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osstewardship
Jul 17, 2020
Who's this wetland architect?
#funfactfriday Have you ever seen me before? I might look like a small beaver from far away, but I am another wetland dwelling member of...


osstewardship
Jul 3, 2020
Bats and White Nose Syndrome
Can you name this bat? Just try describing it and you will probably be correct. It’s a Little Brown Bat! If you’ve seen a bat in the...


osstewardship
Jun 26, 2020
It's Pollinator Week!
#funfactfriday It's National Pollinator Week! Did you know we have fourteen species of Hairstreak butterfly in the Okanagan valley?...


osstewardship
Jun 19, 2020
Feathered Fathers!
For Father's Day this Sunday, we thought we would give out some Bird Dad awards to our local bird species! The overall Father of the...


osstewardship
Jun 12, 2020
Water, water, (not) everywhere..
#funfactfriday It's Canada Rivers Day this week! Did you know that in the Okanagan and Similkameen, the waterbirch-dogwood plant ...


osstewardship
Jun 9, 2020
Lewis' Woodpecker. Doesn't peck wood
Lewis's Woodpecker forages like a flycatcher and flies like a crow. It is unique with its pink belly, gray collar and dark green back,...


osstewardship
May 29, 2020
Rescuing lost amphibians
So what's the big deal about releasing a rescued amphibian (frog, salamander, spadefoot) into a local pond or marsh? Don't frogs and...


osstewardship
May 22, 2020
Beautiful (and biodiverse!) British Columbia
Biodiversity is short for biological diversity, but what does that mean? Biodiversity is the variety of life- the number of species, or...

osstewardship
May 15, 2020
Cooperative Badgers
Tomorrow is Endangered Species Day! Badgers were once incredibly common in the Okanagan and Similkameen grasslands. Heavy persecution in...
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