by Rick de Vries | Dec 13, 2024 | Creek Speak, News
The Mission Creek Restoration Initiative (MCRI), in partnership with the City of Kelowna, Okanagan Nation Alliance (ONA) and Regional District of Central Okanagan (RDCO), recently completed four ‘riffles’ to improve channel stability and fish habitat between the...
by Andrew Barton | Mar 17, 2016 | Creek Speak
How will we know how far we’ve come unless we know where we started? It’s a common question for just about any endeavour, and one that Mission Creek Restoration Initiative (MCRI) partners first asked themselves several years ago. Now, thanks to data collected during...
by Joanne de Vries | Jun 16, 2014 | Creek Speak
Can you calculate the true value of a Painted Turtle sunning itself on a log in a bog near Gordon Drive where Mission Creek empties into Okanagan Lake? Or measure the worth of a child’s delight as he watches Kokanee fighting single-mindedly upstream to spawn in...
by Joanne de Vries | May 15, 2014 | Creek Speak
Imagine it’s a chilly 3 AM and you’re sitting in a Black Cottonwood stand along Mission Creek, just south of the Casorso Road bridge. You’ve just played a digital recording of a Western Screech Owl call, and await the real thing in return. Nothing. So you move on to...
