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嘀愀猀攀甀砀 䈀椀爀搀 䈀氀椀渀搀 MEADOWLARK NATURE FESTIVAL! Come forth into the light of things. Let Nature be your teacher. — William Wordsworth From May 17 to 21, 2018 we invite you to join us at the greatest outdoor festival in Canada as we experience, discover and explore the natural beauty of the South Okanagan“ Similkameen. ” We have lots of terrific events to offer this year, including: • An exciting palette of over 70 tours and experiences including all the old favorites and several great new ones as well. • A PechaKucha Night at the Cannery Brewing Company on Thursday evening, May 17, presented by Skyler Punnett, the 2018 Meadowlark artist. • A keynote presentation at the Cleland Theatre on Friday night, May 18, by Harvey Locke, founder of the Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative. • A Meadowlark Gala fundraiser on Saturday night, May 19, that includes silent and live auctions, as well as a presentation of a new “Outstanding in Nature” award. Speaking at the Gala is Henry Sielmann, Chairman of The Trail of the Okanagans Society, a group advocating for a continuous pathway connecting all communities between Osoyoos and Sicamous. • And much more... This festival would not happen without the time, energy, and support of our many tour leaders, volunteers, supporters, sponsors and our terrific coordinator, Jayme Friedt. Thanks to everyone who has helped to make this what we hope will be one of our best festivals ever. Enjoy the Festival! Janet Willson, OSCA Chair www.osca.org

GREYBACK CONSTRUCTION LTD. 402 WARREN AVENUE EAST, Visit us at: WWW.GREYBACK.COM Meadowlark Nature Festival PENTICTON, BC, V2A 3M2 OSCA Board of Directors Coordinator: Jayme Friedt Janet Willson, OSCA Chair Tel 250.492.5275 Phone: 250.493.7972 www.osca.org Email: [email protected] email [email protected] Sally Kilburg, Past-Chair www.meadowlarkfestival.ca Retired Realtor Mailing Address We understand the Pat Evans, Treasurer 113 – 437 Martin Street, Box 349 importance of Mortgage Specialist, TD Canada Trust Penticton BC V2A 5L1 sustainable building Lia McKinnon Ticket Sales Location and green design. Biologist, Burrowing Owl Conservation Society of BC and Okanagan Similkameen Stewardship Society Tickets go on sale starting Saturday April 14 at 10 am online We are committed Sharon Mansiere and in person from 10 am to noon at to implementing Biology Professor, Okanagan College Room 2, Penticton Community Centre, environmentally Ellen Simmons 325 Power Street. sensitive practices Ecology/Biology Instructor, En’owkin Centre Following that tickets will be available to on our projects. Tanya Luszcz Program Manager, Partners in Flight BC/Yukon Great Basin purchase in person by appointment. Currently under construction by Greyback Construction Ltd.: Call Jayme at 250-492-5275. Pictured here is a completed residence in Phase I at Skaha Hills, nestled within Penticton’s most Judy Brock, OSCA Founding Member desirable hillside property. The residence is a part of a multi-phase resort-residential, master planned Retired Teacher community all slated to be the most energy efficient housing developement in British Columbia. Jo-Anne Birch Retired business owner Experienced in LEED, ISO, and other green building programs. 3 ESSENTIAL FESTIVAL INFORMATION KEYNOTE SPEAKER What to Bring Please be prepared for all sorts of weather – hot, sunny, How to Purchase Tickets Harvey Locke windy, cold and rain too! Dress in layers and bring all- A vision for conservation in the 21st century: From the weather clothing, sunscreen, a sun hat, sturdy hiking Online and in person ticket sales start Okanagan to Yellowstone to Yukon to Nature Needs Half footwear, a snack and at least 1 litre of water for all tours Saturday April 14th at 10 am. th and events. For longer walks and hikes you will need at least Online tickets can be purchased at our Friday May 18 7 to 9 pm 2 litres of water, as well as snacks and a bagged lunch (if website www.meadowlarkfestival.ca Cleland Theatre, 325 Power Street, Penticton not provided). Cameras, binoculars and plant and bird field using any major credit card via PayPal. $20 guides are optional but add to your enjoyment. In person ticket sales take place on There is hope for wild nature and founder of both the Yellowstone to Level of Difficulty Saturday April 14th from 10 am to noon at the Penticton Community Centre, Room humanity in the 21st century if we Yukon Conservation Initiative and the Before buying your tickets, please be sure to check the Nature Needs Half Movement and was Two, 325 Power Street, Penticton. Ticket respect nature’s needs. This means Level of Difficulty rating for each tour to ensure the tour is president of CPAWS. He has received sales will be processed on a “first-come, protecting at least half the world in an appropriate for your physical abilities. interconnected way and being very national and international awards for first-served” basis. Please have your his work, appeared in many films about Please leave Rover at Home! tour(s) selected and prioritized before careful on the rest. Globally renowned conservationist Harvey Locke will Nature, and has given public talks and Pets are not permitted on any Meadowlark Nature Festival you arrive in order to facilitate quick lectured at many universities world- take us on an inspiring journey from processing. You can pay by cash, cheque wide. His popular and peer- reviewed whose goal is to influence global Tours, with the exception of service dogs. Please do not bring the Okanagan through Yellowstone to your pets to the Festival or leave them in parked cars. People or credit card. Meadowlark Nature writings and Nature photographs he conservation targets. Harvey lives in Yukon to the grand global conservation Banff National Park where his family who are accompanied by animals will not be permitted to Festival merchandise will also be on sale. has taken have been published in many vision of Nature Needs Half. countries. He chairs the Beyond the has deep roots and where he worked participate in tours and events. After April 14th in-person ticket sales can be arranged with Festival Coordinator Harvey Locke is a globally recognized Aichi Targets Task Force for IUCN’s for many years on the successful effort Meeting your Tour Leader and Group Jayme Friedt at 250-492-5275. conservation leader. He is a co- World Commission on Protected Areas to restore wild Plains bison to the park. Once you have purchase your tickets, you will receive via email, information detailing your tour, meeting time and Important Note: Tickets must be location. Please review your tour information in advance to purchase in advance of all events unless 2018 MEADOWLARK FEATURED ARTIST familiarize yourself with where you are going. Tours leave on noted. We cannot reserve tickets without time, so don’t be late! full payment. Skyler Punnett Meadowlark Nature Festival is pleased to announce Skyler Waivers Tickets are non-refundable. Punnett as our 2018 Featured Artist. Born in Penticton, Skyler Signed waivers are required to take part in Meadowlark has been a commercial artist for the last 10 years, working as events. A link to a PDF file of the waiver will be included an illustrator, storyboard artist and art director in a variety of in your ticket email. Please print a waiver for each person in media including animation, mobile gaming and traditional illustration. Skyler’s style combines figurative work with your party, have each of them read and sign the waiver and organic, flowing, natural subject matter. We are proud to bring it with you to your tour. showcase his piece entitled, Meadowlark, in our 2018 Carpool Donations promotional material including our poster, advertisements, Many of our tours set out from a central meeting place via t-shirts and on the cover of our program guide. carpools. If you are being shuttled via carpool it is common Artist Statement practice and good karma to offer your driver a small donation For Meadowlark I wanted to highlight the bird’s (e.g. $5) to help pay for gas. If you intend to join a carpool connection to the land and the interconnected web of life tour please be sure you have some extra cash on hand for that it is a part of. The tall grasses hide the Meadowlark, Big Sage provided shelter from the summer sun and a this purpose. In Sense is a collection of works created upon Skyler myriad of insects roam the undergrowth for the birds Punnett’s return home to Penticton after 10 years living on Rain or Shine to prey on. The composition is intended to evoke the the coast. The subject matter is comprised of the natural whirling interconnectedness of the grasslands, while the Meadowlark events take place rain or shine. flora and fauna of the Okanagan, while the spirit strives stark, simplified colour scheme highlights the flash of to address the differing and often conflicting emotional colour the Meadowlark lends to the landscape in the dry connections one experiences to home. From reverence to summer months. revulsion, home has many forms and flavours, especially In Sense after time spent away. An exhibition of Skyler’s work, including Meadowlark On Saturday May 19th from 1 pm to 2 pm at the Penticton will be on display at the Penticton Art Gallery, 199 Marina Art Gallery Skyler will be giving a special talk on his Way from May 18 to June 17. Join him for an opening exhibition In Sense. 4 night reception of In Sense at the Gallery on Friday May 5 18th from 7pm to 9pm. 20172018 SCHEDULE OF EVENTS Order your tickets online at meadowlarkfestival.ca

