conservation
UPDATE: Enderby residents put on mandatory water conservation and boil water advisory
ENDERBY – High turbidity caused by last night’s rainfall is creating water issues in Enderby.…
$3M funding to fight invasives includes mussel-sniffing dog
KELOWNA – A multi-million dollar funding boost from the provincial government will go to a…
Westbank First Nation residents told to restrict water use
WESTBANK – Westbank First Nation residents are being told to conserve water today and tomorrow.…
Reporting poachers, backwoods garbage dumpers made easy with B.C. Wildlife Federation phone app
KELOWNA – The B.C. Wildlife Federation has launched a UBC Okanagan-designed app that makes it…
Hunters with loaded guns in vehicles worry Kamloops area conservation officers
KAMLOOPS – Kamloops hunters need to heed the law when they’re driving with their guns,…
Kamloops area burrowing owl reintroduction efforts need your help
KAMLOOPS – Due to a loss of habitat, burrowing owls disappeared from British Columbia during…
Multiple cougar sightings shut down trail in Lac Du Bois Grasslands
KAMLOOPS – The Battle Bluff trail will remain closed until further notice after a number…
Keep an eye — and an ear — out for this large, loud invasive frog
SHUSWAP – A conservation group is asking people to keep their eyes and ears open…
Here’s how many bears were killed in the North Okanagan this year, and why
VERNON – You may have heard the saying ‘a fed bear is a dead bear’…
Campers reminded to properly store food and other wildlife attractants
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN – Don’t put yourself, your fellow campers and surrounding wildlife in danger by being…
Still think it’s cute to feed deer? These photos might change your mind
GRAPHIC CONTENT WARNING THOMPSON-OKANAGAN – You might think it's cute to feed deer, or that…
Residents urged to take responsibility for pets, livestock after Okanagan cougar attack
VERNON – Hobby farmers and pet owners in the North Okanagan are being reminded to…
The ‘badger hotline’ and why Thompson-Okanagan residents are being asked to use it
AN ‘INCREDIBLY CUTE’ SPECIES WITH A BIG ATTITUDE AND A SHRINKING POPULATION THOMPSON-OKANAGAN – While…
Woman shaken up after encounter with bear and cub in Vernon
VERNON – A woman out walking her dog had a nerve-wracking encounter with a bear…
Bear put down after spending a week in Spallumcheen trailer park
‘UP ON DECKS, IN CARPORTS, PUTTING ITS PAWS UP ON GLASS DOORS’ SPALLUMCHEEN – A…