Judie Steeves - The Capital News - Kelowna

Kelowna’s rainfall this year is 100 millimetres less than normal. And Okanagan Lake is a metre below full pool. With the average annual precipitation in … Read more

Don’t let this week’s storm clouds and the few drops of rain that fell lull you into thinking this summer’s dry conditions are all wet … Read more

Members of the Okanagan Basin Water Board will consider a new policy at next week’s regular meeting in Vernon, on the controversial issue of sale … Read more

Bernie Bauer, associate provost at UBCO, is the new chairman of the Okanagan Water Stewardship Council, following the retirement of the inaugural council chairman Tom … Read more

The provincial environment ministry simply doesn’t have the resources to deal with emerging issues related to protection of water quality and quantity, admits the senior … Read more

Members of the Okanagan Basin Water Board are asking that lands minister Pat Bell come to a board meeting to update them on a proposal … Read more

Civic politicians in the Okanagan are frustrated. “There’s pretty solid support for not selling recreation lots on domestic reservoirs, yet they (the province) seem determined,” … Read more

The remaining wetlands in Kelowna cover just one per cent of the city’s land base. It’s estimated that 85 per cent of the wetlands in … Read more

If valley residents use the existing water resources faster than they can be replenished, there will be water shortages here in the valley—and we don’t … Read more

We’ve had an early warning. Skis are scraping rocks in the mountains around the Okanagan Valley where they normally wouldn’t at this time of year. … Read more

Board members from the three regional districts in the valley are puzzled about why the provincial government is still bent on selling Crown-owned, currently-leased lots … Read more

There are always surprises when humans begin to fool around with the natural environment, warns Dr. Jeff Curtis, an associate professor at UBCO. And, by … Read more

It would be interesting to research the impact on property values of dropping the level of Okanagan Lake by a metre, mused Tom Siddon, chairman … Read more

Accidental, or at least incidental good is being committed by the Okanagan Basin Water Board. I don’t mean to belittle the grant program the valley-wide … Read more

A policy on harmonization of bylaws governing well drilling throughout the valley is being developed by the Okanagan Water Stewardship Council in a bid to … Read more

A mighty tree can grow from a little seed. Just take the right environment, add a little bit of soil, water and fertilizer, and it … Read more

Applications for the 2008 Okanagan Basin Water Board grant program will be available in mid-November this year in order for projects to get underway earlier … Read more

Grandmas and scientists, students and politicians, natives and bureaucrats from Canada and the U.S. gathered last week with just one thing in common: an interest … Read more

Washington State is proposing to inundate lands of the Lower Similkameen and Colville Tribes, with a dam on the Similkameen River. Doug Johnson, engineering manager … Read more

Grandmas and scientists, students and politicians, natives and bureaucrats from Canada and the U.S., gathered for the past few days with just one thing in … Read more

The Okanagan is speeding toward a tipping point and we can either prepare now or react in a panic later when the water problems will … Read more