WildSafeBC (a program owned and administered through the BC Conservation Foundation) has received funding from Telus in support of the WildSafeBC Junior Ranger Program. The RDOS uses Junior Ranger Kits and materials at all outreach events. Kits are especially appreciated in the fall, when local RDOS Community Coordinator, Zoe Kirk is busy at local schools […]

“I came across this female Wood Duck and two ducklings on the Hike and Bike Trail today. It was a bit misty.” Nearly missed this one Audrey – but it showed up today.

Officials in the hardest-hit region of  B.C.  outlined this week –  the impact of wildfires. The Cariboo Regional District said 41 homes have been destroyed and more than 35,000 residents on about 13,000 parcels of land are under either evacuation orders or alerts. Another eight homes were confirmed lost in the Central Okanagan region last weekend […]

This picture taken through the eye of a telescope by 12-year old Amelia Leeman, visiting from Napa, California. Thanks to Julie Martineau

Police recover body from Okanagan Lake   The West Kelowna RCMP have confirmed that a body of a male was located and recovered from Okanagan Lake. On Wednesday July 19, 2017 at approximately 7:00 am, the West Kelowna RCMP received a report from a boater, who had spotted a body in a shallow area of the lake 400 […]