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
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
Send a message to BC at vist.ly/4pvx2
January 31, 2026 at 5:26 PM
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
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
Speak up now at vist.ly/4p9kh
January 26, 2026 at 11:23 PM
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
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.
For this #WorldEducationDay, it was fun to look back on how our youth engagement has grown and evolved.
January 24, 2026 at 3:33 PM
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.
For this #WorldEducationDay, it was fun to look back on how our youth engagement has grown and evolved.
Register at https://ca01web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_JZpz17lNS8G-jhExK_WoKg#/registration 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.
January 21, 2026 at 8:39 PM
Register at https://ca01web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_JZpz17lNS8G-jhExK_WoKg#/registration 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
Speak up for our old growth at https://secure.wildsight.ca/ITR?source=BSky+-+Deadwood
January 14, 2026 at 5:24 PM
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
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
Take action to protect the last old and ancient forests of BC's threatened Inland Temperate Rainforest: wildsigh.ca/ITR
Cartoon by Anneke Rosch
January 9, 2026 at 8:00 PM
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
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
As we close out the year, your support helps ensure our work for the wild can continue. vist.ly/4k6eu
December 30, 2025 at 10:50 PM
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
As we close out the year, your support helps ensure our work for the wild can continue. vist.ly/4k6eu
The critical importance of established mycorrhizal networks is yet another example of why old growth forests are not renewable.
December 29, 2025 at 6:15 PM
The critical importance of established mycorrhizal networks is yet another example of why old growth forests are not renewable.
Happy solstice!
Today, we celebrate the shortest day of the year and the promise of longer days ahead. We celebrate the quiet and cold beauty of winter. And we give thanks for this wildly beautiful planet we call home.
Photo: Bruce Kirkby
Today, we celebrate the shortest day of the year and the promise of longer days ahead. We celebrate the quiet and cold beauty of winter. And we give thanks for this wildly beautiful planet we call home.
Photo: Bruce Kirkby
December 21, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Happy solstice!
Today, we celebrate the shortest day of the year and the promise of longer days ahead. We celebrate the quiet and cold beauty of winter. And we give thanks for this wildly beautiful planet we call home.
Photo: Bruce Kirkby
Today, we celebrate the shortest day of the year and the promise of longer days ahead. We celebrate the quiet and cold beauty of winter. And we give thanks for this wildly beautiful planet we call home.
Photo: Bruce Kirkby
We have an incredible $20,000 available in matching funds right now! If you give to the wild before December 31, your gift will be matched for double the impact on the wild places and animals you love.
vist.ly/4j376
vist.ly/4j376
December 18, 2025 at 5:44 PM
We have an incredible $20,000 available in matching funds right now! If you give to the wild before December 31, your gift will be matched for double the impact on the wild places and animals you love.
vist.ly/4j376
vist.ly/4j376
"I am having the best day ever!" -K/1 student
Students in Golden explored both small and big: from the intricate patterns found in snowflakes to the overarching concept that all living things are interconnected, during Wildsight's Winter Wonder program. We agree, that sounds like the best day ever!
Students in Golden explored both small and big: from the intricate patterns found in snowflakes to the overarching concept that all living things are interconnected, during Wildsight's Winter Wonder program. We agree, that sounds like the best day ever!
December 17, 2025 at 1:14 AM
"I am having the best day ever!" -K/1 student
Students in Golden explored both small and big: from the intricate patterns found in snowflakes to the overarching concept that all living things are interconnected, during Wildsight's Winter Wonder program. We agree, that sounds like the best day ever!
Students in Golden explored both small and big: from the intricate patterns found in snowflakes to the overarching concept that all living things are interconnected, during Wildsight's Winter Wonder program. We agree, that sounds like the best day ever!
It’s taken our old growth ecosystems thousands of years to form, but it takes only weeks to destroy them forever.
Take action for our last remaining old growth at vist.ly/4hpte
Take action for our last remaining old growth at vist.ly/4hpte
December 8, 2025 at 6:06 PM
It’s taken our old growth ecosystems thousands of years to form, but it takes only weeks to destroy them forever.
Take action for our last remaining old growth at vist.ly/4hpte
Take action for our last remaining old growth at vist.ly/4hpte
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.
Now, more than ever, we need to work together to protect the wild places our animals need to survive.
December 4, 2025 at 6:15 PM
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.
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
Nature doesn't have a marketing department. But it does have you. Give back what you can to the wild today. vist.ly/4gwne
December 2, 2025 at 6:59 PM
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
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 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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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 ...
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December 1, 2025 at 11:18 PM
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.
wildsight.ca/2025/12/01/w...
wildsight.ca/2025/12/01/w...
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.
Read the full article at THE NARWHAL.
November 27, 2025 at 11:53 PM
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.
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
https://secure.wildsight.ca/ITR?source=bsky+-+caro
November 27, 2025 at 8:33 PM
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
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
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.