by alex morrison | Nov 27, 2020 | Newsletter, Watershed Watch
The Watershed Watch team met with a crew of tree planting contractors hired by Tronson Logging, to replant trees in the burn area in the Westbank First Nation Community Forest, above Gorman’s Mill. Ntityx Resources hired Tronson to replant on the large burn site near...
by alex morrison | Nov 27, 2020 | Newsletter, Watershed Watch
The Forest Practices Board has released its Special Investigation into Reforestation in the Interior Douglas-fir Subzone, which comprises the Okanagan Valley and our watershed. “This special investigation found that site-level practices of logging licensees met the...
by alex morrison | Oct 5, 2020 | Newsletter, Social Media, Watershed Watch
Like other organizations everywhere, COVID-19 has affected PWPA. Our events have been mostly curtailed, and so our ability to reach out to our community has also been limited. This has created some opportunities however. Our communications committee has expanded and...
by alex morrison | Oct 5, 2020 | Did You Know, Did You Know...?, Newsletter, Watershed Watch, Watershed Wisdom
For most outdoors people, Google Earth/Maps is the go-to resource for aerial images. From searching a new hiking route, checking on the progress of new developments, to assessing the about of forest that’s been lost to logging, free satellite imagery is one of the...
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...
by alex morrison | Jul 7, 2020 | Newsletter, Watershed Watch
On May 19, 2020 members of PWPA Forest Watch Committee joined representatives of Ntityix Resources on Syilx traditional lands at Spring Lake. The meeting and field trip was a joint action for the purpose of reviewing the temporary roads constructed by Ntityix through...