THURSDAY MAY 17TH Tour 3 Tour 5 Tour 6 30 3 20 12+ 50 1-2 20 8+ 50 1 30 ALL Introducing Children’s Ticket Pricing Tour 1 $ $ $ + + + In an effort to encourage families to attend the Festival and make 40 2-3 20 ALL Wildflowers and Wildlife Burrowing Owl Experience Traditional Art on The Land it more affordable, this year we are pleased to introduce our new $ + of Giant’s Head Mountain 9 am to 1 pm 1 pm to 3 pm child’s ticket pricing for several of our tours. Bring your daughters, Riparian Songbird 9 am to noon Visit oneLevel of the ofBurrowing DifficultyDifficulty Owl breeding Finding inspiration from the natural beauty of Research Experience Wildflower photographer and former biology facilities run by the Burrowing Owl Shingle Creek and the Cottonwood riparian sons, nieces, nephews and grandchildren along with you to the teacher Harold Baumbrough along with local Conservation Society of BC (BOCS BC). forests surrounding the En’owkin Centre, Festival for only $5 on selected tours. Child tickets are applicable 5 am to 9 am Learn about the reintroduction efforts that the participants will explore the physical, Join En’owkin Centre conservation/TEK staff biologist Lisa Scott lead a hike up the famous Giant’s Head Mountain in Summerland. View society has taken over the last 20 years to help emotional and spiritual interconnections of to anyone 18 years of age or under. See you all at the Festival! and Environment and Climate Change Canada this engendered owl which has been locally Earth, Sky, Fire and Water with tour leaders researchers at the ECOmmunity Place Locatee an abundance of Bitterroot, Meadow Camas, Larkspur and Balsamroot, and prepare to be extinct in BC since the 1980s. The Burrowing Ann Doyon (Theytus Books) and Michelle Lands in Penticton in a rare opportunity to Owl breeding facility shares land with Jack (En’owkin Centre Visual Arts Instructor). Tour 7 Tour 8 participate in breeding bird research focused mesmerized by the most breathtaking view in the valley. Watch for a variety of raptors SORCO, the Raptor Rehab Centre. After your Then paint your perceptions using acrylics, on Gray Catbirds, Calliope Hummingbirds and tour and talk about burrowing owls, you will canvas and found natural materials. The 50 1 18 12+ 30 2 25 12+ Endangered Yellow-breasted Chats. This is your and songbirds, as you learn about the role of $ $ wildfire, the importance of wildlife trees and be shown around the SORCO facilities. After class is open to all ages and stages. All art + + chance to learn what’s involved in banding the tours, travel to the Burrowing Owl Estate supplies will be provided. Chickadee Tea Woodpeckers, Wildlife Trees territorial birds, identifying individual colour- the invasive plants that pose a threat to this beautiful volcanic habitat. Winery (25 min drive from SORCO to the Location: Penticton 1 pm to 4 pm and Indigenous Knowledge banded birds, mapping songbird territories, and winery) where you will be given a behind the Location: Giant’s Head Mountain, Meeting Place: En’owkin Centre (154 Spend some time in the garden at Three Gates tracking migratory songbirds to their wintering scenes tour and complimentary wine tasting. 1 pm to 4 pm Summerland En’owkin Trail, on the north side of Green Farm for an old fashioned English afternoon grounds. Portable washrooms on site. Note: If you would like to stay for lunch at the Discover the beauty of Vaseux Lake and the Mountain Road, next to the Penticton Indian tea with home-made scones, strawberries and Location: Penticton Meeting Place: Summerland Dairy Queen winery, best to book a table for around 1:30 surrounding area with bird conservationist Band ball field and fish hatchery) whipped cream. Enjoy watching chickadees, Meeting Place: ECOmmunity Place Locatee parking lot pm through the winery website: and biologist Tanya Luszcz and forester Ellen Transportation: Carpool Transportation: None hummingbirds, nuthatches and other forest Simmons. Search for Lewis’s Woodpeckers Lands North Gate (at Doc’s Golf Centre www.burrowingowlwine.ca/the-restaurant/ birds as they visit nearby feeders. You might be Parking Lot - Hwy #97 and bottom of West the-sonora-room/ and enjoy a light hike in the area of the 2003 Tour 4 lucky and see the resident Great Horned Owls wildfire. Learn about some of the traditional Bench Hill Road) Price includes: Wine Sample (19+ only) that have nested for many years in a large ways that were practiced on the land by the Transportation: None 65 2-3 10 12+ Location: Oliver Douglas Fir at the garden’s edge. Following $ Syilx (Okanagan people) and the importance Tour 2 + Meeting Place: South Okanagan tea take a nature stroll with Jim Ginns to learn of wildlife trees, woodpeckers and a variety about native plants growing on this diverse 30 0-1 20 12+ Kililxw Spotted Lake Tour Rehabilitation Centre for Owls (SORCO) of other species. This is a richly diverse 8:30 am to 12:30 pm What to bring: Warm All-weather Clothing, property or stay at the house to take photos environment home to White-throated Swifts, $ + and enjoy watching the activity at the feeders. Visit the protected ecological wonder of Water, Snack, Camera Canyon Wrens, California Bighorn Sheep and Sage and Sparrow Conservation Kililxw Spotted Lake with local Syilx guides Transportation: Carpool from SORCO Price includes: Afternoon Tea Western Yellow-bellied Racer. Area Tour Patty and Chris Bower of Swiws Spirit Tours. Location: Kaleden Location: Vaseux Lake 10 am to 4 pm The tour starts with bus transport from Meeting Location: Three Gates Farm, Meeting Place: Vaseux Lake Interpretative The unmistakable scent of sagebrush. The Nk’Mip Desert Cultural Centre to Spotted 168 White Lake Road Kiosk sweet songs of sparrows. A stunning vista that Lake where Patty and Chris will talk about LEGEND Transportation: none Transportation: none stretches as far as the eye can see. Join Barbara the area’s traditional Syilx history and the Pryce at the Sage and Sparrow Conservation spiritual, geological and cultural importance Price Area. Located south-west of Osoyoos, these of Kililxw. The tour then returns to Nk’Mip $ In addition to the wonderful glow of giving to a great cause, here’s lands sit in the heart of a crucial migration where the Centre’s interpreters give a tour of a list of some other benefits you receive when you join our Adopt- corridor for species moving between the desert the exhibits including recreated examples of Level of Difficulty A-Tour program: Syilx architectural structures such as a Tipi, Level 0~Access for all. Flat terrain. areas of the western United States and the dry Two (2) complimentary tickets to the tour you adopt. grasslands of interior BC. Join us to experience Pit-house and Sweat lodge, plus show a short Level 1~Easy walking. All/mostly movie Coyote Spirit. Adopt-A-Tour Name recognition on the Meadowlark website. a landscape of rolling hills of sagebrush hosting level paths. Each year Meadowlark Nature Festival takes pride in presenting an abundance of bird species including at least Location: Osoyoos Level 2~Paths can be narrow with a vast selection of tours led by talented and knowledgeable tour Tax receipt for your donation. Tax receipts will be mailed after the seven species of sparrow. Please be prepared Meeting Place: Nk’Mip Desert Cultural some uneven terrain. Festival. leaders. For a small honorarium our tour leaders pour their hearts for an adventure on rough roads. You will need Centre, 1000 Rancher Creek Road, Osoyoos Level 3~Obstacles in paths and/ Bumper sticker a 4x4 vehicle that you are comfortable driving Transportation: Bus or uneven terrain. Steeper and souls into their presentations out of sheer love, passion and through some sections of road that are narrow grade requiring agility. dedication to conservation and our natural environment. Along with How does it work? Simply go to our website and click on Adopt- and overgrown with brush. This tour is brought tour leader fees, there are many other programming related expenses A-Tour. Complete the order form and choose the tour you wish to Level 4~Very steep, insecure adopt. There are lots of options to choose from so we hope you can to you in partnership with Nature Conservancy footing. Long hike. Good such as venue rentals, liability insurance, permits, transportation find one you love!! If the tour is not on the list, it means it has already of Canada. physical condition needed. expenses and signage costs. In total, programming expenses amount Location: Osoyoos been adopted. Once your order form has been processed you will Maximum Group Size to just over $25,000 each year. receive an email with your complimentary tickets to bring with you Meeting Place: Osoyoos Visitor Centre The Adopt-A-Tour program helps us offset a portion of the costs of our to the tour you’ve adopted. Transportation: Carpool (If you do not own tours and provides a chance for you, our dedicated Meadowlarkers, a 4x4 vehicle we may be able to arrange a It’s easy, it’s rewarding and it’s a wonderful way to support the Age Permitted to support your favourite. ride with another participant. Please contact + Festival!! the Festival at 250-492-5275.) Additional items to bring: Bagged Lunch 6 7 2018 SCHEDULE OF EVENTS Order your tickets online at meadowlarkfestival.ca Tour 9 Tour 11 Tour 14 Tour 17 Tour 20 FRIDAY MAY 18TH 30 0 15 10+ 15 0 120 ALL 30 2-3 16 12+ 30 3 20 8+ 20 1 25 ALL $ $ $ $ $ + + Tour 13 + + + Sunset Photography PechaKucha 100 3 11 12+ Exploring the Ecology Naramata and Chute Creek Hike Vermilion Bluffs and Hoodoos at the Little Tunnel 7 pm to 9 pm $ of Mt. Baldy 9 am to 2 pm 9 am to noon 6 pm to 8 pm PechaKucha, meaning chit chat in Japanese, + 8:30 am to 3 pm Explore the shaded, moist and impressive Join the Vermilion Forks Field Naturalists for Join Caillum Smith from Preserved Light is a powerful, fast-paced locally organized KVR Birding Cycling Tour with Explore with wildlife ecologists and writers Naramata Creek canyon with naturalists Jim coffee and muffins at Riverside Community Photography for a photo workshop at speaking event featuring ten different talks, Dick Cannings John and Mary Theberge, the ecology of the and Anne Ginns. Then drive to Indian Rock Centre before taking an easy walk along Naramata’s Little Tunnel during the sunset each visually utilizing 20 slides, with a timed 6:30 am to 1 pm lower to mid slopes of Mt. Baldy. Learn about and hike to view the roaring Chute Creek the Kettle Valley Railbed. The walk will lead duration of 20 seconds per slide. Think mini- waterfall and