wildsight

What do grizzly bears, birds, wolves, and fish have in common? A dependence on gravel bed rivers and their floodplains. Join us for an evening of discovery with Dr. Ric Hauer, to learn about rivers, how there is much more than meets the eye and why they are more important that we ever thought.

Wildsight Elk Valley's annual Fall Fair is Fernie, BC's reinvention of the traditional fall fair. They're celebrating once again with a festival that is as unique as our community. The Fall Fair is a grass roots public event that encourages people to bridge rural and urban living by promoting agriculture, recreation, household arts, and gardening. It is our goal to showcase healthy, farmstead living and promote the importance and achievability of sustainable food production in the Elk Valley.

Join Katie Joyce on Monday, January 22 for the next edition of Wildsight Elk Valley's Wild Ideas! These free of charge monthly discussions are held at the lovely Infinitea T-Bar & Boutique where there are fantastic $12 meals available.

Wild Ideas is a monthly exchange of ideas facilitated by engaging speakers on various topics. In January, Katie Joyce will be telling us about her time volunteering in Nepal with the organization Conscious Impact and how the people and place have impacted her.

Last Stand: The Vanishing Caribou Rainforest is a cinematic journey into the tragically threatened world of endangered mountain caribou, their home is the world’s largest remaining inland temperate rainforest. Critical human and political choices will ultimately decide the fate of this stunning ecosystem, which spans from the US, through much of the Kootenays, north to the Yellowhead Highway.