B.C. government clarifies rototilling rules for Okanagan lakes
Kelowna Capital News – December 9, 2019 The B.C. government has provided clarity on where the Okanagan Basin Water Board (OBWB) is allowed to rototill … Read more
In the News
Water board resumes some milfoil rototilling
Osoyoos Times – November 29, 2019 The Okanagan Basin Waterboard (OBWB) is resuming its rototilling of invasive milfoil in some areas after operations were limited this … Read more
Fishy appointment for MP
Castanet – November 29, 2019 The Okanagan will be well represented in the Official Opposition shadow cabinet with three area MPs getting posts. The Conservative … Read more
Okanagan Water Board opens floodgates with call for grant applications
Vernon Morning Star – November 28, 2019 There’s even more funding to draw from the well for Okanagan communities with water projects. The Okanagan Basin … Read more
Grants for water quality
Castanet – November 28, 2019 The Okanagan Basin Water Board is accepting applications to its Water Conservation and Quality Improvement grant program. There will be a … Read more
Dozens attend community water forum at Kelowna library hosted by UBC Okanagan
Global Okanagan – November 19, 2019 Dozens of people attended a community forum hosted by UBC Okanagan at Kelowna’s library on Tuesday night. A panel … Read more
Mussel-tainted boats caught
Castanet – November 13, 2019 The provincial government says 19 vehicles contaminated with zebra or quagga mussels have been prevented from entering B.C. this season, three … Read more
Infestation coming to beach
Castanet – November 13, 2019 Harvesting restrictions means a lot of milfoil at Vernon’s Kin Beach Swimmers diving into Okanagan Lake at Kin Beach should … Read more
Mussel inspections find 19 boats carrying invasive species
InfoNews.ca – November 13, 2019 Nineteen out-of-province vehicles were heading for B.C. lakes last summer with zebra or quagga mussels on them, including three of … Read more
Mussels found on watercraft
Castanet – November 13, 2019 Watercraft inspection stations found 19 watercraft heading to BC waters were carrying invasive zebra or quagga mussels. A report from … Read more
Spallumcheen farmers thanked for ‘generous’ land donation towards Wastewater project
Vernon Morning Star – November 13, 2019 After the Township of Spallumcheen received funding for a $36.9 million wastewater project, the next step was to … Read more
Mussel-tainted boats caught
Castanet – November 13, 2019 The provincial government says 19 vehicles contaminated with zebra or quagga mussels have been prevented from entering B.C. this season, three … Read more
Time to incorporate?
Castanet – September 10, 2019 Is it time for Okanagan Falls to incorporate and elect its own mayor and council? That’s one idea to be … Read more
Peachland earns title of conservation capital
The Daily Courier – September 10, 2019 Peachland is the water conservation capital of the Okanagan. The municipality was named the winner of the Make … Read more
Water – don’t waste a drop
Castanet – September 9, 2019 Delegates to the Okanagan Basin Water Board’s annual general meeting in Kelowna Friday hammered home the message that all our … Read more
Peachland beats out Armstrong for water conservation contest
Kelowna Capital News – September 6, 2019 Peachland has ended Armstrong’s run as winner of the annual Okanagan WaterWise water conservation challenge. Armstrong had won … Read more
The science of water
Castanet – September 5, 2019 A program is being offered to teach young people in Vernon about the science of water. The Allan Brooks Nature Centre … Read more
Okanagan Basin Water Board meeting to address importance of all water in the valley
Kelowna Capital News – September 5, 2019 The Okanagan Basin Water Board holds its annual meeting on Friday. The theme this year will be “One … Read more
Vernon students to study the health of local rivers
Vernon Morning Star – September 4, 2019 How healthy are the rivers in the Okanagan Basin? What causes a river to be healthy or unhealthy? … Read more
Letter to Editor – Fighting for our pristine waters
Kelowna Capital News – August 21, 2019 Last week’s announcement by federal Fisheries and Oceans Minister Jonathan Wilkinson that the Rocky Mountain ridged mussel would … Read more
Reprieve for our beaches?
Castanet – August 15, 2019 The Okanagan Basin Water Board is cheering a decision that has delayed reclassifying a threatened mussel found in the Okanagan as … Read more
Mussels, mussels everywhere – with OBWB stuck in the middle
Osoyoos Times – August 15, 2019 The Okanagan Basin Water Board (OBWB) has mussels on its mind — in more ways than one. The Board … Read more
Feds decline to declare mussel endangered
Kelowna Daily Courier – August 15, 2019 A type of mussel found in Okanagan Lake will not be declared by the federal government to be … Read more
Okanagan company first to privately tackle milfoil removal
InfoNews.ca – August 13, 2019 Private enterprise has taken up the quest to rid Okanagan lakes of a pesky invasive species. Trueshore Aquatic Milfoil Harvesting … Read more
Invasive mussels could cost millions of tourism dollars, group warns
InfoNews.ca – August 13, 2019 Need a reminder of all there is to lose if invasive mussels get dragged into local bodies of water? The … Read more