by OsoyoosLake | May 1, 2024 | Local News
Kelowna Daily Courier FEATURED British Columbia’s mussel defence program gets $1.1M boost RON SEYMOUR May 1, 2024 An inspection station, near Midway in the Boundary Country east of Penticton, is manned by conservation officers checking boats and boat trailers...
by OsoyoosLake | Apr 19, 2024 | Local News
LAKE HELD HIGH FOR DROUGHT Sarah Crookall – Apr 15, 2024 / 3:13 pm | Story: 482237 https://www.castanet.net/news/Oliver-Osoyoos/482237/Osoyoos-Lake-held-at-historically-high-level-in-preparation-for-drought Photo: Sarah Crookall Osoyoos Lake. Osoyoos Lake water...
by OsoyoosLake | Apr 16, 2024 | Local News
A successful Paint and Sip fundraiser means the Osoyoos Lake Water Quality Society (OLWQS) will have sufficient funds to undertake another summer of scientific water quality measurements on the Canadian side of Osoyoos Lake. “We now have the means to enable...
by OsoyoosLake | Apr 3, 2024 | Local News
Invasive mussels preoccupy Okanagan water...
by OsoyoosLake | Feb 18, 2024 | Local News
Federal invasive mussel response ‘falls far short’, says Okanagan Water Board The Okanagan Basin Water Board (OBWB) is not impressed with a recent federal funding announcement to prevent invasive species from entering Western Canadian waterways. On...
by OsoyoosLake | Jan 20, 2024 | Local News
Okanagan Basin Water Board (OBWB) concerned about possible cuts to federal invasive mussel control funding Ongoing monitoring for invasive mussel larvae through veliger water sampling at various marinas on Osoyoos Lake is one of the methods used to keep our lakes...
by OsoyoosLake | Jan 5, 2024 | Local News
Okanagan and Similkameen Invasive Species Society (OASISS) Summerland, BC (January 04, 2024) – Another year of sampling suggests the Okanagan Valley lakes remain free of invasive mussels. This information comes on the heels of devastating news from the United...
by OsoyoosLake | Nov 8, 2023 | Local News
“If senior governments fail to act, local governments and First Nations in B.C. will bear the brunt of managing and paying for the costs of invasive mussel mitigation,” water board executive director Anna Warwick Sears says in a letter to Vernon City...
by OsoyoosLake | Nov 7, 2023 | Local News
The dedication of the research boat Captains and its skilled crew members who monitor and measure the water quality of Osoyoos Lake during the summer months has posted the results of its findings below. Kudos to our departing Data Manager John Gates for his attention...
