Regional Conservation Fund proposal moves forward
July and August is a hot and exciting time to be in the Okanagan. Wildfires can get the adrenaline surging - but so can visionary ideas and leadership. On July 17th, the RDOS Planning and Development Committee moved to "approve in principle"…
Volunteers sought for bullfrog monitoring
In 2012 and 2013, BC Frogwatch received unconfirmed reports of invasive American Bullfrogs near Penticton and Summerland. This introduced species has not previously been reported in this area.
Okanagan Similkameen Stewardship is seeking people…
Historic antelope-brush property saved
The Nature Trust of British Columbia announced the acquisition of a 12.32 hectare (30.4 acre) property in the Okanagan, at the south end of Vaseux Lake, between Okanagan Falls and Oliver. This acquisition and the adjacent Antelope-brush Conservation…
Video explores benefits of conservation fund
The Kootenay Conservation Program and Regional District of East Kootenay provide funding for projects that benefit conservation in the area from Spillimacheen to Canal Flats through the Columbia Valley Local Conservation Fund (CVLCF). The conservation…
Got Bats?
The Okanagan Community Bat Program is a new initiative to support bat conservation in the region by providing information about bats and getting the public’s assistance with locating and monitoring bat populations. A new web site and toll…
Update on wild and domestic sheep separation
Wild sheep share a number of similarities with their domestic cousins. Unfortunately, contact between the two groups can have deadly consequences. Managing livestock/ wildlife conflicts on private land is a daunting task. The Habitat Conservation…
Update on domestic - wild sheep separation
Wild sheep share a number of similarities with their domestic cousins. Unfortunately, contact between the two groups can have deadly consequences. Managing livestock/ wildlife conflicts on private land is a daunting task. The Habitat Conservation…
Help for amphibians trapped in pools
Okanagan Similkameen Stewardship Society (OSSS) and St. Lawrence University researchers are partnering on a number of stewardship initiatives this June- one of them being FrogLog amphibian escape ramps. On the heels of a year with record-breaking…
Nick Burdock to oversee The Nature Trust activities in southern interior
Nicholas Burdock has been appointed as The Nature Trust of BC’s Okanagan Conservation Land Coordinator. Nicholas will be based in Penticton to oversee twenty-eight conservation properties, including two biodiversity ranches, in the Okanagan-Similkameen,…
Okanagan Similkameen Stewardship Society Formed
The South Okanagan-Similkameen Stewardship Society is excited to announce that after 19 years of stewardship in the South Okanagan-Similkameen, they have become incorporated as an independent non-profit society. After a transition of administration,…