $13 billion in profit over the same time period. The fines are really not large enough,” he said.
“They made over $13 billion in profit over the same time period. The fines are really not large enough,” he said.
B.C. coal giant penalized millions for treatment delays, 171 pollution breaches
EVR Operations Limited — formally Teck Coal Limited — was penalized more than $3.6 million after failing to curb nitrate and selenium pollution
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October 9, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Simon Wiebe, mining & policy impacts researcher for Wildsight, said the penalties were a good start but came nowhere close the level required to deter further pollution.
“They made over $13 billion in profit over the same time period. The fines are really not large enough,” he said.
“They made over $13 billion in profit over the same time period. The fines are really not large enough,” he said.
Two sites recently affected by wildfire in the East Kootenay's Southern Rockies and Purcells were replanted with thousands of endangered whitebark pine seedlings this fall thanks to ecologist Randy Moody with support from our Youth Climate Corps.
October 3, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Two sites recently affected by wildfire in the East Kootenay's Southern Rockies and Purcells were replanted with thousands of endangered whitebark pine seedlings this fall thanks to ecologist Randy Moody with support from our Youth Climate Corps.
Amazing news for Fernie with the announcement that 120,000 acres of private timber lands have been secured for conservation by the Nature Conservancy of Canada. Congratulations to the NCC for its leadership in ensuring these lands will be protected for generations!
fernie.com/blog/elk-val...
fernie.com/blog/elk-val...
October 2, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Amazing news for Fernie with the announcement that 120,000 acres of private timber lands have been secured for conservation by the Nature Conservancy of Canada. Congratulations to the NCC for its leadership in ensuring these lands will be protected for generations!
fernie.com/blog/elk-val...
fernie.com/blog/elk-val...
As the Honourable Murray Sinclair once said: “Education is what got us into this mess and education is key to getting us out of it.”
Today marks the fifth annual National Day for Truth and Reconciliation in Canada. We take this time to remember, reflect and honour.
📸 Andy Wright
Today marks the fifth annual National Day for Truth and Reconciliation in Canada. We take this time to remember, reflect and honour.
📸 Andy Wright
September 30, 2025 at 1:31 PM
As the Honourable Murray Sinclair once said: “Education is what got us into this mess and education is key to getting us out of it.”
Today marks the fifth annual National Day for Truth and Reconciliation in Canada. We take this time to remember, reflect and honour.
📸 Andy Wright
Today marks the fifth annual National Day for Truth and Reconciliation in Canada. We take this time to remember, reflect and honour.
📸 Andy Wright
These fish completed an incredible journey down through a dozen major dams to the ocean, and then back to their ancestral waters.
For more info about the Bringing the Salmon Home Initiative: https://columbiariversalmon.ca/the-salmon-are-coming-home-historic-return-to-the-columbia-river/
For more info about the Bringing the Salmon Home Initiative: https://columbiariversalmon.ca/the-salmon-are-coming-home-historic-return-to-the-columbia-river/
September 29, 2025 at 10:06 PM
These fish completed an incredible journey down through a dozen major dams to the ocean, and then back to their ancestral waters.
For more info about the Bringing the Salmon Home Initiative: https://columbiariversalmon.ca/the-salmon-are-coming-home-historic-return-to-the-columbia-river/
For more info about the Bringing the Salmon Home Initiative: https://columbiariversalmon.ca/the-salmon-are-coming-home-historic-return-to-the-columbia-river/
"It's the least [they] can do." BC, it's time to follow through on your promises.
Comic by the talented Anneke Rosch
Comic by the talented Anneke Rosch
September 25, 2025 at 4:30 PM
"It's the least [they] can do." BC, it's time to follow through on your promises.
Comic by the talented Anneke Rosch
Comic by the talented Anneke Rosch
Studies show that Lake Windermere now has more disturbed shoreline than natural — a situation not seen in any other surveyed lakes in British Columbia's (BC) Columbia Basin.
Read the full blog at: https://wildsight.ca/2025/09/16/shaping-water-stewardship/
Read the full blog at: https://wildsight.ca/2025/09/16/shaping-water-stewardship/
Shaping water stewardship in Canada
Studies show that a popular East Kootenay lake now has more disturbed shoreline than natural — a situation not seen in any other surveyed lakes in British Columbia
wildsight.ca
September 24, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Studies show that Lake Windermere now has more disturbed shoreline than natural — a situation not seen in any other surveyed lakes in British Columbia's (BC) Columbia Basin.
