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Success Stories

The South Okanagan Conservation Fund (SOCF) is a dedicated source of funding for the specific purpose of undertaking environmental conservation projects. In May 2024, SOCF Administrator Lauren Meads hosted a tour of three conservation projects. Conservation funds are dedicated sources of funding, held by local governments for the specific purpose of undertaking conservation projects.

Read about conservation successes from all around the South Okanagan

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Ellis Creek Sediment Basin Floodplain

Okanagan Nation Alliance Okanagan Nation Alliance (ONA) formed in 1981 as the inaugural First Nations government in the Okanagan and among other functions, works to provide technical fisheries assistance for the Nation and its eight member…
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South Ok Conservation Fund Helps NCC Expand Sage and Sparrow Conservation Lands

Precious wetlands, old-growth forest and grasslands now protected as part of internationally significant conservation area in the South Okanagan Osoyoos, BC (December 15, 2020) – An internationally significant conservation area just outside…
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Caring for the Land – “Pitching in to restore Ellis Creek”

Caring for the land

Stewardship is the voluntary conservation and care of habitat and wildlife by landowners and community groups. Conservation organizations in the South Okanagan work with communities, schools, landowners and land managers to understand and care…
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I grew up spending a lot of my childhood in the bush. I want to make sure that my grandkids can have those same wonderful experiences I did.

 

Bruce Turnbull
Fisherman and photographer

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If we're not going to protect our natural spaces, who is? I’ve seen what can be done and it’s amazing. Without water and the grasslands, ranching would not be possible.

 

Brigitte Daniels
Rancher, Bobtail Ranch

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