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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
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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
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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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Small and Fierce - Northern Pygmy-Owls
Not all owls in the Okanagan and Similkameen are big and imposing like our Great Horned Owl that many people have likely seen. Some of...
osstewardship
Oct 13, 2023
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What Large Ears You Have!
We're well into #spookyseason and October is #BatAppreciationMonth so what better time to talk about bats! Townsend's Big-eared bats have...
osstewardship
Oct 6, 2023
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Keeping healthy habitats in your backyard
Happy #WorldHabitatDay! In the fall, a lot of our time is spent on habitat restoration projects with our Wildlife Habitat Stewards in...
osstewardship
Oct 3, 2023
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Being Neighborly with wildife
Today is #NationalGoodNeighborDay! Are you being a good neighbor to local wildlife? This time of year many animals are on the move,...
osstewardship
Sep 28, 2023
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BC Rivers Day
Happy #BCRiversDay! We are so lucky in BC to have great river systems and riparian areas (creek-side forests) that provide essential...
osstewardship
Sep 24, 2023
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Prickly Porcupettes
Did you know that baby porcupines are called porcupettes? These prickly guys are actually born with soft and flexible quills that will...
osstewardship
Sep 22, 2023
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