Read the full blog at: https://wildsight.ca/2025/09/16/shaping-water-stewardship/
Read the full blog at: https://wildsight.ca/2025/09/16/shaping-water-stewardship/
This week is National Forest Week in Canada.
B.C. harbours some of the world's most ancient and vibrant forests — home to species not found anywhere else on the planet.
We'd love to celebrate by seeing some of your favourite forest images, or hearing about your favourite forest memories.
B.C. harbours some of the world's most ancient and vibrant forests — home to species not found anywhere else on the planet.
We'd love to celebrate by seeing some of your favourite forest images, or hearing about your favourite forest memories.
September 22, 2025 at 5:16 PM
This week is National Forest Week in Canada.
B.C. harbours some of the world's most ancient and vibrant forests — home to species not found anywhere else on the planet.
We'd love to celebrate by seeing some of your favourite forest images, or hearing about your favourite forest memories.
B.C. harbours some of the world's most ancient and vibrant forests — home to species not found anywhere else on the planet.
We'd love to celebrate by seeing some of your favourite forest images, or hearing about your favourite forest memories.
Thank you, Andrea, for taking action. You can send your own message for the ITR using Wildsight's online letter writing tool — craft your own, like Andrea's, or send a pre-written letter that we've drafted for you.
https://secure.wildsight.ca/ITR
https://secure.wildsight.ca/ITR
September 17, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Thank you, Andrea, for taking action. You can send your own message for the ITR using Wildsight's online letter writing tool — craft your own, like Andrea's, or send a pre-written letter that we've drafted for you.
https://secure.wildsight.ca/ITR
https://secure.wildsight.ca/ITR
We're currently raising money to keep our environmental education programs running, and a generous donor has stepped up to match every gift given until September 30, up to $5,000!
vist.ly/46zs6
📸s by Julie-Anne Davies, Jenny Rae Bateman and Bailey Repp
vist.ly/46zs6
📸s by Julie-Anne Davies, Jenny Rae Bateman and Bailey Repp
September 16, 2025 at 4:30 PM
We're currently raising money to keep our environmental education programs running, and a generous donor has stepped up to match every gift given until September 30, up to $5,000!
vist.ly/46zs6
📸s by Julie-Anne Davies, Jenny Rae Bateman and Bailey Repp
vist.ly/46zs6
📸s by Julie-Anne Davies, Jenny Rae Bateman and Bailey Repp
Old forests are the cornerstone of our forested ecosystems, and BC’s government is failing them.
This map highlights how much of the EK landscape is in a very high risk scenario, with all areas in red containing less than 10% old forests.
📸 by Bailey Repp
This map highlights how much of the EK landscape is in a very high risk scenario, with all areas in red containing less than 10% old forests.
📸 by Bailey Repp
September 11, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Old forests are the cornerstone of our forested ecosystems, and BC’s government is failing them.
This map highlights how much of the EK landscape is in a very high risk scenario, with all areas in red containing less than 10% old forests.
📸 by Bailey Repp
This map highlights how much of the EK landscape is in a very high risk scenario, with all areas in red containing less than 10% old forests.
📸 by Bailey Repp
Excerpts shared with permission from another of the more than 900 messages that have been sent so far calling for the protection of the old and ancient forests being cut down in B.C.'s Inland Temperate Rainforest.
Send your own here: https://secure.wildsight.ca/ITR
📸 by Bailey Repp
Send your own here: https://secure.wildsight.ca/ITR
📸 by Bailey Repp
September 10, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Excerpts shared with permission from another of the more than 900 messages that have been sent so far calling for the protection of the old and ancient forests being cut down in B.C.'s Inland Temperate Rainforest.
Send your own here: https://secure.wildsight.ca/ITR
📸 by Bailey Repp
Send your own here: https://secure.wildsight.ca/ITR
📸 by Bailey Repp
Excerpts from a message by Spence, a Kimberley resident who spent almost a decade working in the forestry sector after graduating from Castlegar's Forestry Technologist program.
