News Items tag as: OBWB

Weather and wildfires interfere with water board's floodplain mapping project
October 18, 2018 - 5:30 PM

PENTICTON - The Okanagan Basin Water Board’s summer project to map the Okanagan flood plain hasn’t gone as smoothly as hoped, as the project has had to deal with bad weather and a tragic accident involving the air crew assigned to the mapping survey.
B.C. invasive mussel fight continues into fall season
September 19, 2018 - 2:00 PM

The battle for funding to keep invasive mussels out of B.C. lakes continues as another boating season winds down for the year.
Vaseux Lake residents concerned about lake water quality
January 04, 2017 - 8:00 PM

PENTICTON - Residents living along the shoreline of Vaseux Lake met with regional district officials last month to express their concerns about the deteriorating quality of the lake’s water.
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Why smoke in November in the Interior is generally a good thing
The smoke you're seeing now in the Thompson-Okanagan region may mean a lot less smoke next summer as wildfire mitigation efforts continue through open burning. Haze that may be visible on the fine fall days in November is likely smoke f

Weather and wildfires interfere with water board's floodplain mapping project