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Okanagan Basin Water Board
Invasive mussels in B.C. won’t just be expensive, Okanagan Basin Water Board warns
If invasive mussels make their way into B.C. it will result in a financial burden…
With snowpack in Okanagan gone, drought level on the rise
The first Okanagan Drought Bulletin of the season has already raised the level of drought…
Okanagan water board calling for temporary moratorium on out-of-province boats
The Okanagan Basin Water Board is calling for a moratorium on all boats entering the…
BC Interior opposition MPs call on feds to increase funding to stop invasive mussels
Five BC Interior Conservative MPs have written a letter to the federal government demanding proper…
Out-of-province boat ban gaining support in the Thompson-Okanagan
Calls for a moratorium on out-of-province boats in BC to protect local waterways from invasive…
Newly announced federal funding won’t prevent the spread of invasive mussels in BC
The government’s new funding announcement does not go far enough to protect BC from invasive…
Some areas of Okanagan experiencing historically low snowpack
Concerns have been growing across BC as the snowpack measurements are lower than normal posing…
Okanagan moved to drought level two, ‘very dry’
As municipalities around the Okanagan have implemented water restrictions, the region’s drought level has increased…
PULL THE PLUG: Transporting boats in BC with drain plugs in now illegal
In an effort to prevent the spread of invasive species, the provincial government is making…
Okanagan mayors and fire chiefs gathered in Lake Country to plan for a dry summer
The weather has been cooler and the valley has seen some rainfall, but the Okanagan…
You can help choose the name of the new Okanagan milfoil harvester
A new machine for combating an invasive aquatic plant is coming to the Okanagan and…
Feds decision over ridge mussel’s status spurs Okanagan water board into action
The Okanagan Basin Water Board has renewed its appeal to the province asking for it…
Province should make exemption to milfoil rototilling ban to fight invasive species: report
A new Parliamentary committee report suggests that an exemption should be put in place to…
iN VIDEO: Dead fish, smelly weeds may await Okanagan beaches if rototilling restrictions persist
KELOWNA – Look no further than the dead fish washed up on Vaseux Lake beaches…
Milfoil is invading more Okanagan beaches as rototilling bans spread
KELOWNA – The cool inviting waters off Vernon’s Kin Beach are turning into a “big…
Looking for ways to make droughts more predictable for Okanagan water users
KELOWNA – Predicting summer droughts in the Okanagan could become more accurate if a proposed…
Water board pushing for enhanced invasive mussel-fighting legislation
The Okanagan Basin Water Board continues its push for legislation to require mandatory out-of-province boat…
Weather and wildfires interfere with water board’s floodplain mapping project
PENTICTON – The Okanagan Basin Water Board’s summer project to map the Okanagan flood plain…
B.C. invasive mussel fight continues into fall season
The battle for funding to keep invasive mussels out of B.C. lakes continues as another…
Drought level raised in the Okanagan as rain remains scarce
OKANAGAN – With seemingly interminable smoke swirling through the air, it’s easy to ignore the…
New construction flood level may be needed all around Okanagan Lake
OKANAGAN – Anna Warwick Sears doesn’t like the term “new normal” at least as it’s…
This high-tech tool may help Okanagan communities be better prepared for flooding
OKANAGAN – Flood plain mapping has already begun in the Okanagan, part of a $1.45-million…
Winning Okanagan water documentary’s theme is universal
KELOWNA – A documentary with an Okanagan connection that evokes a universal theme recently won…
From spring flooding to drought conditions in the Okanagan
OKANAGAN – Earlier this year there was historic flooding in the Okanagan but now officials…