by a | May 29, 2023 | Advocacy, Letters to the Editor, Newsletter
Letter to the Editor Dec.1, 2022 Dear Editor, Re: When it comes to water, we are already on the same page. After an inspiring AGM of the Peachland Watershed Protection Alliance, it became quite obvious to me that we need to bring our community closer in line with the...
by a | Apr 30, 2023 | Letters to the Editor, Newsletter, Outreach, Peachland, Watershed Watch
UPDATE: Thanks to all the submissions against this development, the proponent withdrew their application. Huge thanks for the efforts of PWPA members and all Peachland water defenders who wrote to the RDCO highlighting the risks of this proposed development....
by a | Apr 1, 2022 | Advocacy, Events, In the news, Letters to the Editor, Outreach, Peachland, Watershed Watch
Published in the Peachland View, April 1, 2022 Do you know who owns Peachland’s water? Who is responsible for Peachland’s water, who should be? What authority do local indigenous people have over this ecosystem? Do you know who makes the decisions governing our water...
by a | Mar 4, 2022 | Advocacy, In the news, Letters to the Editor, News Releases, Newsletter
by Taryn Skalbania Peachland residents, Syilx people and water leaders are encouraged the provincial government has acknowledged many communities in B.C. face a water crisis, made worse by a changing climate and increased land uses. Budget 2022 dedicates $30 million...
by a | Mar 4, 2022 | In the news, Letters to the Editor, Newsletter
Whether discussion is about water conservation, water rates, or the new water treatment plant, these discussions all assume that there IS water to manage. These “end of pipe” issues obscure the real urgency concerning Peachland’s water, – how to we protect and...
by a | Mar 11, 2021 | Floods, In the news, Letters to the Editor, Newsletter
On March the Okanagan Basin Water Board issued a press release commenting on the need to rethink the management of lake levels in Okanagan Lake, to mitigate the risk of extreme flooding in the future. You can read it all here. The impacts of clear-cut logging on...