investigate the vegetation of you to the spectacular Vermilion Bluffs and “Golden Hour”. Learn how to fearlessly point Ride with writer, biologist, birder and now the mountain’s geological and historical past, TED talks on hyperdrive! For their 12th a hot, dry southwest facing slope. Walk still Hoodoos. There is plenty of bird life to see your camera into the sun and capture amazing South Okanagan-West Kootenay MP, Dick its forest and vegetation types, and its bird and volume, PechaKucha Penticton is partnering higher to a magnificent bluff to seek birds and along the way, including Harlequin ducks on photographs that illustrate the moment as you Cannings, and history buff John Shaske, on a mammal populations across an elevation rise with the Meadowlark Festival to bring you rock loving plants. Lunch while enjoying a the Tulameen River and Lazuli Buntings. remember it, or perhaps even better! Whether scenic cycling tour along the KVR Trail. You of 1,000 metres. The tour will stop at various a snapshot of the festival’s offerings. Ten fabulous panoramic lake view. you’re just starting to use your camera or are and your bike will be shuttled to Chute Lake places of interest along McKinney Road and Price includes: Refreshments Meadowlark presenters give you a taste of a serious photo enthusiast, the workshop is to begin a gentle descent down the 2.2% take short walks, birding and botanising along Location: Naramata what the weekend will bring. A great way to Location: Princeton tailored to ensure a progressive and hands on- gradient. Stop, look and listen for a variety of the way. get to know the Festival and decide where the Meeting Place: Parking lot on the west learning experience at one of the most scenic birds on route and take in an array of flora and Meeting Place: Riverside Community weekend will take you! Doors open at 6 pm Location: Oliver side of Naramata Road where KVR trail and locations in the South Okanagan. fauna as you travel through a subalpine forest Centre, Princeton and the presentations start at 7 pm. Meeting Place: Oliver Arena, 6359 Park Poplar Grove Road intersect. into spectacular Ponderosa pines. Learn about Transportation: Carpool Location: Naramata Drive, Oliver, BC Location: Penticton the building of the KVR and visit relics of Transportation: Carpool Meeting Place: KVR’s Little Tunnel (North the Railway including Adra Tunnel and Rock Transportation: Carpool Additional items to bring: Bagged Lunch Parking Lot from Chute Lake Rd/Glenfir) Meeting Place: Cannery Brewing Company, 198 Ellis Street Ovens. The 30km cycle to Naramata ends at Additional items to bring: Bagged Lunch Transportation: Carpool Wharf Park, where you will enjoy a picnic Tour 18 Transportation: None Items to bring: Camera, Tripod, Water, Hat, lunch and chat in this beautiful setting. Tour 16 65 2-3 10 12+ running/hiking shoes Tour 12 Price includes: Lunch and Shuttle to Chute 30 4 20 12+ $ + Lake Tour 10 FREE 1 100 ALL $ + Kililxw Spotted Lake Tour Location: Naramata 10 0 45 ALL $ + McIntyre Bluff / n’aylintn Hike 8:30 am to 12:30 pm $ + An Astronomical Wonder Meeting Place: Wharf Park, Naramata 9 am to 2 pm See Tour 4 for description Transportation: Shuttle to Chute Lake Enjoy a tremendous view and learn about Go Batty in Peachland! 9 pm to 11 pm Tour 19 Join members of The Royal Astronomical Additional items to bring: Mountain Bike conservation holdings and a variety of flora 6 pm to 9:30 pm Society of Canada Okanagan Centre for a (wide, firm tires/good order), Helmet, Warm and fauna as you hike to one of the most 20 1 20 12+ 6 pm – 7 pm Kids Crafts, Peachland Historic superb night of viewing celestial objects. RASC Gloves spectacular settings in the Okanagan. Leading $ + School, 5684 Beach Avenue the tour to The Nature Trust of BC’s nʕaylintn/ will have telescopes set up at the Dominion Naramata History Walking Tour 7 pm Bat House Interpretive Trail Walk Radio Astrophysical Observatory and will McIntyre Bluff property is Carl MacNaughton, Meet at Beach Avenue and Todd Road under provide information about the objects you are Interior and Coastal Mainland Conservation 9 am to 11 am the Bat House interpretive sign for a guided viewing. The evening includes a presentation Land Manager and Nick Burdock, South Local history buff Craig Henderson takes you tour for all ages and abilities. Walk along a so the event will take place regardless of the Okanagan Conservation Land Coordinator. on a stroll through the charming Naramata gentle forest trail with Okanagan Bat Program weather. This is a strenuous hike meant for physically Village. Learn about the settlement of the Coordinator, Paula Rodriguez de la Vega and fit people. village more than a century ago, and about Location: White Lake learn about Okanagan bats, their habitat, Location: OK Falls the colourful characters who have called this food and characteristics along with many Meeting Place: Dominion Radio scenic village home. Meeting Place: OK Falls IGA parking lot interactive stories. Following that the group Astrophysical Observatory - White Lake Road Location: Naramata will move to Peachland Historic School for a Transportation: Carpool Transportation: None Meeting Place: Naramata Museum, 224 Bat Count as Yuma and Little brown bats exit Additional items to bring: Bagged Lunch the schoolhouse for their nightly foraging. Robinson Avenue Location: Peachland Transportation: None Meeting Place: 6 pm Kids Craft, Peachland Historic School, 5684 Beach Avenue; What to Bring 7 pm Interpretive Walk, Beach Avenue and Please be prepared for all sorts of weather – hot, sunny, windy, cold and rain too! Dress in layers and bring Todd Road, beside Todd’s RV & Camping all-weather clothing, sunscreen, a sun hat, sturdy hiking footwear, a snack and at least 1 litre of water for all tours and Transportation: none events. For longer walks and hikes you will need at least 2 litres of water, as well as snacks and a bagged lunch (if not provided). Cameras, binoculars and plant and bird field guides are optional but add to your enjoyment. Be sure to check your tour description for any additional items to bring.

8 9 2018 SCHEDULE OF EVENTS Order your tickets online at meadowlarkfestival.ca Tour 22 Tour 24 Tour 26 Tour 27 Tour 30 20 2 20 10+ 30 2 25 ALL 30 1 18 ALL 20 1 20 ALL 20 0 400 12+ $ + $ + $ + $ + $ + Grasslands Walk Twin Lakes Wilderness Lehmann Springs Tour Swan Lake Sanctuary Tour Keynote Speaker to Testalinden Creek Watershed and Wildlife Tour 10 am to 2:30 pm 1 pm to 4 pm Harvey Locke 9 am to 1 pm 9 am to 1:30 pm Join Barbara Pryce from Nature Conservancy Join the Vermilion Forks Field Naturalists for A vision for conservation in What’s that plant? Explore spring flowers, Twin Lakes historian, Coral Brown takes you of Canada for a look at the Lehmann Springs coffee and muffins at Riverside Community the 21st century: From the Conservation Area located near Bridesville. Centre before heading off for a birding trip to bugs and birds and discover useful cell phone on this fascinating tour that follows the water Okanagan to Yellowstone to apps that help identify flora and fauna with and the aquifer up into the watershed. See the View a spectacular stand of old-growth western Swan Lake. The lake is located in a ‘kettle’ - naturalist Margaret Holm. Margaret organized relationship between surface and groundwater larches over 600 years old and other wildlife a deep depression created by glacial action Yukon to Nature Needs Half species lists for the South Okanagan Bioblitz and view species at risk such as painted turtles including the Williamson’s sapsucker, red-tailed about 12,000 years ago. The lake is surrounded 7 pm to 9 pm project available on iNaturalist, a free app and rare wildflowers. Hear about the unusual hawks and flickers living within the Ponderosa by open rangeland and dotted with huge See page 5 for description that encourages people to share photos of stand of large cedar trees and walk on some pine, spruce and Douglas-fir forest. Natural ponderosa pine. The 57 hectares of undulating springs bubble up from the earth feeding into grassland are home to an abundance of native Location: Cleland Theatre, 325 Power Street, plants and wildlife while learning how to of the fur brigade trail as you learn of the Penticton identify local species. With thirty years’ history and the balance between water and Nine Mile Creek providing precious water for flora and bird species such as pied-billed experience in parks, museums and local life. There are many rare birds to see as well wildlife and fascination for visitors. This tour is grebes, ruddy ducks, Barrow’s goldeneye, Transportation: None conservation, Margaret will also touch on such as Blue Herons, American Goldfinches, brought to you in partnership with the Nature possibly a sora or a painted turtle. history, archaeology and wildlife research. Meadowlarks, Red-breasted Nuthatches, Conservancy of Canada. Price includes: Refreshments Tour 31 This gentle mountain trail follows a coulee Lewis’s Woodpeckers, and a loone family Location: near Bridesville (1/2 hour drive Location: Princeton along 4.5 kilometers of open sage grasslands among others. The tour ends on a lovely from Osoyoos; 1 ¼ hour drive from Penticton) 30 1 20 10+ dotted with aspen and pine forests. Overlook viewing deck near a Bald Eagles Nest. You can Meeting Place: Riverside Community $ + Meeting Place: Osoyoos Visitors Centre Testalinden Creek before looping back to the chat and enjoy the aquifer water and snacks. Centre, Princeton Wings on their Fingers Transportation: Carpool parking area off Highway 3 on the Richter Pass. Price includes: Snacks and Refreshments Transportation: Carpool Tour 29 - Bats of the South Okanagan Use of the cell phone app is not necessary to Additional items to bring: Bagged Lunch enjoy this hike. Location: Twin Lakes Tour 28 N/A 0 N/A ALL 7:30 pm to 10 pm Location: Osoyoos Meeting Place: Walmart Parking Lot – south $ + Okanagan Community Bat Program end near bus stop, Penticton 20 0 25 ALL Coordinator Paula Rodriguez de la Vega takes Meeting