Environment

Spring and summer in the Shuswap are seasons of vigilance for the Rocky Mountain wood tick, which in our area may carry a disease called tick paralysis. You can meet up with one of these lovely critters Full story

Looking for a perfect gift for someone special? Parks Canada has just released a beautiful book entitiled ‘Canada’s National Parks: A Celebration’, right on time for holiday giving. Released Full story

Is your school-aged child experiencing some unexplained health symptoms? Perhaps he or she was basically healthy until recently, when the child began to experience headaches, dizziness, nosebleeds, heart Full story

by Kamloops Fire Centre. Effective immediately, campfires will be permitted across the Kamloops Fire Centre’s jurisdiction due to a decreased risk of wildfires. Campfires must not be larger Full story

The Lower Shuswap Stewardship Society (LSSS), in collaboration with local, provincial and federal governments, has developed a three-year comprehensive water quality monitoring project for the Shuswap Full story

A new program that builds community awareness about best management practices for irrigation in the Salmon River watershed near Salmon Arm is being launched by the Fraser Basin Council. Partners in the Full story

by Ministry of Environment. Concerns about fish populations and water supplies has prompted a request for proactive water conservation in the Southern Interior, Environment Minister Barry Penner Full story

Behind the Wheel – It’s that time of year again, sunny and dry with a chance of mindless smokers. I watched another one take the last puff and then toss the smouldering butt out the window Full story

On February 15, 2011, the BC government announced that legislation is now in place banning mining and oil and gas development in the Flathead. For years, pressure has been on the British Columbia government Full story

Streamflow and drought conditions. by Ministry of Environment. Environment Minister Barry Penner confirmed today that recent rainfall has resulted in improved river levels in some regions of British Full story

This is the season when the fruit trees in our yards here in the Shuswap are laden with luscious apples, pears and plums. They are ripe and are falling to the ground. Ahh, we can almost smell a hot apple Full story

Forest District targets abandoned vehicles and equipment. Ministry of Forests and Range. The Province has ordered the removal of about 60 vehicles and pieces of industrial equipment deemed abandoned Full story

Salmon Arm’s switch to curbside collection of garbage and recyclables has been a learning process for the public as much as it has been for the Columbia Shuswap Regional District. Since the beginning Salmon Arm Observer

Partial rescinding of open fire prohibitions. by Ministry of Forests and Range. Effective at noon Monday, September 20, 2010, Category 2 and 3 open fires and fireworks will be permitted throughout Full story

British Columbia’s Auditor General has just released a report on the conservation of ecological integritiy in BC parks and protected areas and the news is bleak. His findings were that environmental Full story

As part of a new bear-smart recycling bin program, the British Columbia government, in partnership with Encorp Pacific Canada, has installed fifty-nine bear-proof recycle bins in four of BC’s busiest Full story