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Elk River Alliance partners with CBT Know Your Watershed 'Student Action Project'
Since when does a community turn 42 Grade 8 science students from Fernie Secondary School loose on the city to paint the town?
When it is for fish, naturally.
Wildsight supports Canadian Cancer Society stance on pesticide report
Human health and environmental health go hand in hand, says group
Job Posting - Climate Solutions, Invermere
Wildsight is hiring a part-time coordinator to deliver our Climate Solutions for the Kootenayʼs program in Invermere, BC.
Position Summary:
RiverSong Crown of the Continent Choir and Photos
Seeking Scientists for Flathead BioBlitz
The first-ever BioBlitz in British Columbia's Flathead River Valley will be held this summer. Following in E.O. Wilson's footsteps (he was the originator of the BioBlitz concept), we are sending a team of intrepid biologists, earth scientists and naturalists to BC's Flathead to begin to catalogue the area's biodiversity and raise awareness of its need for permanent protection.
British Columbia Government Undermines Local Government
Paves way for a municipality without residents
Jumbo Rally Video
Check out a video from the recent Jumbo Wild Rally in Invermere
Olympians Speak Out On Jumbo
We are Canadian Olympic and Para-Olympic medalists who love winter sport, and have depended on it for our livelihoods. But we recognize there are limits to development, when enough is enough, when bigger values and the future of our children’s heritage is at stake. That is why we are opposed to the proposed Jumbo Glacier Resort.
David Suzuki: The Challenge of the 21st Century: Setting the Bottomline
Invermere Community Hall
Friday June 1
Wine & Cheese 6:30 PM, Presentation 7:30 PM
Tickets $15, available here
Stand Our Ground
A beautiful and inpsiring film put out by the Ktunaxa Nation.
Watch it here.
Niedermayer on Nature
Regional environmental group Wildsight hosted "Wild About Town," an Earth Day celebration Saturday, April 21, at Rotary Park in Cranbrook, a festival under sunny skies featuring food, live music, activities and displays and demonstrations.
Cranbrook Celebrates Earth Day
Cranbrook’s Rotary Park was the site of an afternoon-long Earth Day celebration, Saturday, April 21.
Sponsored by Wildsight, the well-attended public celebration called Cranbrook: Downtown Goes Wild featured a carnival atmosphere, with a wide range of food, fun and information booths available for all ages.
Job posting: Golden Community Weed Program Coordinator
Do you love working outdoors, working individually as well as with people? Wildsight Golden is seeking one person to coordinate Golden’s Community Weed Program this summer. The chosen individual will be expected to work with minimal supervision and to have his or her own computer.
Wildsight Nets Niedermayer
Annalee Grant
Wildsight is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year by taking their Earth Day party to a whole new level.
Wild About Town on April 21 will celebrate the best the Kootenays has to offer, with two separate events that will appeal to just about everyone.
Jumbo Wild members vow the fight has just begun
By Ian Cobb
About 250 people took part in a Jumbo Wild rally at the Invermere Community Hall last night.
A downtown demonstration preceded a gathering in the hall, where a series of speakers declared their intent to keep fighting against the Glacier Resort Ltd. proposal to build a $1 billion ski resort in the Jumbo Creek Valley, 55 km west of Invermere.
Massive BC Jumbo Resort Gets Green Light, but Signs Point to Red
By Michael Frank
Wild About Town!
Join Wildsight in celebrating the great outdoors with Scott Niedermayer!
Saturday April 21 is going to be a wild day in Cranbrook. Wildsight is hosting a celebration of spring, our great outdoors and the people who share it. In honour of Earth Day, there are two great events taking place in Cranbrook: Downtown Goes Wild and Uptown Goes Wild.
Sinixt Statement on Jumbo
The Sinixt Nation is opposed to the proposed Master Development Plan for
Jumbo Glacier Resort and all and any future developments on our sacred
mountain. We wish to express our sincere support to groups and individuals
who are actively working to protect the area known as Jumbo Mountain
against all developments in this sensitive part of our territory.
Kids and parents take the Eco-Challenge
Beyond Recycling students ‘tuned out’ at Earth Hour, working all month on Eco-Challenge
Beyond Recycling students in nine classes at eight schools in the Kootenays are participating in a one-month Eco-Challenge to reduce their energy use and lower their impact on the Earth.
