by alex morrison | Aug 1, 2022 | Member Profiles, Newsletter, Watershed Watch
On June 25 PWPA and neighbourhood friends held a going away party for PWPA co-founder Cory Sutton and his wife, Tamara. Their home here has been sold and they are off to Penticton. Cory is one of the three founding directors of PWPA so this is a real loss for...
by alex morrison | May 30, 2022 | Advocacy, Peachland, Watershed Watch
Last fall the Trepanier neighbourhood was officially connected to the new water treatment plant (WTP), meaning all of Peachland now gets its water from Peachland Lake. The watershed watch crew did a trip up to the lake which is also now officially the reservoir for...
by alex morrison | May 29, 2022 | Events, In the news, Newsletter, Peachland, Watershed Watch
Despite the cool and damp weather there was a great turnout for the annual community cleanup this year. And with three areas being purged to trash, our impact was three times as great. Our success wold not be possible if it weren’t for the assistance of...
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)....
