Moratorium on logging in core caribou habitat needed

Wildsight is calling for an interim moratorium on logging and road building in core southern mountain caribou habitat until permanent protections are in place.

Old Growth Logging continues

Exactly three years ago, B.C. released their Old Growth Strategic Review — and promised to implement its fourteen recommendations. Today [...]

Logging threatens Columbia Wetlands

This 180 km-long wetland, stretching from Columbia Lake to Donald, is home to more than 300 species of animals, 65 of which are designated species at risk.

BCTS to Pause Logging and Road-building in Old Growth Valley

After significant public pressure, the B.C. government and its logging agency BC Timber Sales have committed to pause logging and road-building in a remote old growth valley north of Revelstoke

Logging endangers whitebark pine in the Elk Valley

Canwel’s recent logging in a sub-alpine bowl south of Fernie included endangered whitebark pine trees.

UBCM calls on Province to Regulate Private Land Logging

There is no legal requirement for logging practices on private land to be sustainable over time. This allows landowners to remove most or all of the forest cover in a short time period despite major impacts on wildlife, water and communities

Flathead Targeted for Logging

Plans for intensive logging and road-building threaten Flathead River Valley. B.C.’s Flathead River Valley is targeted for intensive logging and [...]

The Magic of the Sacred

Water is ubiquitous. The Elk River runs down the middle of our valley fed by numerous tributaries–-Michele Creek, Fairy Creek, [...]

Habitat Restoration Project for Critical Bighorn Sheep Range

The Elk Valley Bighorn Sheep Committee (EVBHSC) and VAST Resource Solutions are pleased to share continued progress on a major [...]

Protect Southern Mountain Caribou Before It’s Too Late

British Columbia’s deep-snow southern mountain caribou are at a breaking point. Over the last two decades, eight of the province’s [...]

Environment Canada 10-year delay in Mountain Caribou protections

Environmental groups, including Wildsight, sent a letter to Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) today calling on the Ministry to [...]

Short Term Rental Compliance Hotline in Place

The Regional District of East Kootenay has put a Short Term Rental Compliance Hotline in place for residents to report [...]