EcoFriendly West

The Upper Columbia Swallow Habitat Enhancement Project, undertaken by Wildsight Golden, is identifying, restoring, and enhancing nesting sites for Barn and Bank Swallows in BC's Upper Columbia Valley.

This week's top stories in EcoWest News: 1. Reconciling energy conservation and promoting biodiversity online 2. Art and climate action 3. Wastewater - oil industry and cruise ships

Shifting sands, stranded boulders, eroded stone columns, rock art, cactus, and lizards - isn't it time you visited some of Western Canada's hoodoos, rocks, and sand dunes?

This week’s top stories: 1. A successful environmental campaign in an industry town 2. Addressing noise pollution – at sea and on land 3. Deconstruction: “We can do better than throwing old buildings into the landfill.”

Estuaries are the world's most productive ecosystems - and the most threatened. A look at the Fraser River estuary in British Columbia - the threats but also signs of hope.

This week's top stories: 1. open source tractors can be repaired & modified 2. small-scale, selective logging as a model in BC 3. RASC-Calgary - rent a telescope, learn about black holes, attend a star party

From hydro power, oil refineries, and clothing to butterflies, cougars, and tiger beetles - nature and environmental news from across the West.

We tend to talk about bats as if they were all identical in appearance, habitat, and habits. But that’s far from the truth. The Spotted Bat, Hoary Bat, Pallid Bat, and Californian Myotis are very different one from another.

News from across Western Canada and around the world with concrete ideas for protecting nature and ensuring environmental sustainability - EcoWest News, April 26