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IN THE NEWS... May 22, 2013 - Okanagan students share their love of water April 2, 2013 – Listen to AM1150 interview regarding Water Board response to threat of zebra mussels and public meeting called for April 4 in Osoyoos. April 2, 2013 – Listen to AM1150 interview with response from B.C’s Minister of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations Steve Thomson regarding zebra mussels March 28, 2013 – Public meeting called to address zebra mussel threat to Okanagan waters March 20, 2013 - Listen to AM1150 interview regarding Canada Water Week events, including the "Love your water body!" public forum and the Okanagan WaterWise Challenge for youth. March 18, 2013 - Okanagan invited to share their love of water during Canada Water Week December 5, 2012 – Okanagan bets on Vegas to help find water solutions Dec. 4, 2012 – Listen to AM1150 interview regarding the workshop “Water Conservation in the Okanagan – What can we learn from Las Vegas.” The workshop was a partnership of OkWaterWise, the Okanagan Basin Water Board and the Irrigation Industry Association of BC. September 19, 2012 - Local businesses, homeowner and governments join forces to MAKE WATER WORK July 16, 2012 – Imagine getting a wake-up call like this! Listen as SunFM’s Sonia Sidhu phones our Make Water Work winner Lance Swetlishoff with the good news! July 11, 2012 – Listen to AM1150 interview regarding Okanagan’s MAKE WATER WORK campaign – a valley-wide water conservation initiative. June 19, 2012 - World-class Water Exhibit Makes Splash at Okanagan Science Centre May 24, 2012 - Okanagan Residents Take “Make Water Work” Pledge – Win $1000 To Waterwise Their Yard May 17, 2012 – Listen to AM1150 interview regarding Okanagan WaterWise Challenge 2012 winners with program manager Corinne Jackson. May 17, 2012 - Students prove to be WaterWise April 23, 2012 – Listen to Giant FM interview with Okanagan WaterWise event speaker Brock Dolman, Director of Occidental Arts and Ecology Center’s WATER Institute in Sonoma County, Calif. March 23, 2012 – Listen to AM1150 interview for Canada Water Week with Okanagan Basin Water Board's Water Stewardship Director, Nelson Jatel. March 22, 2012 – Listen to AM1150 interview for Canada Water Week with Yehalem Metiku, Ethiopian representative with the local non-profit Partners in the Horn of Africa
March 21, 2012 – Listen to AM1150 interview for Canada Water Week with Javan Bernakevitch of Permaculture BC and the Okanagan Xeriscape Association’s Gwen Steele March 21, 2012 – Panel on water offers showers of solutions March 20, 2012 – Celebrate water on World Water Day March 20, 2012 - Water Week message urges conservation March 20, 2012 – Listen to AM1150 interview for Canada Water Week with Ted van der Gulik, vice-chair of the OBWB’s Okanagan Water Stewardship Council and with B.C. Ministry of Agriculture March 19, 2012 – Listen to AM1150 interview for Canada Water Week with OBWB partner John Wagner of UBC Okanagan March 19, 2012 – Listen to Giant FM interview for Canada Water Week with Okanagan Basin Water Board’s Executive Director Anna Warwick Sears March 19, 2012 - Water world: The Okanagan shortage March 15, 2012 - Flood of free events for water week March 15, 2012 - Flood of activities washes over Okanagan for Canada Water Week December 1, 2011 – Keep storm water from running off October 2011 - WaterWise – “Rainwater – Slow it. Spread It. Sink it!”
October 26, 2011 - Listen to AM1150 OkWaterWise interview with Coldstream’s Maria Besso
October 24, 2011 – Abundance of water a mirage September 2011 - WaterWise - "Remember…sockeye returning home need water too" August 2011 - WaterWise "Water conservation aids local food security" July 2011 - WaterWise - "Make Water Work - efficient lawn and garden watering" June 2011 - WaterWise - "Irrigation - Check your irrigation systems for potential savings" May 2011 - WaterWise - "Xeriscaping - The many benefits of WaterWise gardening in the dry Okanagan" April 2011 - WaterWise -"Keeping our water clean" May 8, 2011 - Pupils Soak Up Water Wisdom May 5, 2011 - Okanagan Water a Winner as WaterWise Contest Draws to a Close April 22, 2011 - Drinking Water Week March 20, 2011 - Campaign starts Monday to raise Water Awareness
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