Current invasive mussel inspections insufficient, says Okanagan Basin Water Board
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
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Mussel checks get support
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
Chasing that Make Water Work championship
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
Centennial celebration for Summerland Ornamental Gardens
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
Board Report – July
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
Mussel findings raise concern
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
Mussels require greater response
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
Water board pushes for longer hours for mussel inspection stations
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
Learn to be more water-wise, in Kelowna
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
Update #2 – June 29, 2016
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
Mobile quagga and zebra mussel prevention trailer takes to the road
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
Mussel searches find contaminated boats, prompting calls for stronger inspection program
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
Inspection stats show stronger mussel defence needed, says Okanagan Water Board
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
RDCO creating a regional flood management plan
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
Okanagan water board: not enough being done to stop mussels
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
More muscle need in fight against mussels
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
Mussel trailer hits the road
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
Update #1 – June 1, 2016
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
Make Water Work in and around your own home
May 18, 2016 – Lake Country Calendar Twenty-eight years ago, when Rob Geier first planted the seeds for what would become a garden beautiful enough … Read more
Water conservation message
May 13, 2016 – Penticton Western News Municipal leaders from around the Okanagan gathered Wednesday to urge residents to change their water use habits and … Read more
Make Water Work challenge
May 13, 2016 – Kelowna Capital News
Okanagan residents challenged to use water wisely this summer
May 13, 2016 – Westside Weekly Mayors in the Okanagan are challenging each other, and the residents of their communities, to conserve water this spring … Read more
Make Water Work plant collection gives residents drought resistant garden options
May 13, 2016 – Kelowna Capital News The Make Water Work challenge lays out several ways residents can conserve water with one community in the … Read more
Local mayors urge residents to conserve water
May 13, 2016 – Kelowna Capital News Municipal leaders from around the Okanagan gathered Wednesday to urge residents to change their water use habits and … Read more
Record April heat shrinks snowpack
May 12, 2016 – Kelowna Daily Courier Record-breaking temperatures in April melted a lot of the snowpack for the Okanagan and boosted seasonal runoff. The … Read more