Place: Osoyoos Visitor Centre $ + Tree for Gwen you on a fun and interesting evening of batting Parking lot Transportation: Carpool 3:30 pm to 5 pm at Vaseux Lake and introduces you to these Transportation: Carpool Additional items to bring: Bagged Lunch Ginty’s Pond: A Wetland Wonder Join in a celebration for Gwen Barlee, an amazing flying mammals. Your night begins Additional Items to bring: Bagged lunch 2 pm to 5 pm incredible advocate for the environment. with a slide show about the diversity of bats Tour 25 Explore this small wetland formerly known as Gwen grew up in Summerland where she in the Okanagan and beyond. Then, using Tour 23 Cawston slough with Lee McFadyen. During enjoyed hiking and exploring the hills special high-tech gear, you will become bat 30 2 20 8+ its glory days, Ginty’s Pond was a recreational and grasslands with her historian father scientists and attempt to listen and look for 30 1 15 10+ $ + and MLA, Bill Barlee. The fond memories $ hub to Cawstonites who enjoyed skating, foraging bats along the waterside. Later in the + Native Bees and Wildflowers of boating, fishing, wildlife watching and plain of her childhood inspired her devotion to evening, there might be a possibility to view a the establishment of a national park in the Nature Photography Workshop Southern Okanagan old ‘mucking about’ on its shores. Today, captured live bat. 9 am to 11 am diminished water levels have affected some South Okanagan. A long-time National Location: Vaseux Lake 10 am to 1:30 pm recreational values, but the pond provides Policy Director for Wilderness Committee Explore nature’s beauty through the lens of your Join native bee scientists Eva Antonijevic habitat for numerous bird species, beaver, she touched hundreds of lives as a mentor, Meeting Place: Vaseux Lake Interpretative camera with award-winning photographer and Lincoln Best on this wonderful tour that bats, turtles and amphibians. We will also ally, activist, leader and friend. Wild rivers, Kiosk and visual storyteller Caillum Smith, from ventures through the dry sage shrublands at walk through some cottonwoods to the forests, meadows, all creatures big and Preserved Light Photography. Learn about Transportation: None White Lake. Observe the incredible diversity Similkameen River and may be lucky enough small from bees to killer whales – these lighting, composition and camera settings on Additional items to bring: Flashlight/ of native bees and their relationships with to see nesting Lewis’ Woodpecker. Poison Ivy were Gwen’s loves. She stood for the public a shoot atop the scenic Munson Mountain. Headlamp, Mosquito Repellent, Outdoor native wildflowers along the way. Enjoy one is close by but avoidable. good, defending parks and waterways Whether your equipment is a disposable of the most spectacular wildflowers in the against all those who would exploit them Chair (optional) Location: Cawston camera, camera phone or high tech DSLR, valley, the Douglas’ Brodiaea. The pace will for personal profit. Refreshments and this will be a morning of great photographic be leisurely but there are some uphill sections. Meeting Place: Cawston Hall, Main Street, snacks following official remarks. Please teachings and challenges. All skill levels Cawston register to assist with catering requirements. welcome! Location: White Lake Transportation: Carpool Location: Summerland Location: Penticton Meeting Place: White Lake Green Gate parking lot Meeting Place: Memorial Park, 9999 Meeting Place: Munson Mountain Parking Wharton Street, Summerland Lot Transportation: Carpool Transportation: none Transportation: None Additional items to bring: Bagged Lunch Additional items to bring: Camera, Tripod (optional)

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THURSDAY MAY 17 Tour 22 – Grasslands Walk to MORNING EVENTS Tour 58 – Johns Family Nature ALL DAY EVENTS Testalinden Creek Tour 38 – Cottonwoods Birding Tour Conservancy Regional Park Hike 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM, Osoyoos, $20 8:30 AM to 2:00 PM, Kelowna, $30 Proud sponsor Tour 01 – Riparian Songbird Research 6:00 AM to 9:00 AM, Penticton, $40 Experience Tour 23 – Nature Photography Tour 39 – Prayer for the Land Tour 59 – Mahoney Lake Tour 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM, Okanagan Falls, 5:00 AM to 9:00 AM, Penticton, $40 Workshop Ceremony 9:00 AM to 11:00 AM, Penticton, $30 9:30 AM to 10:30 AM, Penticton, $0 $25 Tour 02 – Sage and Sparrow of the Tour 24 – Twin Lakes Wilderness Tour 60 – Rock Oven Hike: Skaha Conservation Area Tour 40 – Introductory Birding Blus to Heritage Hills & Return 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM, Osoyoos, $30 Watershed & Wildlife Workshop 9:00 AM to 1:30 PM, Twin Lakes, $30 7:30 AM to 10:30 AM, Summerland, 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM, Skaha Blu s, MORNING EVENTS 2018 Tour 25 – Native Bees and $20 $30 Tour 03 – Wildflowers & Wildlife of Wildflowers of Southern Okanagan Tour 41 – Garnet Valley Tour Tour 61 – Syilx Stories and the Land Giant’s Head Mountain 10:00 AM to 1:30 PM, White Lake, 8:30 AM to 11:30 AM, Summerland, 9:30 AM to 2:00 PM, Penticton, $30 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM, Giant’s Head - $30 $30 Tour 62 – Plein Air Painting with Meadowlark Summerland, $30 Tour 26 – Lehmann Springs Tour Tour 42 – Bluebirds, Vistas & Vines Loraine Stephanson Tour 04 – Kililxw Spotted Lake Tour 10:00 AM to 2:30 PM, Bridesville, $30 8:30 AM to 12:00 PM, Oliver, $30 11:00 AM to 4:00 PM, Penticton, $25 8:30 AM to 12:30 PM, Osoyoos, $65 Festival Tour 43 – Kililxw Spotted Lake Tour MORNING EVENTS Tour 05 – Burrowing Owl Experience AFTERNOON TOURS (Sat.) Tour 63 – Marron Valley Birding Tour 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM, Oliver, $50 Tour 27 – Swan Lake Sanctuary 8:30 AM to 12:30 PM, Osoyoos, $65 PENTICTON’S BEST VALUE FOR INDEPENDENT SENIOR’S LIVING... art 7:30 AM to 11:30 AM, Kaleden, $50 d in the heart Charles Manor Manor is isa a90-suite 90-suite residence residence locate located in the he es,ore restaurants,s, restaurant s, of the citcity,y ,within within walking walking distance distance to sto tor st 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM, Princeton, $20 aterfront.ont. theattheatreres,s ,and and the the cha charmrminging waterf w r [email protected] • 250-492-3600 , games, games, clude incredibleedible dining, dining a librar, ay library 333 Martin Street, Penticton, BC Tour 44 – The Historic Trails of On-site amenities amenities include in incr cise facilities, and a beautyalon. Choosesalon. Choose .ca AFTERNOON TOURS &exercise billiards, facilitie exer s, and a beauty s www.charlesmanor oom suites. . from studio, 1-bed, 1-bedroomroom, or, or2-bed 2-bedroomr suites Tour 64 – Kililxw Spotted Lake Tour from studio Tour 28 – Ginty’s Pond: A Wetland Marron Valley (Sat) INCE 1906 KANAGAN ’S DAILY NEWSPAPER S Tour 06 – Traditional Art on The Land (Sun.) THE SOUTH O Wonder 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM, Kaleden, $50 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM, Penticton, $50 2:00 PM to 5:00 PM, Cawston, $20 8:30 AM to 12:30 PM, Osoyoos, $65 $1.43 + GST -1. PENTICTONHERALD . CA Tour 46 – Snakes Alive! Snakes of the PARTLY CLOUDY . H: 11, L: TUESDAY , A PRIL 3, 2018 Tour 65 – Herpetology Hike at White Tour 07 – Chickadee Tea Tour 29 – Tree for Gwen PENTICTON CITY COUNCIL South Okanagan Lake house 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM, Kaleden, $50 3:30 PM to 5:00 PM, Summerland, Nuisance 10:30 AM to 12:00 PM, Osoyoos, $5 9:30 AM to 12:30 PM, White Lake, back on agenda Tour 08 – Woodpeckers, Wildlife $0 committee of the whole meeting. Tour 47 – Wildlife, Wildflowers and St. with council Issues at 377 Winnipeg “I look forward to speaking $20 l the se, apparently, after city and learning how or why they fee wor ch to land ownership or occupancy Trees and Indigenous Knowledge approa t- shuts o home’s power that is taking place at this location is accep able,” he concluded. By Penticton Herald Staff r Randhawa told Campfire Roast Property owner Malvinde his tenants had worked Matt Taylor The Herald last year EVENING TOURS enticton landlord o clean up 377 Winnipeg St. and keep it Tour 67 – Similkameen Pines Tour hard t appears set to give city council 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM, Vaseux Lake, $30 compliance with local bylaws. earful today about his nui- in another guys are just trying to have a . “Those poor sance neighbours time. next life there,” he said at the 10:30 AM to 1:30 PM, Naramata, $25 PTaylor owns an apartment building awa As for illegal activity on the site, Randh to the dilapidated home at 377 Winnipeg cks door claimed he’d been present for police che e claims is a hub of for drug- 8:30 AM to 1:00 PM, Cawston, $20 which h was St., that turned up nothing. He suggested he Tour 30 – Keynote Speaker Harvey activity. related and other criminal because he’s renting ncil with being unfairly targeted Since he last appeared before cou ns of society, e the home to people on the margi erns in October, power to the hom ue to his conc who would otherwise be on the street d en disconnected, which has allegedly EVENING TOURS has be unity’s miniscule vacancy rate. worse. the comm only made the problems ar meeting, council is set n to the Once into its regul “These individuals are not draw dments to the Locke to consider four proposed amen AFTERNOON TOURS unding Winnipeg and Wade by the area surro 2018-22 nancial plan, including the homes in the vicinity, or city’s numerous seniors’ l of $1.5 million from the land ck away. They are withdrawa AFTERNOON TOURS than a blo the re hall less n reserve to purchase four proper- or cheap accommo- acquisitio drawn by access to drugs Avenue near the South n,” Taylor wrote ties on Eckhardt Tour 09 – Sunset Photography at the n at the subject locatio t datio Okanagan Events Centre. The city said las 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM, Penticton, $20 in a letter to council. could be converted to is essentially week