Okanagan Basin Water Board
Okanagan drought killing fish and exposing need for major water management change
Being in a Stage 4 drought is not going to have much impact on humans…
These Quebec students are trying to keep invasive zebra mussels out of B.C. Interior lakes
While conservation officers use sniffer dogs to try to stop invasive zebra mussels from contaminating…
Is your Okanagan home at risk of flooding? There’s now a website to help you figure it out
Whether you live on Okanagan Lake waterfront or a few of blocks away from Osoyoos…
Feds need to step up game in fight against invasive mussels in Okanagan, Shuswap: letter
Two water protection agencies in the Okanagan and Shuswap have joined forces to urge the…
Mussel inspections find 19 boats carrying invasive species
Nineteen out-of-province vehicles were heading for B.C. lakes last summer with zebra or quagga mussels…
New rototilling rules will be a boost to swimmers at Okanagan Beaches next summer
The provincial government has eased off on its rules for rototilling milfoil in Okanagan lakes,…
Fight with province over native mussels vs. invasive milfoil has divers heading into Okanagan lakes
KELOWNA – More research is planned to determine what is more importance – weed-free beaches…
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…