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Civil Lawsuit Filed in Penticton Law Courts – Edwards Pond Land Damage
Read more: Civil Lawsuit Filed in Penticton Law Courts – Edwards Pond Land DamageSILT has filed a civil lawsuit in the Penticton Law Courts for a motorized vehicle trespass and the destruction of a wildlife tree on SILT’s Edwards Pond conservation property near Grand Forks. Read the full story on Castanet: https://www.castanet.net/news/Penticton/457681/Southern-Interior-Land-Trust-suing-Christina-Lake-Elementary-principal-for-land-damage Land…
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Land earmarked for donation during ecological bus tour near Osoyoos
Read more: Land earmarked for donation during ecological bus tour near OsoyoosA neighbour plans to donate 14-acre parcel beside Southern Interior Land Trust’s Bourguiba Spring property A six-hectare (14-acre) parcel of pristine sage and bunchgrass hillside near Osoyoos has been committed to the Southern Interior Land Trust (SILT) while on their…
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10 successful years for Love Your Lake
Read more: 10 successful years for Love Your LakeLakes and rivers are the most sustainable source of freshwater and are essential for ecological function and social economic needs. Since Canada has more lake area than any other country, we have a responsibility to protect it. You can improve…
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2023 John B. Holdstock Scholarship Successful Recipient
Read more: 2023 John B. Holdstock Scholarship Successful RecipientCongratulations to Haiden MacDonald 2023 Recipient of the John B. Holdstock Scholarship The British Columbia Conservation Foundation is pleased to announce that Haiden MacDonald, an aspiring environmentalist and dedicated conservation advocate, has been awarded the prestigious John B. Holdstock Scholarship…
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Help Protect Okanagan Lake and Create a Corridor For Wildlife
Read more: Help Protect Okanagan Lake and Create a Corridor For WildlifeJoin us in supporting the B.C. Parks Foundation in its efforts to conserve 151 acres of waterfront private land, surrounded by Okanagan Mountain Provincial Park. The foundation has already raised all but $750,000 of the $4 million required to complete…
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Waiting for Spring at Ginty’s Pond / Nʔaʕx̌ʷt
Read more: Waiting for Spring at Ginty’s Pond / Nʔaʕx̌ʷtWaiting for Spring at our Ginty’s Pond restoration area! This part of Ginty’s Pond, known as Nʔaʕx̌ʷt in the syilx language was restored in fall 2022 in collaboration with Lower Similkameen Indian Band, the BC Ministry of Water, Land and Resource Protection,…
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Prevent destruction of habitat on the Grand Forks Grasslands
Read more: Prevent destruction of habitat on the Grand Forks GrasslandsYou can help prevent destruction of habitat on the Grand Forks Grasslands SILT needs to raise $35,000 to build wildlife-friendly fences on its Grand Forks Grasslands property and to purchase a cattleguard to keep cows from entering the grasslands from the…
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Bourguiba Spring Property Acquired
Read more: Bourguiba Spring Property AcquiredWildlife on the hot, dry, sunny lower slopes of Anarchist Mountain in the South Okanagan will now have year-round access to drinking water, in perpetuity. The Southern Interior Land Trust has purchased the 16.6-hectare (41-acre) Bourguiba Spring property on Highway…
