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Video: Bird nerds, unite!
4+ hour, 1+ min ago (30+ words) Video: Bird nerds, unite!Castanet Weekend Dose- April 4, 2026 Duff says late ex contacted her during psychic session TGIF Gifs- April 3, 2026 Eric Dane appears in Euphoria trailer...
Bird nerds unite: Lots to learn about Thompson-Okanagan wildlife at annual festival
4+ hour, 1+ min ago (245+ words) Everyone can enjoy a tour during this year's four-day Meadowlark Nature Festiva in the South Okanagan this spring. From May 14 to 18, the festival by the Okanagan Similkameen Conservation Alliance is anticipated to draw people from across the valley with over…...
U.S. invasive mussel treatments cut population nearly in half: report
23+ hour, 1+ min ago (440+ words) Three years after chemical treatments began in Idaho's Snake River to combat invasive mussels, populations have been reduced but not eliminated, according to a recent report from the Okanagan Basin Water Board. State officials have carried out three treatments in…...
Help prevent white-nose syndrome in West Kootenay bats
1+ day, 15+ hour ago (178+ words) The Kootenay Community Bat Program, in collaboration with the province, is asking the public for help in the effort to detect and prevent the spread of white-nose syndrome. White-nose syndrome has killed millions of bats in North America since its…...
North Okanagan Naturalists Club takes a look at rare spotted bat
2+ day, 13+ hour ago (246+ words) A bat unique to the BC Interior is being featured by the North Okanagan Naturalists Club. Every Wednesday, the Vernon-based group features a different critter on its Facebook page. Today administrator Laura D Patterson is highlighting the spotted bat, a…...
'Good day to be a polar bear': Carney unveils nature strategy, new conservation areas
3+ day, 16+ hour ago (657+ words) The Liberal government's new $3.8 billion nature protection strategy will put Canada's 2030 nature conservation goals within reach, Prime Minister Mark Carney said Tuesday. Announcing the new plan at an event in Wakefield, Que., Carney said the federal government will create new…...
Proposed Heritage Conservation Act changes won’t shift financial burden landowners
1+ week, 2+ day ago (624+ words) B.C.s Ministry of Forests says property owners will still pay for archaeological work under proposed changes to the Heritage Conservation Act, but a streamlined process could reduce costs. In January, a lawyer representing Kamloops property owners told reporters the landowners…...
Vernon conservation officer says there are things people should, and shouldn't do around wildlife
1+ week, 2+ day ago (343+ words) Coyotes live near and even within Okanagan cities, but there are things people can do to keep themselves and their pets safe from the predators. The wild canines are a very adaptable animal and live not just on the outskirts…...
Vogelkop Superb bird-of-paradise
1+ week, 2+ day ago (43+ words) Vogelkop Superb bird-of-paradise'Castanet Sometimes a new species is hiding in plain sight. The Vogelkop Superb Bird-of-Paradise has songs, dances and courtship appearances that are very distinct from its relative the Greater Superb Bird-of-Paradise. Paltrow 'original nepo baby'...
Video: Milfoil removed from 245 km of Osoyoos Lake
1+ week, 4+ day ago (90+ words) Video: Milfoil removed from 245 km of Osoyoos Lake'Castanet Video: Milfoil removed from 245 km of Osoyoos Lake Plenty of milfoil removed Milfoil across 244.7 kilometres of Osoyoos Lake was removed by the Okanagan Basin Water Board last fall. In a social media…...