by alex morrison | Mar 11, 2021 | Newsletter, Recipes, Watershed Wisdom
Be sure to pick very ripe berries. You can tell by the color. Deep red almost purple. You can find Chokecherry bushes everywhere in the Okanagan especially along the waterways. THEY ARE ORGANIC AND FREE. Clean picked berries. Remove stems and leaves. Put whole berries...
by alex morrison | Mar 11, 2021 | Member Activities & Meetings, Newsletter
At the February members meeting, we had special guest, Michelle Connolly present information about Conservation North, a community non-profit fighting old growth logging, based in Prince George. Her presentation was very relevant to what’s happening in...
by alex morrison | Mar 11, 2021 | Events, ForestMarch, Newsletter
MEDIA ADVISORY PEACHLAND TAKES A STAND – Forest March BC March 19th, 2021 For Immediate Release March 2021 Peachlanders Take a Stand to Halt Clear-cut Logging in Watershed On Friday, March 19, 2021, The Peachland Watershed Protection Alliance (PWPA) together...
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 | Feb 14, 2021 | Did You Know...?, Newsletter, Watershed Watch
British Columbians have NO right to clean water and how this impacts Peachland and our watershed. Is fresh drinking water a human right? The Human Right to Water and Sanitation (HRWAS) is a principle that acknowledges that clean drinking water and sanitation are...
by alex morrison | Feb 13, 2021 | News Releases, Newsletter
The PWPA 2020 AGM was held on January 28th 2021. Because of COVID restrictions the meeting was presented over Zoom. We had a great turnout of 21 members and directors. While it was not as lively as the in-person AGMs of the past, we tried to include some levity and...
