Engagement of the Agricultural Community in Water Stewardship
Project Year:
2020
Project Budget:$50,500
WCQI Grant:$15,000
Organization:Okanagan Similkameen Stewardship Society
Project Description:
This basin-wide project will improve agricultural landowners’ understanding of how their land use practices effect water quality. Local residents will have an enhanced and broader appreciation for riparian areas and wetlands and their function on the landscape. This project will result in agriculturalists adopting standards, best practices and adhering to guidelines that maintain and improve water quality through wetland and riparian area stewardship.
Filed under:
Education - Outdoor Conservation, Irrigation, System Improvement – Conservation