Informing and encouraging initiatives that support Western Canada's natural environment

This week's top stories in EcoWest News: 1. Comparing provincial progress toward a low-carbon future 2. Large farm equipment is damaging the soil 3. Municipalities are tackling pollution from gardening tools & introducing disincentives for large vehicles

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.