by alex morrison | 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 alex morrison | 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 alex morrison | 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 alex morrison | 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...
by alex morrison | Aug 25, 2020 | In the news, Letters to the Editor, Newsletter
PWPA submitted a letter to the editor of the Peachland View, discussing clear-cuts as a cause of the recent floods in the Okanagan Valley, and specifically in Peachland. (This letter was also published in the June issue of our newsletter and available on our website.)...
