WATERWAYS IN PERIL
BOARD PETITIONED
POLITICIANS AT SENIORS CENTRE
Resident of Kaleden want Lakehill Road upgraded See page 9
Cost of aquatic species invasion is staggering See page 3
Local politicians address senior’s meeting See page 10
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Strategy aims to keep nature in the Similkameen Information session at Victory Hall encourages public input in policy development By Steve Arstad news@keremeosreview.com The regional district presented its biodiversity strategy to members of the Lower Similkameen community at a public meeting held at Victory Hall, Wednesday, March 6. Bryn White, Program Manager for the South Okanagan Similkameen Conservation Program, along with RDOS Planner Malcolm MacNaughton, presented the findings of their strategy, “Keeping Nature in Our Future” in two separate presentat i o n s We d n e s d ay afternoon and evening. Keeping Nature in Our Future is the result of a partner-
ship between the re g i o n a l d i s t r i c t and the Okangan Similkameen Conservation Program, initiated as a result of biodiversity conservation goals set out in the sub r e g i o n a l g row t h strategy. The strategy made the following observations about Keremeos and Areas “B” and “G”: - Roughly 14 per cent of Keremeos land base contains ecosystems that are ranked high or very high in importance of biodiversity. - Three per cent of those ecosystems are protected through open space of conservation lands. - Only sensitive
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Bryn White (right), Program Manager for the South Okanagan Similkameen Conservation Program, talks to a resident about the group’s biodiversity strategy, established jointly with the regional district, at a public meeting at Victory Hall on March 6. ecosystems adja- as well as opportu- importance, not- considered the en- for residents to procent to watercours- nities for biodiver- ing also that with a vironmment from vide both written es are included in sity conservation lack of zoning by- the outset, with- a n d ve r b a l f e e d laws or an Official out having to make b a c k , re p e at e d ly Watercourse De- within the village. Wh i t e p o i n t e d Community Plan, changes to existing requesting public velopment Permit areas. Other sensi- out that between limited options for historic zoning. input that could be Both White and taken into account tive ecosystems are 70 and 79 per cent biodiversity protecnot within permit of the electoral ar- tion was currently MacNaughton en- before the RDOS eas land bases in available. However, c o u r a g e d p u b l i c and SOSCP decide areas. The strategy also the Lower Similka- this also presented participation dur- on future priorities pointed out exam- meen had high or the two areas with ing the presenta- and the next steps ples of challenges very high rankings opportunities to es- t i o n s, p rov i d i n g for implementing faced by Keremeos fo r b i o d i v e r s i t y tablish bylaws that many opportunities the plan.
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