Public Input Sought for New Environmental DP Areas and Conservation Fund In Area C

The Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen (RDOS) will be holding a Public Information Meeting in order to provide an overview to residents and property owners in Electoral Area “C” regarding proposed changes to Environmentally Sensitive…

Habitat Conservation Trust Foundation Hiring

The Habitat Conservation Trust Foundation (HCTF) is a non-profit charitable foundation which invests in projects that maintain and enhance the health and biological diversity of British Columbia’s fish, wildlife, and habitats. We are a proposal-driven…

Update on Penticton Restoration Project

The Penticton Creek Restoration Project is moving ahead as planned, with final placement of river rock, removal of silt and water to be released from the bypass tunnel to the main creek bed later this week. The City of Penticton hosted a hard…

Generous Donation to SOSCP

  SOSCP was presented with a significant gift from Lake Breeze Wine Farm in Naramata. Lake Breeze has committed all of its patio sparkling water sales to the conservation partnership and presented Bryn White, SOSCP Program Manager with…

SOSCP works with Transboundary Partners

As one of the biodiversity strategy's strategic directions, SOSCP has been supporting connectivity planning initiatives with partners in Canada and the USA. In April, SOSCP shared environmental planner Alison Peatt, attended the Great Northern…

Penticton Creek Showcases Restoration Excellence

Penticton Creek is the third-largest tributary, and was historically, an extremely productive waterway for Okanagan Lake Kokanee and Rainbow Trout. Flood protection measures in the 1950s created a smooth concrete-lined channel, damaging fish…

SOSCP Celebrates 15 Years of Conservation

Join SOSCP partners and friends for the Annual General Meeting Wednesday, May 13th, 1 p.m. Penticton Ramada Inn, Atrium Meeting Room 1050 Eckhardt Avenue

The Nature Trust of BC sets sights on key antelope-brush properties

The Nature Trust of British Columbia is working to acquire 34.6 hectares to create the largest private holding of rare Antelope-brush habitat in the South Okanagan (152 hectares). Fifteen years in the making, this fourth and final phase of…

Okanagan Similkameen Stewardship Society

Okanagan Similkameen Stewardship Society is a non-profit, local, charitable organization that assists land owners, managers and community groups in voluntary conservation of important habitats on private lands and within communities of the…

Okanagan wetlands benefit from new funds

Kelowna, November 7, 2014. The Okanagan Basin Water Board (OBWB) and Okanagan Nation Alliance (ONA) held a joint news conference welcoming new funding from Environment Canada towards Phase 2 of the Okanagan Wetlands Strategy project and some…