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South Okanagan Rehabilitation Centre for Owls

The South Okanagan Rehabilitation Centre for Owls is a non-profit society dedicated to treating injured and orphaned birds of prey with the purpose of releasing them back into the wild when ever possible. SORCO is not a zoo but a clinic and…

Southern Interior Bluebird Trail Society

The Southern Interior Bluebird Trail Society creates nesting habitat for cavity nesting birds with an emphasis on Mountain and Western Bluebirds. They educate the public to the plight of secondary cavity nesters due to human destruction of habitat…

The Land Conservancy of BC

As a membership-based land trust, TLC works to protect areas needed for natural communities to survive; conserving lands of scientific, historical, cultural, scenic, or compatible recreational value. Their mission is accomplished by assisting…

The Nature Conservancy Washington State

The mission of TNC is to preserve the plants, animals and natural communities that represent the diversity of life on earth by protecting the lands and waters they need to survive. They currently manage the largest system of private nature sanctuaries…

The Nature Conservancy of Canada, BC Region

The Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC) is Canada’s leading national land conservation organization, working to protect the country’s valuable natural areas and the plants and animals they sustain. NCC is a private, non-profit group that…

The Nature Trust of British Columbia

The Nature Trust of British Columbia conserves key areas of ecological significance in BC and encourages the private and public sectors to set aside these areas for conservation. The Nature Trust and its partners have invested more than $80…

University of British Columbia - Faculty of Land and Food Systems

The UBC Faculty of Agricultural Sciences has an academic focus is in the areas of land, food and community with an emphasis on food, nutrition and health, an ecological approach to agriculture (agroecology), community and environment, and global…

University of British Columbia - Okanagan

UBC Okanagan opened its doors in 2005, establishing a new university that is a highly interdisciplinary, research-intensive and intimate learning community in Kelowna, B.C. The Okanagan Institute for Biodiversity, Resilience, and Ecosystem…

Village of Keremeos

Healthy living comes naturally in Keremeos. The Village is located in one of BC’s most productive farming valleys. The surrounding area has the highest concentration of organic farms in Canada and is known as the Organic Farming Capital of…

BC Nature (Thompson-Okanagan Region)

BC Nature is the umbrella organization for naturalists and other conservation-oriented clubs in the province. Its mandate, " To know nature and keep it worth knowing", focuses on conservation and natural-history education throughout BC. In cooperation…