Mayor Sue Mckortoff, who was re-elected as Chair of the Okanagan Basin Water Board (OBWB), provided Osoyoos Town Council with an update from the water board’s Jan. 11 meeting.
Along with their continual work to educate the public about invasive freshwater mussels, the Okanagan Basin Water Board (OBWB) has also been busy looking into the impacts of boating on Okanagan Lake and developing educational events for the fall.
Keeping invasive zebra and quagga mussels out of the lakes of the Okanagan region requires federal government support, according to the Okanagan Basin Water Board (OBWB).