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...
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...
