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

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.