Spence's letter is one of over 900 that have been sent so far. Send your own here: https://secure.wildsight.ca/ITR
Spence's letter is one of over 900 that have been sent so far. Send your own here: https://secure.wildsight.ca/ITR
September 3, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Excerpts from a message by Spence, a Kimberley resident who spent almost a decade working in the forestry sector after graduating from Castlegar's Forestry Technologist program.
Spence's letter is one of over 900 that have been sent so far. Send your own here: https://secure.wildsight.ca/ITR
Spence's letter is one of over 900 that have been sent so far. Send your own here: https://secure.wildsight.ca/ITR
The International Elk-Kootenay Watershed Study Board's interim report is live and open for public comment until September 14. This report outlines the efforts made to date, and the plan for moving forward.
Provide your feedback here: vist.ly/44wuw
Provide your feedback here: vist.ly/44wuw
Public Consultation on the Interim Status Report of the International Elk-Kootenai/y Watershed Study Board | International Joint Commission
The International Elk-Kootenai/y Watershed Study Board (Study Board) is inviting public comment on its draft Interim Status Report.
ijc.org
August 28, 2025 at 7:50 PM
The International Elk-Kootenay Watershed Study Board's interim report is live and open for public comment until September 14. This report outlines the efforts made to date, and the plan for moving forward.
Provide your feedback here: vist.ly/44wuw
Provide your feedback here: vist.ly/44wuw
The controversial Record Ridge magnesium mine proposed for just outside Rossland, B.C., might not be getting an environmental review. But we're not done yet trying to protect the endangered mountain holly fern.
Read more: wildsight.ca/2025/08/27/b...
Read more: wildsight.ca/2025/08/27/b...
Wildsight renews call for emergency order as B.C. dismisses Record Ridge mine review
Wildsight is resuming efforts to obtain an emergency order for the endangered mountain holly fern, after learning last week that B.C. won’t require the proposed Record Ridge mine to undergo an environ...
wildsight.ca
August 27, 2025 at 6:45 PM
The controversial Record Ridge magnesium mine proposed for just outside Rossland, B.C., might not be getting an environmental review. But we're not done yet trying to protect the endangered mountain holly fern.
Read more: wildsight.ca/2025/08/27/b...
Read more: wildsight.ca/2025/08/27/b...
Last month, B.C. decided the proposed Zincton ski resort, in the central Selkirks, wouldn't get an environmental assessment. While it's not a green light for 5,500-hectare development, it'll definitely speed things up. So what's the process from here?
Read more: vist.ly/44mxf
Read more: vist.ly/44mxf
The proposed Zincton ski resort won’t get an environmental assessment. Where to from here?
In late July, after almost 18 months of deliberating, the B.C. government decided to bypass an environmental assessment for a proposed new ski resort in the
wildsight.ca
August 26, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Last month, B.C. decided the proposed Zincton ski resort, in the central Selkirks, wouldn't get an environmental assessment. While it's not a green light for 5,500-hectare development, it'll definitely speed things up. So what's the process from here?
Read more: vist.ly/44mxf
Read more: vist.ly/44mxf
Our YCC crew worked with the Great Divide Trail Association to help them with a 3 year project to redirect the trail route along Mt. Erris. We cut brush, felled trees, set tread, and connected with the wonderful volunteers that care for this landscape.
August 16, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Our YCC crew worked with the Great Divide Trail Association to help them with a 3 year project to redirect the trail route along Mt. Erris. We cut brush, felled trees, set tread, and connected with the wonderful volunteers that care for this landscape.
Watershed Matters is a new WIldsight program, developed in collaboration with Living Lakes Canada, that's connecting high school students with the complexities of watershed management 💧
Read more: vist.ly/43dtp
📸 Jenny Rae Bateman
Read more: vist.ly/43dtp
📸 Jenny Rae Bateman
August 14, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Watershed Matters is a new WIldsight program, developed in collaboration with Living Lakes Canada, that's connecting high school students with the complexities of watershed management 💧
Read more: vist.ly/43dtp
📸 Jenny Rae Bateman
Read more: vist.ly/43dtp
📸 Jenny Rae Bateman