Kelowna, B.C. – The Okanagan Basin Water Board (OBWB) is renewing a call for legislation that would require all out-of-province watercraft to be inspected for … 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
Kelowna, B.C. – Those attending an invasive mussel inspection workshop this week got more than expected when a boat carrying the concerning molluscs showed up … Read more
Penticton Western News – October 10, 2014 Conservation officers were worried about the “optics” of allowing a boat carrying invasive mussels from the U.S. into … Read more
Osoyoos Times – September 24, 2014 The provincial government will be hearing from representatives of Okanagan regional districts and municipalities this week about the serious … Read more
Osoyoos Times – September 24, 2014 The provincial government will be hearing from representatives of Okanagan regional districts and municipalities this week about the serious … Read more
The Boundary Sentinel – September 19, 2014 Attached are the letter templates that the Okanagan Basin Water Board sent out. The RDKB did send a … Read more
Castanet – September 5, 2014 The provincial government recently announced they have stepped up inspection enforcement of boats possibly containing either zebra or quagga mussels. … Read more
Kelowna Capital News – August 8, 2014 With public support growing for action from senior levels of government on invasive mussels and now that Alberta … Read more
Vernon Morning Star article – April 2, 2013 Both the federal and provincial governments should work together to establish mandatory inspection stations and a public … Read more