the properties “Occupants are living in what is set in stone. Tour 49 – Penticton Oxbows parking, although nothing inhabitable building – using portable l- an un Committee of the whole begins at 1 p.m., fo e heaters for minimal heat and a - kerosen ed immediately afterwards by the regu Tour 70 – Look up! Way up! (Sun) ed generator for power low portable gas-power Little Tunnel lar meeting. limited periods of the day. The owner t- JOE FRIES/Penticton Herald during Council reconvenes at 6 p.m. for land ma occupants will continue their behaviour n- e and ters and a public hearing on a proposed rezo ent adventur Tour 31 – Wings On Their Fingers – such time as Egg-cell Recovery until – while collecting revenue – Churchill Ave. to nual Easter egg hunt at ing and subdivision of 657 a treat Monday during the an council puts a stop to it.” ith two Lia Widows, 7, closes in on Development Centre. replace a single-family home w oceeds went to the OSNS Child comments were included in his LocoLanding in Penticton. All pr 1:00 PM to 2:30 PM, Osoyoos, $20 ylor’s Ta duplexes. to address council at today’s 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM, Naramata, $30 request Why we love the Okanagan Bats of the South Okanagan 12:30 PM to 3:00 PM, Penticton, $20 wind chill in parts of Canada’s senior 27 C with the Environment and Manitoba. he’s surprised Saskatchewan climatologist says ta, a snowfall Tour 71 – The Historic Trails of In southern Alber how long winter is lasting on the warning was calling for up to 20 Tour 10 – Go Batty in Peachland! Prairies and warns cold tempera- centimetres of the white stuff. 7:30 PM to 10:00 PM, Vaseux Lake, tures could persist through the A typical temperature in Tour 50 – Look up! Way up! (Sat) end of April. Lethbridge, Alta., at this time of David Phillips blames a polar year is 11 C, Phillips said. It was - vortex for the spring cold snap. Marron Valley (Sun) 7 C Monday afternoon. Other “At this time of the year, it’s often ts of the Prairies were as much 6:00 PM to 9:30 PM, Peachland, $10 par back and forth, up and coming, as 16 degrees below normal. $30 very yo-yoish kind of weather, Phillips said the duration and 1:00 PM to 2:30 PM, Osoyoos, $20 you’re getting winter trying where of cold the region is cur- and summer wants to intensity to hold on iencing hasn’t been ” Phillips said rently exper 1:30 PM to 4:30 PM, Kaleden, $50 get a foothold, felt since 1970. Monday. PAGE 7 Environment Canada’s record Glengarry skaters “And yet the war is being won by PG 4 2 low for April 2 in SaskatoonPG is 3-28 Local Sports Tour 11 – PechaKucha winter. Old Man Winter is clearlyPG In conversation shine at Super Series guments C, whichPenticton was set woman in 1954. On the bully inClosing this par aticularr situation Ted De Jager Monday moforrning drug it w dealingas -21 C. with Supt. Tour 51 – Tea with the Bees: Tea, and has gotat asex gr ipassault on the trialentire nailed “This cold air, it’s just entrenched. PG 5 West.” said. “It’s Vees re ect on SATURDAY MAY 19 ,” Phillips on the Prairies It’s like molasses Tour 72 – Sageland Heritage atures Temper the nooks and crannies.” in the negative double filled all bittersweet were still — The Canadian Press , April 5, 2018 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM, Penticton, $15 BUSSEY/The Canadian Press y with lows reaching - Thursday TONY weight loss. digits Monda season ore and after photo that shows his 2017-18 Tony Bussey is shown in this bef Tales and a Bee Safari at the Grist I NSIDE Connectivity with Jay Kehne ved his life ERALD ALL DAY EVENTS sa ht for a B5- B7 eig e w ir over f been ld y had i t Busse w t-eigh Classified t Mac The ve-foo H r for o knew Tour 12 – An Astronomical Wonder F ey Buss FORT MCMURRAY, Alta. — Tony had nally reached the point where Mill and Gardens long time, but it B8 his mammoth waistline threatened Comics a long time that even size 66 pants were tight. ll. His rst B4 his health. He was too big to start anywhere but sma Crossword 2:00 PM to 3:30 PM, Penticton, $5 he felt his 567 But it wasn’t until two years ago, when long. Then they were 10 min- in Fort walks were ve minutes A7 ngered others during the wild re and soda and Entely, rtainment Tour 32 – Birds of the South a d d pounds end utes, then 15. He cut out junk foo We use environmentally frien Herald nally found the motivation in . product from The Penticton McMurray, Alta., that he to a diet low in carbohydrates and high vegetable-oil-based ink A f r ee A5 9:00 PM to 11:00 PM, White Lake, $0 switched Health 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM, Keremeos, $30 to shrink it. t in the tire shop proteins. A2 Bussey was working his regular shif he’d lost 100 pounds. Now, he’s XTRALifestyles that September, nt in May 2016 when By at Suncor Energy’s oilsands pla half of his original weight and, at about B5 Buses pulled lost more than E Obituaries e to evacuate the facility. the order cam 240 pounds, wears a size 34. . Okanagan with Dick Cannings yees to Suncor’s airstrip. and heart- A6, A7 up to take emplo Bussey knows the re caused destruction Opinion e back of the line to the front “They took me from th t it did do one good thing. B1-B2 EVENING TOURS break. Bu of my size,” he recalled. whole new JUSTICE Sports of the line because “That re saved my life. I’ve gained a Tour 52 – Ancient Larches and hey would- “They put me at the front of the bus, but t Weather B8 ld t there. I one.” n’t sit anybody next to me. Nobody cou — T he C anadi an P r ess jail aid. was spilling over into the next seat,” he s up at new Okanagan 7:00 AM to 2:00 PM, South Okanagan, piling camera, which al- Blinds as- front of a surveillance FRIDAY MAY 18 Lawsuits lace) to prevent this 250-492-6500 omment and procedures (in p his privac y rights. Van Shades Justice Ministry declined c e,” Boucher legedly violated Endangered Sapsuckers m Tour 74 – Night Sky Photography sault from happening to Byww JOEw FRIE.budgetblinds.comS on Boucher’s claim and the larg- Exan is seeking $35,000. Wednesday tes. 844 for i n- Shutters Herald Extra uits because they’re all wri Dav i d M cH ale i s seek i ng $24, COME SEE USer body of laws of sta not following proce- s “But because allegedly suffer ed when he wa Drapery i n as before the courts. in the worst jur i es he $150 east the four th ti me dures this day, I was assaulted tember or at l AT OUR for the union that represents stabbed by another inmate in Sep inmate at the A spokesman ” 1000s of Looksmany months, an WROOM so declined com- way possible. ter a guard forgot to close a gate bar- NEW SHO has correctiona l workers al eking is just shy of the 2017 af Okanagan Correctional Centre The $34,000 he’s se him and others in ALL DAY EVENTS . ccess to 1:00 PM to 4:30 PM, OK Falls, $30 a reason Workshop e ring 100s of Colours nt over al- ment, citing the sam in small claims court. sued the B.C. governme . was assaulted $35,000 limit e custody. #100 - 535h aMAINnds of BoSuTcher alleges he person by the name protectiv e for every “Featuring our Fexgactlusivei ons of mi str eatment at the n. Court records show a was led in November A styl le voluntary segregatio McHale’s lawsuit Dec. 20, 2017, in her was sentenced Oct. 31, 2017, staies” there. ON claim does not of Alex Bouc e same month Tayler Verhaegen Signature Ser PENTICT His handwritten notice of jail for break and 2017, th e latest lawsuit was led Monday by in Vernon to 464 days in for injuries he alleged- point of view Th set out the details of the assault. led a $35,000 claim Tour 33 – Burrowing Owl Field Trip who’s seeking $34,000 for al- enter. uard lifted him by Alex Boucher, explains only that earlier on the day in ch ly suered when he a g hat he claims resulted in It Boucher’s lawsuit follows one led Mar oor of 9:00 PM to 11:00 PM, White Lake, leged negligence t me was him to the question, “the inmate who assaulted claims he the throat and slammed assaulted while in protective cus- 22, in which Mathew Van Exan Tour 13 – KVR Birding Cycling Tour Tour 53 – Explore the Okanagan him being and there charged for threats of this nature a strip search in his cell. y. s was forced to undress for tod was ample time to put the proper policie Just as it has in the other cases, the B.C. 8:00 AM to 1:00 PM, Osoyoos, $40 LOCAL GOVERNMENT with Dick Cannings Nations $30 trash cash nts n May a was o w made S Appleton RDO The last payment axpayers out $150,000 documents say. Tour 34 – Scenic Canyon Regional T 30, 2016, court d fees, interest “Even if there were no revised charges an 6:30 AM to 1:00 PM, Naramata, $100 1:30 PM to 4:00 PM, Osoyoos, $15 in dumping dump- the company was charged at the lowest BOYD owing By DALE ing rate only, the outstanding amount Herald Extra ng MONDAY MAY 21 udi by the company would be $57,778 (not incl

