by alex morrison | Apr 16, 2022 | Newsletter, Volunteers, Watershed Watch
Do you a love of outdoors, and the ability to access lake in our watershed? Are you a citizen scientist or want to be one? Do you have limited time to help your community, but want something simple to do? PWPA has done water monitoring in the lakes and creeks above...
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 19, 2022 | Did You Know, Did You Know...?, Newsletter, Peachland, Watershed Watch
by Judy Wyper Algae and fungus join together to form lichens. Our woods are covered with a variety of them. Briefly, there are three major types: crustose (grow low to the surface), foliose (leaf-like or have distinct lobes), and fruticose (bushy growth structure)....
by alex morrison | Jan 19, 2022 | In the news, Newsletter, Peachland, Watershed Watch
Now that the low clouds and lake fog have dissipated, Peachlanders may have seen plumes of smoke arising from the south side of Peachland Creek. Not only is this nothing to fear, it’s actually something to be happy about. PWPA did some investigation and this is...
by alex morrison | Feb 28, 2021 | Advocacy, In the news, News Releases, Peachland, Watershed Watch
District of Peachland selects prominent local watershed advocate for Healthy Watershed Committee (Peachland, March 1, 2021): The Peachland Watershed Protection Alliance (PWPA) is pleased to announce the appointment of PWPA co-founder and director, Taryn Skalbania, to...
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...
