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Bats and White Nose Syndrome
Can you name this bat? Just try describing it and you will probably be correct. It’s a Little Brown Bat! If you’ve seen a bat in the...
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Jul 3, 2020


It's Pollinator Week!
#funfactfriday It's National Pollinator Week! Did you know we have fourteen species of Hairstreak butterfly in the Okanagan valley?...
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Jun 26, 2020


Feathered Fathers!
For Father's Day this Sunday, we thought we would give out some Bird Dad awards to our local bird species! The overall Father of the...
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Jun 19, 2020


Water, water, (not) everywhere..
#funfactfriday It's Canada Rivers Day this week! Did you know that in the Okanagan and Similkameen, the waterbirch-dogwood plant ...
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Jun 12, 2020


Lewis' Woodpecker. Doesn't peck wood
Lewis's Woodpecker forages like a flycatcher and flies like a crow. It is unique with its pink belly, gray collar and dark green back,...
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Jun 9, 2020


Rescuing lost amphibians
So what's the big deal about releasing a rescued amphibian (frog, salamander, spadefoot) into a local pond or marsh? Don't frogs and...
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May 29, 2020


Beautiful (and biodiverse!) British Columbia
Biodiversity is short for biological diversity, but what does that mean? Biodiversity is the variety of life- the number of species, or...
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May 22, 2020


Cooperative Badgers
Tomorrow is Endangered Species Day! Badgers were once incredibly common in the Okanagan and Similkameen grasslands. Heavy persecution in...
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May 15, 2020


Weird and wonderful scavengers
Scavenging animals are an incredibly important part of our ecosystem. Most carnivores, like coyotes, eagles, bears, or foxes, are...
osstewardship
May 8, 2020
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