ued interest),” the claim states. A local waste services company is being s ped provid- Park Hike SOUTH OKANAGAN he RDOS stop nagan- In December 2015, t U N DI S C O V E R E D nal District of Oka by the Regio for Appleton, only allowing compa- local government ing credit Similkameen for what the t regional land lls with Tour 54 – Crows and Ravens – ny drivers to dump a Tour 14 – Exploring the Ecology of Mt. are years of unpaid dumping fees. claims immediate payment. lawsuit led on March 26 in B.C. m A civil Multiple appeals were led by Appleton fro ALL DAY EVENTS Court alleges Appleton Waste or Supreme to 2015 looking for revised charges f S just under $150,000. 2013 9:00 AM to 2:00 PM, Scenic Canyon es owes the RDO d Servic what it contended were incorrectly identi e tice of claim states Appleton entered The no ds charged at the wrong rates. ent with the RDOS is 2013 loa Murders and Inconveniences! agreem h- photo into a credit e RDOS did not have photograp Baldy Contributed in the region. “Because th Humanity Bureau,” which was filmed thly billing, eliminating the need to s Nicolas Cage in a scene from “The for mon ic evidence of each load,” the total charge h individual load dumped. pay for eac reduced by $55,000, the claim states. Estate providing regular monthly were “Despite RDOS the RDOS is seeking, $111,000 Tour 75 – Peach Cli and Dusty Mac ENTERTAINMENT g- Of the $147,000 Regional Park, Kelowna, $30 Real es re ny did not pay invoic invoices, the compa and $36,000 is interest. N A TU R A L B E A U T Y is tipping fees on time,” the claim states. the ularly or Appleton has 21 days to le a response to 2:00 PM to 3:30 PM, Penticton, 2018 dged it APRIL 6, The RDOS alleges Appleton acknowle ond to mul- 8:30 AM to 3:00 PM, Oliver, $30 company did not resp f e letters in 2016 lawsuit. The o in v district money screening owed the requests for comment last week. tiple Special 018. and one in January 2 Mine Hike ‘Humanity Bureau’ Tour 35a – Okanagan Valley View $10 exile members of society deemed unpro- STUCKEY By ANDREW ductive. Extra Special to Herald ays a bureau caseworker who 9:00 AM to 2:00 PM, Okanagan Falls, Cage pl determines to save the lives of a mother A movie that arguably provided the cy. Hike child banished through the agen n excitement in the South and most productio lso features several promi- ig screen The movie a Tour 55 – Artist Talk with Skyler nagan will hit Oliver’s b Oka nent South Okanagan actors, including Hike ext month. , n Destee Klyne, who was raised in Osoyoos e Humanity Bureau, starring Nicolas $25 Th and her son, Jett. heduled for a week of showings Cage, is sc as a role in Skyscraper, described April 7 to 13. Jett h 9:00 AM to 2:00 PM, Okanagan Falls, t the Oliver Theatre, a as a hostage-action thriller set in China Canadian-made lm is directed by The ng Dwayne (The Rock) Johnson and Punnett ner Gas, Moccasin starri Rob. W. King (Cor . 9:00 AM to 2:00 PM, OK Falls, $30 Neve Campbell Flats). Cage’s arrival caused a stir in Osoyoos. shot at South Okanagan lo- The movie, tted — and photographed — in early 2017 — in- He was spo Tour 76 – Kilpoola Lake IBA cations in late 2016 and h Start Planning your escape to nature near a grocery store and paused to chat wit $25 luding on Osoyoos Indian Band lands c sta. and in the town of Osoyoos — is de- six- 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM, Penticton, $0 The movie is reported to be part of a bed as a dystopian thriller set in the scri pack of science ction, horror and action year 2030. ership involv- Tour 17 – Naramata & Chute Creek lms produced in a partn movie’s premise has the world in a The g Regina-based Mind’s Eye 9:00 AM to 2:00 PM, Osoyoos, $30 recession in permanent state of economic U.S.-based Bridgegate ter as a Entertainment and Penticton ! With so many great hiking nd facing environmental disas e File photo a Pictures that will bring more crews to th company to pay a six-figure Tour 35b – Trout Creek Ecological arming. That encour- orce a local waste collection result of global w n. RDOS has filed a lawsuit to f t, through an South Okanaga The ages the federal governmen — Osoy oos T oday dumping bill. alled the Humanity Bureau, to Hike agency c Reserve EVENING TOURS options nearby you’ll never want to leave. YOU’RE GOING 9:00 AM to 2:00 PM, Naramata, $30 MORNING EVENTS TO LOVE 9:00 AM to 2:00 PM, Trout Creek, $20 Tour 56 – Meadowlark Gala LIVING HERE. Tour 77 – Last Call Birding From trekking along the Kettle Valley Rail WE GUARANTEE IT! Fundraising Dinner 3475 Wilson Street MORNING EVENTS Tour 36 – Vaseux Lake Voyageur www.regencyresorts.ca 8:00 AM to 11:00 AM, White Lake, Trail or scouting for Big Horn Sheep around A Variety of Suites Still Available! Call Maureen today at 250.770.1178 6:00 PM to 10:00 PM, Penticton, $50 Enjoy the Finest in Enriched Retirement Living – Tour 18 – Kililxw Spotted Lake Tour Canoe $20 (Fri) 8:30 AM to 1:30 PM, Vaseux Lake, $60 SUNDAY MAY 20 Tour 78 – KVR Trail from Vancouver form here. 8:30 AM to 12:30 PM, Osoyoos, $65 Tour 37 – The Outback of Oliver ALL DAY EVENTS Ave to Lakeview Cemetery Tour 19 – Naramata History Walking Mountain 9:00 AM to 11:30 AM, Penticton, $20 Tour 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM, Oliver, $30 Tour 57 – Okanagan Big Day 9:00 AM to 11:00 AM, Naramata, $20 Challenge 12:00 AM to 12:00 AM, Okanagan Tour 20 – Vermilion Blus & Hoodoos Valley, $0 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM, Princeton, $20 2018 SCHEDULE OF EVENTS Order your tickets online at meadowlarkfestival.ca

Tour 34 Tour 35b Tour 37 Tour 39 Tour 41 SATURDAY MAY 19TH 30 2-3 25 10+ 20 2-3 15 12+ 30 4 20 12+ N/A 1 N/A ALL 30 2 20 10+ $ $ $ $ $ Tour 32 + + + + + 150 3 20 16+ Scenic Canyon Regional Park Trout Creek Ecological Reserve The Outback of Oliver Mountain Prayer for the Land Ceremony Garnet Valley – Ecosystems $ Hike 9 am to 2 pm 10 am to 3 pm 9:30 to 10:30 am Management, Birding and + 9 am to 2 pm Join ecologist and writer Don Gayton on a Oliver Mountain, forming a scenic backdrop to Join Syilx Traditional Ecological Knowledge Botanizing Birds of the South Okanagan Naturalist and avid hiker Craig Lewis along leisurely tour of a hidden gem: the Trout Creek the town of Oliver, is home to a variety of wildlife Keeper and cultural educator Richard Armstrong 8:30 am to 11:30 am Ecological Reserve near Summerland. We and acts a critical refuge for a host of species to share your good thoughts and positive with Dick Cannings with biologist and geologist Ian Walker take Rob Stewart, a seasoned birder and naturalist will enjoy some great scenery while exploring at risk. Retaining some of the largest tracts of intentions for the land in a prayer for the land 7 am to 2 pm you on a fascinating trek through Kelowna’s who’s been birding and botanizing since the dynamics of our native grasslands and the endangered Antelope Brush ecosystem left ceremony at the ECOmmunity Place Locatee This is a unique opportunity to join Dick Scenic Canyon Park. View incredibly diverse childhood, leads this outdoor ramble in the dry forests. Trout Creek, one of the very first remaining in the Okanagan valley, the mountain Lands in Penticton. Participation by donation. Cannings, noted author, birder and now South geography as the Mission Creek canyon Garnet Valley conservation area. This area is Ecological Reserves created in BC, is host to is a biological gem. Join Keith Baric, Parks Okanagan-West Kootenay MP, for a guided narrows, framed by multi-layered vertical Location: Penticton a unique and special natural space that has rock walls. Explore a variety of ecological some 135 different plant species, as well as an Planner on a tour of Oliver Mountain to explore birding tour of the South Okanagan. You will Meeting Place: ECOmmunity Place Locatee sustained the Syilx people for millennia, and in zones as you descend from dry interior forest extensive list of bird sightings. its unique features and to hear about some of the visit some of the best Okanagan birding areas Lands North Gate (at Doc’s Golf Centre Parking recent centuries settlers and their descendants. and grasses to cool moist creek canyons present management issues and opportunities. and expect to see over 100 species! A delicious Location: Trout Creek Lot - Hwy #97 and bottom of West Bench Hill The theme of ecosystem management, birding and then on to dry semi-arid steppes that This is a strenuous hike meant for physically fit picnic lunch will be provided as part of this Meeting Place: Summerland Dairy Queen Road) and botanizing will be woven through the feature grasses, sagebrush and even antelope people. annual fundraising event for the Okanagan Parking Lot, Hwy 97 and Prairie Valley Road morning’s walk while visiting some recent Similkameen Conservation Alliance (OSCA). brush. A highlight of the tour is a spectacular Location: Oliver Transportation: None ecological restoration projects including view of Layer Cake Mountain. Presented Transportation: Carpool Price includes: bus tour and lunch Meeting Place: Oliver Visitor Centre Oliver Additional items to bring: folding chair or the dry ponderosa pine forest management in conjunction with the Central Okanagan Additional items to bring: Bagged Lunch, blanket; donation or offering (optional) project where restoration has opened the Location: South Okanagan Naturalists’ Club. binoculars and a “sit-upon.” Boots and long Transportation: Carpool forest to improve ecosystem values and Ritchie Meeting Place: Penticton Trade and Location: Kelowna pants are essential. Additional items to bring: Bagged lunch, Tour 40 Lake where the dramatic results of wetland Water (2 litres), Binoculars, Camera, Field restoration completed in 2014 are astounding. Convention Centre Meeting Place: Scenic Canyon Field Road 20 1 12 10+ Guides Transportation: Bus Parking lot off McCullough Road in East Tour 36 $ + Location: Summerland Kelowna 60 2 17 8+ Tour 38 Introductory Birding Workshop Meeting Place: Summerland Dairy Queen Tour 33 $ parking lot (at Hwy 97 and Prairie Valley Road) Transportation: Carpool + 40 1-2 24 ALL 7:30 am to 10:30 am 40 3 20 12+ Additional items to bring: Bagged Lunch Vaseux Lake Voyageur Canoe $ + Spend the morning learning the basics of Transportation: Carpool $ Tour birdwatching and get inspired to take up this fun + Cottonwoods Birding Tour Tour 35a 8:30 am to 1:30 pm and rewarding hobby! This workshop is meant Burrowing Owl Field Trip 6 am to 9 am for beginners (kids and adults) and anyone Paddle to the fascinating and secret places of 8 am to 1 pm 25 3 20 12+ Syilx Traditional Ecological Knowledge looking to learn what birding is all about. Local Vaseux Lake in a voyageur canoe with Selah Come along with field staff of the Burrowing $ + Keeper and cultural educator Richard birder Eva Durance will discuss critical aspects Outdoor Explorations. This area has well Owl Conservation Society of BC (BOCSBC) Armstrong, and conservation ecologist, such as how to choose binoculars and birding Okanagan Valley View Hike earned the reputation of being one of the most to view an active field release site south of photographer and author, A. Michael Bezener, scopes, bird guides, and digital apps and then 9 am to 2 pm biologically diverse regions in British Columbia Osoyoos. There you will be shown the work lead this rare opportunity to bird at dawn