Weather Report – September 2019
Thankfully, B.C. had only mild drought conditions this year. The long-term seasonal forecasts by Environment Canada and NOAA (US forecast) predict a warmer than average … Read more
Articles
The science of water
Castanet – September 5, 2019 A program is being offered to teach young people in Vernon about the science of water. The Allan Brooks Nature Centre … Read more
Okanagan Basin Water Board meeting to address importance of all water in the valley
Kelowna Capital News – September 5, 2019 The Okanagan Basin Water Board holds its annual meeting on Friday. The theme this year will be “One … Read more
Vernon students to study the health of local rivers
Vernon Morning Star – September 4, 2019 How healthy are the rivers in the Okanagan Basin? What causes a river to be healthy or unhealthy? … Read more
2019 Annual Meeting – Sept 6
Join us for the Okanagan Basin Water Board’s 2019 Annual Meeting: ONE VALLEY. ONE WATER on Friday, September 6, 2019 in Kelowna, B.C. from 9 … Read more
Letter to Editor – Fighting for our pristine waters
Kelowna Capital News – August 21, 2019 Last week’s announcement by federal Fisheries and Oceans Minister Jonathan Wilkinson that the Rocky Mountain ridged mussel would … Read more
Okanagan Water Board responds to federal announcement on mussels & milfoil
Kelowna, B.C. –The Okanagan Basin Water Board is pleased to see a reprieve from the proposed federal endangered listing of the native Rocky Mountain Ridged … Read more
Reprieve for our beaches?
Castanet – August 15, 2019 The Okanagan Basin Water Board is cheering a decision that has delayed reclassifying a threatened mussel found in the Okanagan as … Read more
Mussels, mussels everywhere – with OBWB stuck in the middle
Osoyoos Times – August 15, 2019 The Okanagan Basin Water Board (OBWB) has mussels on its mind — in more ways than one. The Board … Read more
Feds decline to declare mussel endangered
Kelowna Daily Courier – August 15, 2019 A type of mussel found in Okanagan Lake will not be declared by the federal government to be … Read more
Okanagan company first to privately tackle milfoil removal
InfoNews.ca – August 13, 2019 Private enterprise has taken up the quest to rid Okanagan lakes of a pesky invasive species. Trueshore Aquatic Milfoil Harvesting … Read more
Invasive mussels could cost millions of tourism dollars, group warns
InfoNews.ca – August 13, 2019 Need a reminder of all there is to lose if invasive mussels get dragged into local bodies of water? The … Read more
Letter to Editor – Eurasian milfoil harvesting shouldn’t be halted
Kelowna Capital News – August 7, 2019
Okanagan dock owners urged to monitor for invasive mussels
Kelowna Capital News – August 2, 2019 The Okanagan and Similkameen Invasive Species Society (OASISS), is launching a citizen science initiative to help monitor for … Read more
Keeping watch for mussels
Castanet – August 2, 2019 A project is being launched for citizens to help monitor for invasive mussels in Okanagan area lakes. The Okanagan and Similkameen Invasive … Read more
