Adapting Winter Wonder to a warmer winter – biggest year ever for classes, warmest year for weather. by Wildsight. Teaching the importance of winter adaptation is one... [Read more]
Guide Outfitters Association of British Columbia. Who are guide outfitters? Currently there are 233 licensed guide outfitters in BC who directly employ over 2,000 people and... [Read more]
Feb 11, Invermere – Park specialist to speak about avalanches. Would you like to know what really happens when someone is caught in an avalanche or how avalanches... [Read more]
The BC Liberal government, in an attempt to focus the attention of the world on our beautiful province, has enlisted the aid of some big names in the entertainment world... [Read more]
Sledders support mountain caribou recovery. Ministry of Environment. Snowmobile clubs in the Thompson, Kootenay and Cariboo regions of British Columbia have signed stewardship... [Read more]
East Kootenay Conservation Program. Proposals are now being accepted for the Columbia Valley Local Conservation Fund and up to $200,000 will soon be available for on the ground... [Read more]
East Kootenay Conservation Program. The East Kootenay Conservation Program and Regional District of East Kootenay are seeking proposals for projects that will benefit conservation... [Read more]
“While world leaders are meeting in Copenhagen this week to discuss climate change, right here in the Columbia Basin, local governments, First Nations and communities... [Read more]
Causes of climate change not ’settled’: scientists. UN challenged to provide sound evidence for catastrophic forecasts. International Climate Science Coalition. The... [Read more]
While there may be little evidence of human-caused global warming thus far, that may be about to change. The Copenhagen conference on climate change has opened today and... [Read more]
Glacier Resorts travesty leaves taxpayers on the hook — who knew? Public investigation bears strange fruit as silt, gravel, sewage and gas spills into Farnham Creek. A... [Read more]
“While they’re playing golf in Ontario and on the Prairies, snow has been piling up at Panorama Mountain Village.” A press release issued today by Panorama Resort... [Read more]
Columbia Valley local conservation fund technical review committee — expressions of interest. The East Kootenays is renowned for its breathtakingly beautiful scenery... [Read more]
On his recent return from the APEC summit in Singapore, Prime Minister Stephen Harper said that there was “a pretty strong consensus at the meeting this morning that... [Read more]
East Kootenay Conservation Program. The East Kootenay Conservation Program (EKCP) is pleased to announce that Wayne Stetski is their new Manager. Wayne has spent almost all... [Read more]
New poll reaffirms local support for Flathead park, majority want national park protection — timing is good for Province to make changes. A recent poll found that East... [Read more]
Time to set the clocks back once again! After midnight this coming Sunday, our clocks will move backward by an hour. The purpose is to shift an hour of daylight from afternoon... [Read more]
European consumers warned that trade deal with Canada could be used to weaken GMO regulations. by Council of Canadians. An alliance of Canadian groups is warning European... [Read more]
NDP MLAs ‘overwhelmed’ by ancient forest of the Upper Incomappleux Valley — call for protection. by Valhalla Wilderness Society. Two NDP MLAs, Michael... [Read more]
Oct 31, Nov 1,7,8, Radium – 5th annual Radium Hot Springs headbangers bighorn sheep educational adventure. Every fall the Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep gather in the... [Read more]
Jeff Hebert and Ken Scown consider themselves lucky to be alive after an attack by a mother grizzly who was apparently teaching her cub how to hunt. … [Read more]
Parks Canada set to begin Redstreak Mountain prescribed fire in Kootenay National Park. by Parks Canada. Weather permitting, Parks Canada will begin operational activities... [Read more]
Wildsight and Y2Y grateful for new signs at Kootenay Pass — where wildlife and highway corridors collide, extra road caution is advised. Wildsight and the Yellowstone... [Read more]
