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Faux Firs
Christmas is on its way, so some of you might be looking for Christmas trees out in the bush or out at a farm. This means you might come...
osstewardship
Dec 6, 2023


Please Pass the Salt!
#funfactfriday Did you know that Mountain Goats are so obsessed with salt that they will travel over 20 kilometres in order to find...
osstewardship
Dec 1, 2023


Sleepy Time for Marmots
Did you know that Yellow Bellied Marmots can spend about 80% of their lives underground? This is mostly due to how long marmots will...
osstewardship
Nov 24, 2023


The Incomplete Metamorphosis of Mantids
#funfactfriday There are so many cool species of insects in the Okanagan and Similkameen but some of the coolest have to be Mantids! Did...
osstewardship
Nov 17, 2023


Celebrating ten years of stewardship!
This year Okanagan Similkameen Stewardship (OSS) is proud to celebrate its 10th anniversary. Through partnerships with families,...
osstewardship
Nov 14, 2023


Water water everywhere, and MANY drops to drink!
#funfactfriday Did you know that Common Loons can drink salt water? Common Loons are an iconic sight and sound in the summer on our big,...
osstewardship
Nov 10, 2023


Buckwheat - Not Just for Pancakes
You might be familiar with buckwheat through breakfast foods and pancakes, but did you know that there are around 250 species of wild...
osstewardship
Nov 3, 2023


Scorpions Lighting Up the Night
#funfactfriday It's almost Halloween and so lets 'shine some light' on another one of our local creepy-crawlies: the Northern Scorpion! ...
osstewardship
Oct 27, 2023


A Widow's Warning
We're deep into #spookyseason so what better time to talk about one of BC's most infamous creepy-crawlies - the Western Black Widow...
osstewardship
Oct 20, 2023
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