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EcoWest News, June 14, 2022

This week's top stories in EcoWest News: 1. Corporate purchases of renewable energy in Alberta 2. Artificial Light at Night: State of the Science 2022 3. Municipal compost programs

Nature Reading

Explore Western Canada’s natural landscape and wild inhabitants through words and pictures - from buffalo, seaweed, and wolves to roadside geology, lakes, rivers, and oceans.

EcoWest News, June 7, 2022

This week's top stories in EcoWest News: 1. Protecting peat, grasslands, frogs, ground squirrels, and estuaries 2. BC hospitals are lowering their carbon footprint 3. Guide to low-carbon construction materials and recycling road sand

EcoWest News, May 31, 2022

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

Upper Columbia Swallow Habitat Enhancement Project

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.

EcoWest News, May 24, 2022

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

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