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osstewardship
Dec 12, 2023
Why citizen science is so important
Can't find 4 calling birds to give to your true love this Christmas? No geese a-laying or swans a-swimming? You can find them all, plus...
osstewardship
Dec 6, 2023
Faux Firs
Christmas is on its way, so some of you might be looking for Christmas trees out in the bush or out at a farm. This means you might come...
osstewardship
Dec 1, 2023
Please Pass the Salt!
#funfactfriday Did you know that Mountain Goats are so obsessed with salt that they will travel over 20 kilometres in order to find...
osstewardship
Nov 24, 2023
Sleepy Time for Marmots
Did you know that Yellow Bellied Marmots can spend about 80% of their lives underground? This is mostly due to how long marmots will...
osstewardship
Nov 17, 2023
The Incomplete Metamorphosis of Mantids
#funfactfriday There are so many cool species of insects in the Okanagan and Similkameen but some of the coolest have to be Mantids! Did...
osstewardship
Nov 14, 2023
Celebrating ten years of stewardship!
This year Okanagan Similkameen Stewardship (OSS) is proud to celebrate its 10th anniversary. Through partnerships with families,...
osstewardship
Nov 10, 2023
Water water everywhere, and MANY drops to drink!
#funfactfriday Did you know that Common Loons can drink salt water? Common Loons are an iconic sight and sound in the summer on our big,...
osstewardship
Nov 3, 2023
Buckwheat - Not Just for Pancakes
You might be familiar with buckwheat through breakfast foods and pancakes, but did you know that there are around 250 species of wild...
osstewardship
Oct 27, 2023
Scorpions Lighting Up the Night
#funfactfriday It's almost Halloween and so lets 'shine some light' on another one of our local creepy-crawlies: the Northern Scorpion! ...
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