Water board seeks public help to stop invasive mussels
August 10, 2016 – Global Okanagan Many Okanagan residents are well aware of the potential risks posed by invasive mussels. The Okanagan Basin Water Board … Read more
August 10, 2016 – Global Okanagan Many Okanagan residents are well aware of the potential risks posed by invasive mussels. The Okanagan Basin Water Board … Read more
August 20, 2016 – Kelowna Capital News The Okanagan Basin Water Board is enlisting the public’s help to fight the spread of invasive zebra and … Read more
August 10, 2016 – KelownaNow As boats laden with invasive mussels continue to show up at BC’s border, the Okanagan Basin Water Board is calling … Read more
August 10, 2016 – 101.5 EZ Rock Kelowna The Okanagan Basin Water Board is expanding its “Don’t Move a Mussel” campaign. Started in 2013, the … Read more
August 10, 2016 – KissFM The “Don’t Move a Mussel” campaign has been expanded. Corrine Jackson from the Okanagan Basin Water Board says the three … Read more
August 10, 2016 – Vernon Morning Star More muscles are being added to the fight against mussels. The Okanagan Basin Water Board is expanding its … Read more
August 10, 2016 – Castanet The Okanagan Basin Water Board has been working diligently since 2013 to keep invasive mussels out of Okanagan Lake, and … Read more
August 10, 2016 – InfoNews.ca A form of Russian Roulette is how the Okanagan Basin Water Board chairman Doug Findlater describes current efforts to monitor … Read more
July 22, 2016 – 107.5 KissFM A Vernon program to prevent invasive species from entering local waterways, could catch on in other Okanagan communities. RCMP … Read more
July 14, 2016 – Peachland View I hope everyone is having a great summer so far. The fluctuating temperatures and extraordinary heavy bursts of rainfall … Read more
July 12, 2016 – Kelowna Capital News This weekend, there is a big celebration to mark the 100th anniversary of the opening of Summerland Ornamental … Read more
The Okanagan Basin Water Board’s monthly Board Report provides highlights from this week’s Board of Directors meeting. The monthly report provides up-to-date information about the … Read more
July 8, 2016 – Vernon Morning Star Boats carrying invasive mussels are being found and that has local officials calling for additional resources. Of the … Read more
July 8, 2016 – Vernon Morning Star The provincial government boasts a lot about how it’s preventing invasive mussels from taking hold in B.C. lakes. … Read more
July 5, 2016 – Global Okanagan The Okanagan Basin Water Board wants the provincial government to expand the hours of mobile inspection stations where highway … Read more
July 1, 2016 – Kelowna Capital News Are you thinking of making changes so your landscape will be more water-wise? Then I invite you to … Read more
July Weather Report Comparison with 2015: This year had a much more generous snow pack, but both years had a much earlier snowmelt than average. … Read more
June 30, 2016 – Peachland View The Okanagan and Similkameen Invasive Species Society (OASISS) is taking to the road in their newly constructed, educational, trailer. … Read more
June 22, 2016 – Osoyoos Times Provincial inspections for invasive mussels that started April 1 are finding a disturbing number of suspect and contaminated boats … Read more
Kelowna, B.C. – Provincial mussel inspection stations only opened April 1, but already the stats show the need for a stronger program says the Okanagan … Read more
June 10, 2016 – Kelowna Now The Regional District of Central Okanagan (RDCO) is developing a plan to help reduce the potential damage that flooding … Read more
June 10, 2016 – Kelowna Capital News The Okanagan Basin Water Board is calling for a stronger inspection program to keep invasive mussels out B.C. … Read more
June 10, 2016 – Global Okanagan It’s a good effort but not good enough. That’s the position of the Okanagan Basin Water Board regarding provincial … Read more
June 2, 2016 – Castanet Regional District of Okanagan Similkameen board members have toured a new educational trailer, focused on invasive mussels. “The purpose of the trailer … Read more
June Weather Report Provincial River Outlook – Issued: May 27, 2016 3:00PM “Weather over the past week has been dominated by low pressure systems with … Read more