• Facebook
Go to SOconservationFund.ca
South Okanagan Similkameen Conservation Program
  • Who We Are
    • Our Partners
    • Our Supporters
    • Support Us
    • Contact Us
  • What We Do
    • Sustainable Agriculture
    • Conservation Fund Guide for BC
    • Keeping Nature in Our Future
    • South Okanagan Conservation Fund
    • SOSCP Science Forum
    • SOSCP Publications and Program Reports
  • Resources
    • Resources for Qualified Environmental Professionals
    • Resources for Land Developers
    • Resources for Planners
    • Stewardship – caring for our land
    • Spaces and Species
    • What is Sustainable Agriculture?
    • Agriculture: Publications and Resources
  • News | Events
    • News
    • Events
    • SOSCP Newsletter
  • Menu

Land use decisions, policies, and practices recognize the importance of ecological conservation. SOSCP and partners work to provide decision-makers, planners, and developers with information, tools and expertise needed to make sustainable planning choices. Promote Ecologically Sustainable Land-Use Supporting the acquisition of key habitats includes purchases, covenants or donations of private land, often in conjunction with enhanced protection of Crown lands. Securement activities include restoration, care, and management of these important areas. Securing Key Habitats SOSCP promotes stewardship activities and encourages landowners to protect biodiversity, enhance habitat for plants and wildlife, and manage lands sustainably. Enhancing Stewardship on Public and Private Land Involving communities in conservation is essential. SOSCP support professional development workshops, school programs, festivals and outdoor seminars that foster a love and understanding of our natural environment. Expanding Community Involvement SOSCP is committed to using a science-based approach to guide actions and decision-making, and to promote and facilitate further scientific research for species and ecosystems at risk. Applying a Science-Based Approach The En'owkin Centre continues its work to recover, revitalize and perpetuate Syilx Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK) so it can be applied throughout traditional Syilx territory. Applying Traditional Ecological Knowledge

About SOSCP

South Okanagan Similkameen Conservation Program (SOSCP) is a partnership initiative that brings together a wide array of government and non-government organizations, indigenous cultural and academic institutions and others under one umbrella to conserve the region’s unique species and spaces. Founded in the year 2000, there are now fifty SOSCP partners working collectively to conserve nature in one of the most biologically diverse and at-risk areas of Canada.

SOSCP functions to co-ordinate and facilitate the work of the partners, to improve the effectiveness of their conservation efforts, to deliver key conservation priorities, and to raise the profile for conservation in the region.

Our program and our partners make significant investments in the quality of life in our communities each year:

  • We help landowners care for nature on their lands.
  • We secure and restore important natural areas.
  • We work with Traditional Ecological Knowledge Keepers.
  • We use science to inform decisions, management actions, and conservation priorities.
  • We provide sustainable land use information and resources to decision-makers.
  • We engage the community in learning about, and experiencing nature.

News

  • READ ABOUT CONSERVATION TARGETS FOR THE REGIONJanuary 24, 2023 - 12:23 pm
  • SOSCP FUTURE DIRECTIONS REPORT NOW AVAILABLEJanuary 24, 2023 - 12:12 pm
  • Thank you Bryn!March 3, 2020 - 1:07 pm

Events

  • May 13, 9 to 11 am – Wildfire Preparedness Information ExchangeMay 8, 2020 - 2:32 pm
  • February 14 to 17 – Great Backyard Bird CountJanuary 31, 2020 - 11:09 am
  • January 29 – QP Species and Ecosystems at Risk workshopDecember 13, 2019 - 3:21 pm

Featured Programs

For more information on the South Okanagan Conservation Fund

See Website

A Strategy for Biodiversity in the South Okanagan Similkameen

More Info

Establish a Conservation Fund in your area.

Conservation Fund Guide for BC

CONTACT INFORMATION

South Okanagan Similkameen Conservation Program
102 Industrial Place
Penticton, BC V2A 7C8
Fax: (250) 490-2231
Email: info@soscp.org

Recent Posts

  • READ ABOUT CONSERVATION TARGETS FOR THE REGION
  • SOSCP FUTURE DIRECTIONS REPORT NOW AVAILABLE
  • South Okanagan Conservation Fund Now Open for Applications
  • May 13, 9 to 11 am – Wildfire Preparedness Information Exchange
  • Thank you Bryn!
© Copyright - SOSCP 2020
  • Facebook
Scroll to top