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Over 45,000 species are now threatened with extinction — 1,000 more than last year — according to an international conservation organization t…
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Local environmentalists are celebrating a decision by the Ministry of Forests not to proceed as planned with an aerial spraying program to con…
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The B.C. government is setting up eight permanent inspection stations in an effort to stop invasive mussels from entering the province.
The Okanagan needs to take preventative measures against invasive mussels before they arrive, says a water treatment pilot plant specialist wi…
Two articles on page A3 in Thursday’s newspaper have me wondering about priorities of our provincial government. We have two conservation offi…
Besides destroying native ecosystems and ruining beaches with their sharp shells, mussels also plug up in-water equipment such as dams and pipes.
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Alberta-based inspectors hunting for boats infested with invasive mussels had already bagged two such vessels last month before their colleagu…
A Regional District of Central Okanagan boat launch is part of a Valley-wide network of monitoring stations for invasive mussels.
British Columbia is trying to keep out some unwelcome immigrants. Zebra and quagga mussels first sneaked into Canada in the 1980s as stowaways…