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Are Nighthawks the same as a Hawk?
If you are outside during dawn or dusk and see an angular-winged bird moving erratically, you might be witnessing the foraging of a...
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Sep 1, 2023


Migrating Chinook salmon
The salmon are coming home! Did you know that Okanagan River Chinook salmon spend a good part of their lives in the ocean and then return...
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Aug 25, 2023


Having a Field Day: Yellow Flag Iris
For past couple of weeks, the OSS team has been working on our Yellow flag iris eradication project along Eneas Creek in Summerland's...
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Aug 22, 2023


Problems with Yellow Flag Iris
Do you know what this is? Nope, it's not ginger or turmeric! Unfortunately this is just part of the extensive rhizome (underground stem)...
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Aug 15, 2023


Super Rhizomes
#funfactfriday Let's talk RHIZOMES: An important part of our grasslands that create alternate ways of reproducing and acquiring...
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Jul 21, 2023


Let's go into the field!
While out in the field, we often get the change notice the little things in nature that many people might not see at first glance. ...
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Jul 11, 2023


Happy Canada Day!
In honour of Canada Day, we are celebrating our national bird, the Canada Jay! Did you know that the Canada Jay will nest and start to...
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Jul 1, 2023


Pollinator Week: Plant Facts
#pollinatorweek Did you know that different flowers attract different pollinators? Moths are often attracted to sweet smelling white or...
osstewardship
Jun 23, 2023


Pollinator Week: Hummingbird Appreciation
#pollinatorweek Have you seen a hummingbird? There are four types of hummingbirds in the Okanagan region and all of them are reliant on...
osstewardship
Jun 22, 2023
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