by alex morrison | Nov 27, 2020 | Floods, Newsletter, Peachland, Watershed Wisdom
A healthy watershed supports a number of essential natural processes, required for all life on Earth and provides habitats for native species of plants and animals. How do we know if our watershed is healthy or not? The water regime (hydrology): -A healthy watershed...
by alex morrison | Nov 27, 2020 | Floods, Newsletter, Peachland, Videos
If this most recent “lockdown” has you burned out from too much Netflix, maybe you need to start watching some local productions! Daniel Pierce, of Ramshackle Productions is producing a video series about the impact of industrial logging in the interior of BC. Since...
by alex morrison | Jul 12, 2020 | Advocacy, Newsletter, Peachland
Why is Okanagan Lake flooding again and what we can do to prevent it? We branded our town “Peachland-on-the-Lake”, now we might be more accurately known as “Peachland-in-the-Lake”. If you live in the Okanagan, you have experienced three recent major flood events in...
by alex morrison | Jul 12, 2020 | Peachland, Watershed Watch
On June 4th, a concerned Peachland resident, Louise Williams, contacted PWPA for advice and assistance with an issue involving the removal of approximately 70 trees in a park (behind 6th Avenue. The trees were being cut down to make way for the new Trepanier Water...
