Volunteers planting at Skaha Park Pond. Over the past 10 years, nearly 1700 volunteers have helped o

Youth interns. Over the past decade, OSS has trained 22 youths in environmental stewardship.

OSS has planted almost 30,000 native trees and shrubs in the past decade!

Volunteers planting at Skaha Park Pond. Over the past 10 years, nearly 1700 volunteers have helped o

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Stewardship is the act of taking care of fish and wildlife habitat by people like you

Raise awareness about local species and spaces.
- Provide information, assistance and advice about local species and spaces including tailored habitat assessments prepared by our local biologists.
- We have hosted and participated in 225 workshops and local community events in the past 10 years.

Engage landowners and communities in stewardship.
- Provide assistance and support to landowners as stewards in conservation, restoration and enhancement of wildlife habitats on their properties while maintaining other land use practices such as agriculture and eco-tourism.
- Develop best management practices and management plans for coexisting with wildlife on your property.
- We have engaged over 2500 volunteers and community members in our projects
- We have contacted over 500 land owners and managers per year for each of the past 10 years.

Support Wildlife Habitat Stewards.
- We are partnered with 133 stewards of 9500 acres of wildlife habitat

Enhance and restore habitats
- Develop and lead habitat enhancement projects, such as native plant enhancement, exclusion fencing along shorelines, and invasive plant management.
- We have planted almost 30,000 Indigenous trees and shrubs in the past 10 years!
- We have removed 14,000 kilograms of invasive plants and garbage from sensitive ecosystems!