Wildsight

Wildlife is what makes BC what it is. It's what we look for when we're outside, and it's what inspires us to learn, and care. It's what makes BC unlike anywhere else in the world.

Now, more than ever, we need to work together to protect the wild places our animals need to survive.

Giving Tuesday is a chance to invest not in more stuff, but in those values that cannot be bought back once they’re gone.

Nature doesn't have a marketing department. But it does have you. Give back what you can to the wild today. vist.ly/4gwne

Wildsight challenges Zincton Resort review process in BC Supreme Court Wildsight has filed a petition in the BC Supreme Court seeking a judicial review of the provincial government’s decision not to require an environmental assessment for the proposed Zincton All-Season ...

Wildsight has filed a petition in the BC Supreme Court seeking a judicial review of the provincial government’s decision not to require an EA for the proposed Zincton Resort in the central Selkirk Mountains.

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The Narwhal recently led an investigation into wildlife collisions on railway tracks in B.C. The results: CN and CP have consistently under-reported grain spills and wildlife deaths on their tracks in B.C.

Read the full article at THE NARWHAL.

We often hear people say “What’s the big deal? Trees are a renewable resource and old growth will grow back”. Unfortunately, this is completely untrue. Old growth forests are biodiversity hotspots that can’t be replaced in a matter of decades.

https://secure.wildsight.ca/ITR?source=bsky+-+caro

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

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.

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/

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 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/

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...

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...

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.

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

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.

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!

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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

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/

"It's the least [they] can do." BC, it's time to follow through on your promises.

Comic by the talented Anneke Rosch

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

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/

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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...

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...

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

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

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