Sterile Insect Release
Okanagan sterile moths heading south
KELOWNA – The moths are heading south. The Okanagan Sterile Insect Release Program recently signed…
Sterile Insect Release Program seeking new opportunities outside Thompson-Okanagan
PENTICTON – The Sterile Insect Release Program is looking for new ways to make money…
Unmanned drones are dropping sexy, sterile moths on Okanagan orchards
KELOWNA – A new way to drop sterilized moths on Okanagan orchards could make a…
Sterile Insect Program hopes to build on success
PENTICTON – The Okanagan’s Sterile Insect Release program is getting international recognition as program executives…
Codling moth tax levy approved by Kelowna council
KELOWNA - Orchardists, and the rest of Kelowna, will pay just over $1 million in 2015 to combat the codling moth, a destructive pest that preys on apples and pears. Kelowna council approved the local levy and parcel tax, which covers all properties within city boundaries. Properties of at least 0.3 acres, containing 20 or...