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How You Can Help Wildlife At Home
You can do many things to help wildlife around your home and garden. Some are very simple and others are a bit more complicated or take a...
osstewardship
Mar 3

Youth Employment Opportunity
We're hiring for our 2025 field technicians ! Please share! Okanagan Similkameen Stewardship has hired and trained over 25 local youth in...
osstewardship
Feb 7


Western Screech-owl
Megascops kennicottii macfarlani Status Endangered (federal) Blue List (Provincial) Description The interior subspecies of Western...
osstewardship
Jan 15


Dos and Don'ts of Winter Bird Stewardship
No matter if you live on a large acreage or in an apartment, these are some of the things you can do to support the bird populations in...
osstewardship
Dec 3, 2024


Fall Planting Season a Success!
The Okanagan Similkameen Stewardship (OSS) is celebrating the success of its 2024 fall planting season, during which 200 volunteers...
osstewardship
Nov 28, 2024


Hangry Black Widows
#FunFactFriday Did you know that male Black Widow spiders can tell if their mate is "hangry"? When the males are looking for females to...
osstewardship
Nov 1, 2024


Spooky Critters are vital parts of the EEK-osystem!
To embrace the Halloween spirit, let's talk about some of the Okanagan native critters that have traditionally been thought of as...
osstewardship
Oct 31, 2024


Spotted Bats
#FunFactFriday Did you know that the Spotted Bat is the only bat species whose echolocation calls can be heard by humans? They got their...
osstewardship
Oct 25, 2024


Less Litters for BC's Bunny
#FunFactFriday Did you know that Nuttall's Cottontails in BC will have less litters than the ones in the USA? These BC rabbits will have...
osstewardship
Oct 18, 2024
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