Vernon Morning Star – April 7, 2019 A native mussel species is creating challenges to keep the milfoil weed under control. Director Bob Fleming told the Regional District of North Okanagan board April 3 that the provincial government is reluctant…
Blog Archives
Some Okanagan beaches left in the weeds because of protected mussels
CBC News – April 6, 2019 You may notice more weeds at some Okanagan beaches this summer since the Okanagan Basin Water Board doesn’t have a permit to rototill in areas where Rocky Mountain Ridged Musselshave been discovered. For the past 40 years, it…
Posted in Articles, In the News
Tags: Eurasian Watermilfoil, milfoil, mussel, Rocky Mountain Ridged Mussels
Tags: Eurasian Watermilfoil, milfoil, mussel, Rocky Mountain Ridged Mussels
Restrictions on Okanagan milfoil control to protect mussels could hurt beaches
Global News – March 20, 2019 Efforts to protect an endangered species are impacting work to keep Okanagan beaches weed-free. Invasive milfoil is regularly cleared from Okanagan lakes, especially in areas popular with visitors and locals. However, increased efforts to…
Posted in Articles, In the News
Tags: beaches, Eurasian Watermilfoil, milfoil, mussel, Rocky Mountain Ridged Mussels
Tags: beaches, Eurasian Watermilfoil, milfoil, mussel, Rocky Mountain Ridged Mussels
... Collaborative Water Management
... Water Quality Improvement
... Aquatic Weed Management
- World of Wheels shines - West Kelowna News - Castanet.net
- Search continues for missing Kelowna kayaker - InfoNews - InfoTel News Ltd
- Okanagan-Shuswap Weather: Most long-weekend rain has already fallen - Salmon Arm Observer
- Skaha Marina open again - Penticton News - Castanet.net
- Okanagan Lake levels for 2019: Slight increase in water levels following showers - KelownaNow
- Water board officials hope competition comes here | News - The Daily Courier
- From fair to fowl, lots of fun this holiday weekend in Okanagan - The Daily Courier
- RCMP launch full scale search for missing kayaker on Okanagan Lake - KelownaNow
- Our water future is just beginning“Patience, time and money accommodate all things.” – Spanish Proverb BC is in the middle of another resource development boom. Water isn’t one of them, but as always, is central to everything. More than 100 years ago, the Water Act was … Continue reading →
- Not waiting for Noah“Planning is best done in advance.” – Anonymous Flying into Calgary at the end of June, everyone on the plane was glued to the windows, staring at the mess of mud and debris from the Great Flood. Eventually, rivers always … Continue reading →
- Zebra mussels: scarier than Jurassic Park.“They’ll clump on rock, they’ll clump in pipe, and they’ll clump mussel-next-to-mussel-atop-mussel in astonishing congregations of as many as 70,000 individuals a square foot” – Sue McGrath It’s hard to get people excited about invisible threats that haven’t arrived yet, but … Continue reading →
