Local profile: Ken and Carol McConachie

Fernie has always welcomed new people and some have chosen to make it the permanent home for several generations. Two [...]

Province announces next steps for old growth protections

Today the provincial government took steps towards protecting BC’s irreplaceable old growth forests, but the work is not done yet. [...]

Saving forests saves our communities

Landslides. Floods. Wildfires. They come with a vengeance, sweeping away or burning up communities. When they’re happening, they seem inevitable. [...]

Opinion: Policy Failures Have Forced Citizens to Put Their Bodies On The Line For Old Growth

British Columbia markets itself as “supernatural BC” and yet we are one of the last jurisdictions in the world still [...]

Globally unique old growth falls as BC fails to act

Deep in the heart of BC’s Inland Temperate Rainforest (ITR), chainsaws are cutting irreplaceable and globally unique stands of ancient [...]

The Last Stand: Join the Provincial Day of Action on Old Growth

Please join Wildsight today to defend old growth and demand immediate action to protect our ancient forests.

85% of British Columbians want Action for Old-growth Forests

These polling results show very clearly that the escalating frustration and despair about logging of the last old-growth forests for short-term profit is shared by the vast majority

Lots of Talk But Little Action On Old Growth Protection

Instead of an immediate deferral of critically threatened old growth, our globally unique ancient forests continue to be loaded onto logging trucks.

Without Further Habitat Protections Caribou Likely To Disappear

Our findings support the idea that short-term recovery actions such as predator reductions and translocations will likely just delay caribou extinction in the absence of well-considered habitat management.

Old growth and forestry jobs in steep decline

The numbers are staggering; 500 square kilometres of old growth forests are logged every year in BC. Many of these [...]

Local resident Mike Sosnowski

Fernie attracts high achievers from across the globe, some are led by the outdoor beauty and recreation while others travel great distances to work in the local resource industries.

Saving BC’s Forgotten Rainforest

It started as an expedition to track down the elusive mountain caribou. David Moskowitz – renowned photographer, writer and wildlife [...]