News Items tag as: Okanagan bats

Become a citizen scientist and count bats in Kamloops, Okanagan
May 05, 2024 - 6:00 PM

The BC Annual Bat Count needs volunteers to help count up the little winged creatures this summer in North Okanagan.
B.C. community bat program calling on Okanagan residents for help
January 11, 2022 - 3:30 PM

Bat researchers are asking for the public’s assistance in reporting sick or dead bats in the Okanagan and Similkameen areas.
Bat-friendly street lighting suggested for Peachland
October 27, 2020 - 2:37 PM

An ecological society is recommending bat-friendly street lights for Peachland to protect the district's estimated 1,500 bats.
Be prepared for a B.C. bat encounter
August 11, 2020 - 4:30 PM

Now is the time of year when young bats spread their wings, and the members of a B.C. bat group want you to be aware.
Peachland bat house says contracting rabies from the creatures is 'incredibly rare'
July 19, 2019 - 11:00 AM

PEACHLAND - Following the July 13 death of a young B.C. man who contracted rabies after coming into contact with a bat, the Bat Education and Ecological Protection Society in Peachland would like to remind the public that incidents like this are “incredibly rare.”
Volunteers sought for annual Okanagan bat count
May 30, 2017 - 2:32 PM

OKANAGAN - An Okanagan organization is looking for volunteers to go batty - sort of.
Okanagan bats acting too batty may have contagious fungal disease
March 16, 2017 - 8:00 PM

OKANAGAN – Bat activity increases in the Okanagan as the weather warms up and local experts are asking the public to keep an eye out for unusual activity that may signal a diseased bat.
Deadly fungal disease affecting bats creeps into B.C.
February 02, 2017 - 1:30 PM

THOMPSON-OKANAGAN – A disease responsible for killing millions of bats has made its way to the west coast and possibly to B.C.
Got Bats initiative works to save furry night fliers
May 28, 2015 - 2:33 PM

PENTICTON - There is no reason for residents of the Okanagan to "go batty" over problems they might have with the furry, nocturnal flying creatures this summer.
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The story behind the Shuswap's familiar and historic Trickle Inn
A large, charming white house with green trim has been a familiar site for people travelling through the Shuswap for decades. Perched on side of the Trans-Canada Highway in Tappen, the house was a family home for the Carlin family for sever

News Items tag as: Okanagan bats

Become a citizen scientist and count bats in Kamloops, Okanagan

B.C. community bat program calling on Okanagan residents for help

Bat-friendly street lighting suggested for Peachland

Be prepared for a B.C. bat encounter

Peachland bat house says contracting rabies from the creatures is 'incredibly rare'

Volunteers sought for annual Okanagan bat count

Okanagan bats acting too batty may have contagious fungal disease

Deadly fungal disease affecting bats creeps into B.C.

Got Bats initiative works to save furry night fliers

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