Curious children and adults of all ages can come out to answer these questions and more at the Fernie Science Odyssey.

Children and youth will be growing their confidence and getting healthier thanks to 34 projects receiving over $500,000 from Columbia Basin Trust’s Basin PLAYS Capital Improvement Grants.

The Conservation Director for Wildsight moved to the East Kootenay from Wisconsin, USA in 1969 with the late great mountaineer and conservationist Art Twomey in search of a wild place to live.

With patches of snow on the ground, it’s a day for jackets and hoods up to protect ears from the cold. It’s Wednesday, November 14, 2018, and a group of ninth graders is traipsing across an abandoned hay field outside Cranbrook with loppers and shovels in hand to oo and learn in wild backyards.

Today they have launched their “Welcome Home” campaign for the new (used) snow cat and need your support. They are asking that members help with donations to support this additional cost.

This school year, over 5,000 K-12 students in the Columbia Basin will venture beyond the walls of their classroom

The Columbia Basin Trust renews Basin Youth Network for three years with $5 million

To help make this happen, Columbia Basin Trust is launching a new $3-million, multi-year Basin Physical Literacy and Youth Sport (PLAYS) initiative

Families in the Columbia Basin will soon have new and improved child care options.

Columbia Basin Trust commits nearly $965,000 to 17 projects that address social issues

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Columbia Basin Trust commits $750,000 to help communities increase public art