US EditionA 250-year plan is in the works to protect Okanagan-Similkameen watersheds
- Over 20 representatives from the Syilx Okanagan Nation, local municipalities, and regional districts convened on April 24 in Lake Country to initiate a 250-year strategy aimed at safeguarding the Okanagan-Similkameen watersheds.
- This roadmap was developed following a commitment made months earlier by Syilx leaders and local officials to strengthen efforts in protecting water resources, prompted in part by concerns stemming from the wildfire that affected White Rock Lake in 2021 and other ongoing environmental challenges.
- Participants discussed threats such as algae blooms affecting Kalamalka and Okanagan lakes, loss of 59% of Okanagan Lake's natural shoreline, and failing drinking water wells contaminated by arsenic on reserve lands.
- Tim Lezard emphasized the importance of conveying to their constituents that the focus is on the fish, the land, the community, and their shared future, highlighting the group's commitment to education and collaboration across generations.
- The leadership table agreed to meet three times yearly to build trust, promote policies rooted in the Syilx Four Food Chiefs model, and advance long-term watershed restoration and conservation efforts.
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A 250-year plan is in the works to protect Okanagan-Similkameen watersheds
Early discussions have started about a quarter-millennium-long plan to protect siwɬkw (water) in the Okanagan-Similkameen region’s watersheds.
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A 250-year plan is in the works to protect Okanagan-Similkameen watersheds - The Turtle Island News
By Aaron Hemens, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, IndigiNews Early discussions have started about a quarter-millennium-long plan to protect siwɬkw (water) in the Okanagan-Similkameen region’s watersheds. The early steps to creating a 250-year, multigenerational roadmap comes months after syilx Okanagan leaders and local government officials formally pledged to increase their water protection advocacy. “The biggest thing will be communicatin…
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