at the basics of how to identify birds. Afterwards, and Canada. Osprey, eagles, orioles, bighorn that has been done by the society over the last Join outdoor enthusiast Sue Mavety from the the ECOmmunity Place Locatee Lands in Eva will lead participants on a walk through sheep, and wildlife of all descriptions visit or 25 years to reintroduce Burrowing Owls back Penticton Adventurers Club for a moderately Penticton. This special area encompasses a Sun-Oka Provincial Park and along Trout Creek make their home here. Learn about its unique to the wild of BC. At this time of year there strenuous hike offering probably the most complex mosaic of riparian, wetland and so you can practice identifying birds in the natural and cultural history by exploring the will be nesting owls and you may get a chance famous view in the Okanagan Valley. grassland habitats found nowhere else in area’s diverse range of habitats: lake, beach, lake and part of the endangered Okanagan to see some eggs and maybe even some Looking from Allendale Ridge south across the Penticton area, and is home to many cottonwood thickets, ponderosa pine stands, and River beneath magnificent McIntyre Bluff. An young burrowing owls. During the tour you’ll Blue Mountain Vineyards to Vaseux Lake colourful bird species, including several rare the cliffs across the highway. optional hike on the west side of the lake will break for lunch and take part in a Q&A with and McIntyre Bluff this view has been seen and Endangered species. You will see and further enhance your appreciation of this rare Location: Summerland BOCSBC’s Executive Director Lauren Meads in hundreds of magazines and TV. Sue will hear a wide range of migrant and resident gem. Please note: Hike is a Level 3 on the and biologist Lia McKinnon. This is a unique offer insight into the varied spring flowers and birds and learn about the Syilx cultural and Meeting Place: Sun-Oka Beach Provincial Park Level of Difficulty scale. opportunity to view active conservation work wildlife - possibly even some deer and Big conservation significance of species known Parking Lot Horn Sheep. in the Okanagan. Price includes: Canoes and Equipment to inhabit the site including Yellow-breasted Transportation: None Location: Osoyoos Location: OK Falls Location: Vaseux Lake Chat, Calliope Hummingbird, Lazuli Bunting, Meeting Location: IGA Parking Lot, OK Falls Western Tanager and Yellow Warbler. Portable Meeting Place: Osoyoos Visitor Centre Meeting Place: Vaseux Lake Wildlife washrooms will be on site. What to Bring Parking Lot Transportation: Carpool Centre Location: Penticton Please be prepared for all sorts of weather – hot, sunny, windy, cold and Transportation: Carpool Additional items to bring: Bagged Lunch, Transportation: none Trekking Poles/Walking Sticks Meeting Place: ECOmmunity Place Locatee rain too! Dress in layers and bring all-weather clothing, sunscreen, a sun hat, Additional items to bring: Bagged Lunch Additional items to bring: Bagged Lunch Lands North Gate (at Doc’s Golf Centre sturdy hiking footwear, a snack and at least 1 litre of water for all tours and Parking Lot - Hwy #97 and bottom of West events. For longer walks and hikes you will need at least 2 litres of water, as Bench Hill Road) well as snacks and a bagged lunch (if not provided). Cameras, binoculars and Transportation: None plant and bird field guides are optional but add to your enjoyment.

14 15 2018 SCHEDULE OF EVENTS Order your tickets online at meadowlarkfestival.ca Tour 42 Tour 44 Tour 47 Tour 49 Tour 50 Tour 52 30 1 25 5+ 50 2-3 20 10+ 25 2 25 12+ 20 0-1 20 ALL 20 1-2 10 5+ 30 1-2 25 12+ $ + $ + $ + $ + $ + $ + Bluebirds, Vistas and Vines The Historic Trails of Wildlife, Wildflowers and Penticton Oxbows Look up… Way up! Ancient Larches 8:30 am to noon Marron Valley Campfire Roast Recovery Tour 1 pm to 2:30 pm and Endangered Sapsuckers Walk the Bluebird Trail on the Burrowing 9 am to noon 10:30 am to 1:30 pm 12:30 pm to 3 pm Jack Newton took his first astrophotograph 1 pm to 4:30 pm Owl Estate Winery property on Road 22 Walk the historic trails of Marron Valley Rail history author John Shaske leads an easy Join Rick McKelvey of Friends of the Oxbows of the planet Saturn when he was 13 years In the Okanagan, the fate of endangered overlooking the Black Sage bench with Lee with Historian Randy Manuel as he tells of walk exploring the flora and fauna around the to tour a selection of remnant oxbows along old and from there his passion for all things Williamson’s Sapsuckers is tied to that of the McFadyen. Enjoy spectacular valley views and the hidden canyon footpaths of First Nations Horseshoe Tunnel on the Kettle Valley Railway the floodplain of the Okanagan River between celestial, well… exploded! Join acclaimed most magnificent specimen of the world’s watch for a variety of birds of prey including youth while on their quests to reach adulthood (KVR) followed by a campfire roast lunch in a Okanagan Lake and Skaha Lake. Learn amatuer astronomer, pioneer of “cold larches, the Western Larch. Join biologist and Redtail Hawks. We will visit a number of nest and the route taken by early Brigaders. Walk rustic Naramata pine forest setting overlooking about the historical and recent impacts on camera” astrophotography, educator and naturalist Les Gyug on this tour of several short boxes which may be inhabited by bluebirds, quietly past the turtle marsh and up the early Okanagan Lake. If you’re marvelled by mosses, those wetlands resulting from expanding writer Jack Newton, along with his wife and easy walks in a Williamson’s Sapsucker tree swallows, chickadees, house wrens, stage coach road that the early settlers of the worried about invasive weeds, curious about urbanization and agriculture as well as the Alice, in an afternoon of daytime sky viewing Wildlife Habitat Area amidst a towering stand nuthatches or violet green swallows. Peep Similkameen once trod. Walk the area locals cabooses and those backwards-numbered channelization of the river in the 1950’s. at their renowned Osoyoos observatory. of 400 year-old Western Larches. Explore into the boxes to find parent birds, eggs, and called Starvation Jackson’s Flats and hear the signs, don’t miss this special outing. John’s Also, hear about the progress being made Perched 1,600 feet above the valley floor, the ecology of larches, sapsuckers, other baby birds at various stages of development. story how one of Jackson’s sons became one longtime expertise and flora knowledge will to rejuvenate and restore some of their the observatory is equipped with a 16-foot woodpeckers, ants and the role fire plays in Your day ends on the patio where you can of the richest men in British Columbia. The offer a chance of solving your wildest questions ecological function as well as the protection dome and computer-controlled telescope that maintaining the ecology of these mid-elevation enjoy your bagged lunch/snack. Wine tasting tour ends with a selection of cheese, crackers from plants to rails and leave you with queries and enhancement of the oxbows with the offers exquisite viewing of daytime objects stands. Be prepared for cooler weather than in is available for a small fee or you can purchase and fruit with hot and cold beverages enjoyed and ideas for next time. support of the City of Penticton, the Penticton including, with the help of H-alpha filters, the valley, and with appropriate footwear for a glass of wine to enjoy as well. the sun! Located 10km east of Osoyoos on on the lawn over-looking Marron Lake in the Price includes: Lunch Indian Band and other conservation interests. short walks through the forest, especially if the Location: Oliver garden of Mountain Springs Nature Retreat. On the tour, there will be opportunities to see Highway 3 – look for the white house with the weather has been wet. Location: Naramata native plants and animals (particularly birds) white dome. Please note: The site has many Meeting Place: Burrowing Owl Estate Price includes: Refreshments and snacks Location: OK Falls as well as some invasive species and their stairs and is not wheelchair accessible. Winery, 500 Burrowing Owl Pl, Oliver Meeting Place: Wharf Park, 1st Street, Location: Kaleden Naramata effects. Location: Osoyoos Meeting Place: IGA Parking Lot, OK Transportation: None Falls Meeting Place: Mountain Springs Nature Transportation: Carpool Location: Penticton Meeting Place: Newton Observatory - Additional items to bring: Bagged Lunch Retreat, North side of Hwy #3A, between Osoyoos Transportation: Carpool Kaleden and Twin Lakes. Meet at the first Meeting Place: Sudbury Beach parking lot, Tour 43 bend on the driveway, about 200 feet down Penticton Transportation: None Tour 53 the drive from the gate. Transportation: Carpool 65 2-3 10 12+ Tour 51 5 0-1 50 ALL Transportation: None LEGEND $ $ + 30 0 30 12+ + Kililxw Spotted Lake Tour Tour 46 $ Price $ + Explore the Okanagan Nations 8:30 am to 12:30 pm 5 0-1 100 ALL Tea with the Bees: 1:30 pm to 4 pm See Tour 4 for description $ Join members of the Osoyoos Indian Band for + Level of Difficulty Tea, Tales and a Bee Safari a taste of native roots, berries and teas that are Snakes Alive! Level 0~Access for all. Flat terrain. at the Grist Mill and Gardens important plant foods for Syilx people. This Snakes of the South Okanagan Level 1~Easy walking. All/mostly 1 pm to 4 pm wonderful indoor session will be followed by level paths. Join us for an afternoon of tea, baked goodies a lovely nature walk where you will look at 10:30 am to noon grassland and forest plants used by local First The South Okanagan is home to seven species Level 2~Paths can be narrow with and tall tales from interdisciplinary artist and some uneven terrain. educator Lori Weidenhammer and scientist Nations. A stroll through this interpretive site of snakes. You will learn about the biology and will provide an overview of the traditional Level 3~Obstacles in paths and/ and native bee specialist Lincoln Best who habits of local snakes, as well as conservation dwellings and cooking methods used by the or uneven terrain. Steeper love to share their passion for bees of all efforts to help these species at risk. Several Syilx people. The tour ends with a tasting of species of live snakes will also be shown in grade requiring agility. stripes. Lori will talk about her adventures as an educator and performer, dressing up various wild meats, fry bread and jams as well order for you to be able to recognize and Level 4~Very steep, insecure as Okanagan berry ice cream. identify these wonderful creatures. footing. Long hike. Good in silly costumes to teach people of all ages physical condition needed. about bees. Lincoln will share his thrilling Location: Osoyoos Location: Osoyoos adventures chasing cougars and bears in the Meeting Place: Nk’Mip Desert Cultural pursuit of studying bees in rugged and exotic Meeting Place: Nk’Mip Desert Cultural Maximum Group Size Centre Centre locations and discovering new bee species in British Columbia. Afterwards head into the Transportation: None Transportation: None + Age Permitted gardens for a short bee safari, catching and Additional items to bring: Children under releasing some very beautiful local pollinators. 14 must bring an adult! Location: Keremeos Meeting Place: Grist Mill, 2691 Upper Bench Road, Keremeos Transportation: None

