Weed-harvesting has started along the Kelowna beaches.RON SEYMOUR/The Daily Courier Wintertime weed-harvesting efforts now underway along Kelowna’s beaches haven’t turned up many thick patches of Eurasian milfoil. A relatively cool and cloudy summer in 2019 hindered...

Kudos to the winners of our 2020 Fundraising Wine Raffle. (l-r) Angela Jackson and Susan Goldsmith were delighted with their good luck as they walked away with more than two cases of Okanagan wine. Special thanks to the many wonderful Oliver-Osoyoos wineries who...

Thank you to all our volunteers, donors and supporters who helped make our annual beer 'n burger fundraiser a total success. View Post There were numerous door prizes, fantabulous live and silent auction items, great music and wonderful service & food from our...

A few of the fine south Okanagan wines that will be auction off at our annual fundraiser Saturday, January 25 at Sage Pub 5-8 PM. Many thanks to Hidden Chapel, Intersection and CC Jentsch for supporting our important environmental activities involving Osoyoos Lake. As...

Birgit Arnstein (2nd from right) accepted the donation on behalf of the OLWQS Board of Directors. Photo Credit: Iain Fraser Many thanks to the hard working volunteers of the United Church Dorcas Unit, Osoyoos for their kind donation of $1,000 to the Osoyoos Lake Water...

Please support our major annual fundraiser... ... to continue our research work monitoring Osoyoos Lake Water Quality; ... to continue our search for invasive species such as Quagga & Zebra Mussels; ... to continue our work of educating the general public and...

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Osoyoos Lake Water Quality Society (OLWQS) would like to recognize the generosity of Yamaha Motor Canada, Osoyoos Marine and Vantage Powersport & Marine for their generous support, supplies and installation know how of the new Yamaha motor for our research pontoon...

By Osoyoos Times on November 29, 2019 Due to the presence of endangered Rocky Mountain Ridged Mussels, rototilling milfoil is limited in some parts of Osoyoos Lake this year. (File photo) By Vanessa Broadbent Osoyoos Times The Okanagan Basin Waterboard...

Partial remarks from OLWQS President, Birgit Arnstein at a Rotary Club of Osoyoos meeting in November, 2019 Photo Credit: Brian Bousquet “The mandate of the Osoyoos Lake Water Quality Society (OLWQS), a totally volunteer driven organization, is to protect Osoyoos Lake...

Water monitoring data for Osoyoos Lake collected by OLWQS: Each week between May and October, a dedicated crew of Society volunteers go out on the lake and test the water for temperature, depth, dissolved oxygen, pH, specific conductivity, and water clarity (secchi...