16 17 2018 SCHEDULE OF EVENTS Order your tickets online at meadowlarkfestival.ca Tour 54 Tour 55 Tour 58 Tour 60 Tour 62 SUNDAY MAY 20TH 10 0 N/A 8+ FREE 0 40 ALL 30 2-3 20 ALL 30 4 20 12+ 25 0 12 19+ $ + $ + Tour 57 $ + $ + $ + Crows and Ravens Artist Talk with Skyler Punnett FREE 0 N/A ALL Johns Family Nature Rock Oven Hike: Skaha Bluffs to Plein Air Painting with Loraine - Murders and Inconveniences! In Sense $ + Conservancy Regional Park Heritage Hills and Return Stephanson 2 pm to 3:30 pm 1 pm to 2 pm Okanagan Big Day Challenge 8:30 am to 2 pm 9 am to 3 pm 11 am to 4 pm The intelligencia of the bird world, Crows Join the Meadowlark featured artist Skyler midnight to midnight Join Isabella Hodson and James Chester, Renee Martin and other members of The Loraine Stephanson (MFA Painting and Art and Ravens are increasingly the subject of Punnett in a special artist talk discussing his Join the fun of this friendly competition to Regional District of Central Okanagan Penticton Outdoors Club lead a vigorous History) has taught painting at the University scientific research - revealing an astounding exhibition In Sense. see which team can see and hear the most Parks staff for a hike in the Johns Family hike to the Rock Oven granite fin. This hike of Alberta and the University of Victoria. array of behaviour that approaches and even Artist Statement: Home is more than a place. species of birds in one day (midnight Saturday Nature Conservancy Regional Park, located follows hiking and bike trails South from Join Loraine for a day of plein air landscape surpasses the human-like abilities of some It is an embodied feeling that comes and goes to midnight Sunday) in the Okanagan Valley. adjacent to Okanagan Mountain Provincial Skaha Bluffs to a beautiful viewpoint looking painting on the scenic property at Maple mammals. The largest members of the Corvid in relation to our felt sense of connection. Once again, this year is fossil-fuel-free, so all Park. Established in April 2013, the entire south to Skaha Lake, OK Falls and the South Leaf Spirits on the Naramata Bench. Basic family of birds, Crows and Ravens may be Like sight, sound and touch, it is either there, teams and individuals must do their birding park was burned during the scorching 2003 Okanagan. You will make a loop with steep instruction/demonstration will start the session. easily distinguished from one another by or it is not. Without the stimulus of home, the while walking, biking or sitting! For those not Okanagan Mountain Forest Fire. Flora is ascents and descents. This is a strenuous hike. Enjoy a day of painting outdoors, followed their appearance and behaviour, but the sense of being there cannot be embodied. We wanting to deal with total sleep deprivation, rebounding, and views of the Okanagan Lake Good physical condition, good footwear, hats by a tasting at Maple Leaf Spirits! ALL SKILL different ways in which the two species think need it to feel it. there is a Novice event which runs noon to 5 are spectacular. Most of the area is classed as and water are essential. LEVELS ARE WELCOME! Please note: Due to and solve problems is not always so evident. Location: Penticton Art Gallery, 199 Marina pm. Bicycle birding teams usually see about a Conservation Park restricted to those holding Location: Skaha Bluffs the sloping site, this event is not wheelchair This fun and enlightening session led by Way an access permit. Casual visitors will readily accessible. Oils, watercolor, pastels only. Due 130 species, and the record to date is 146! Meeting Place: Skaha Bluffs Upper Parking recreational birder Jeff Salton and volunteer Transportation: None see the ability of nature to heal itself after a to environmental concerns re wastewater Funds raised through pledges will go towards Lot Naturalist and Certified Interpretive Guide bird conservation and research projects, catastrophic fire with a tremendous growth disposal, no acrylics please. for the Anza-Borrego Desert State Park in including the Vaseux Lake Bird Observatory. of vegetation and will learn how wildlife Transportation: None Price includes: tasting (19+ only) the Colorado Desert of Southern California exploits this growth. Typically in May over 60 Additional items to bring: Bagged Lunch will help beginning birders and experts alike Location: Okanagan Valley bird species are observed and many flower Location: Penticton better appreciate the remarkable features of Meeting Place: None species are in bloom. Mammals are common Meeting Place: Maple Leaf Spirits, 948 American Crows and Common Ravens, and including ground squirrels, marmots, two Tour 61 Naramata Road the distinguishing differences between the Transportation: None species of deer, and maybe black bears or elk! 30 2 20 12+ Transportation: None two species. Additional items to bring: The desire to see Location: Kelowna $ + Location: Okanagan College Theatre, as many species as possible through walking, Additional items to bring: All necessary Penticton biking or sitting! Meeting Place: Thomson Marsh, south end Syilx Stories and the Land art supplies/equipment - i.e. canvas/ Transportation: None of H2O Centre parking lot, 4075 Gordon 9:30 am to 2 pm gessoed panels/paper, support or portable Drive, Kelowna Join traditional knowledge keeper Henry easel, paints, brushes, medium, etc. - for Transportation: Carpool Michel and explore the scenic Locatee Lands watercolour or oil painting (no acrylics please); a few small working surfaces approx. Additional items to bring: Bagged lunch through the medium of storytelling as critical travel through many communities, to reconciliation. Henry will set the stage by 8x10; paper towel or rags; bags for trash; Tour 56 Folding Chair (optional); Bagged Lunch natural habitats and historic sites in Tour 59 recounting some aspects of the workings 50 0 100 19+ the Okanagan Valley. Henry will share of the “creation” stories that bind the Syilxʷ $ + the progress of his group’s work, the 25 2 20 ALL peoples to the land and explore concepts $ + of current applications in understanding Meadowlark Gala exciting successes and opportunities sustainability and ecosystem health through they’ve experienced along the way as Mahoney Lake Tour story. Participants will then have an opportunity Fundraising Dinner well as some of the challenges. 9 am to 1 pm to develop land-based stories of their own. The The Founders Gala is a fundraiser for Local hiker extraordinaire Sue Mavety takes Locatee Lands, a fascinating mix of riparian 6 to 10 pm you on a relatively easy trek on forest trails woodland open grasslands, abounds with Join us for our annual Meadowlark Gala the Meadowlark Festival and includes through the Mahoney Lake Ecological Reserve. birdlife, so there is much to see along the way. Fundraising Dinner at the beautiful a 3-course dinner and live and silent View the world renowned Mahoney Lake, a This is a wonderful opportunity to gain insight Penticton Golf and Country Club. This auctions of many fabulous items! Dress saline lake having very unique limnological to reconciliation through indigenous concepts year we are thrilled to present guest casual or cocktail... your choice! features and known for its rare Algae. Along of land knowledge. the way you’ll also visit an old earthen dam. Location: Penticton speaker Henry Sielmann. Henry is Special note: Skyler Punnett’s Small ponds may contain various water-fowl President of The Trail of the Okanagans and deer are prevalent in the area. Meeting Place: En’owkin Centre, Penticton featured artwork Meadowlark, is Indian Reserve Society an organization working with included in our live auction! Location: OK Falls local gov’t and First Nations to create Transportation: None Price includes: dinner and auction Meeting Location: Okanagan Falls IGA a continuous network of trails and parking lot Additional items to bring: boots, long pants, bagged lunch, “sit-upon” cycling lanes along a 250 km corridor Location: Penticton Golf and Country Transportation: Carpool of the Okanagan from Osoyoos to as Club, 600 Comox St, Penticton far north as Sicamous. The trail will Transportation: None

18 19 2018 SCHEDULE OF EVENTS O rder your tickets online at meadowlarkfestival.ca Tour 63 Tour 65 Tour 67 Tour 71 50 2 20 18+ 20 3 20 12+ LEGEND 20 2 25 8+ 65 2-3 9 12+ Changing $ + $ + $ + $ + Marron Valley Birding Tour Herpetology Hike at White Lake $ Price Similkameen Pines Tour The Historic Trails of Marron Landscapes 7:30 am to 11:30 am 9:30 am to 12:30 pm 8:30 am to 1 pm Valley Enjoy a fun and relaxed morning of birding Rattlesnake researcher Stephanie Winton leads Level of Difficulty Explore this spectacular part of the South 1:30 to 4:30 pm The Changing in an astonishingly diverse 340 acre piece a hike in The Nature Trust of British Columbia’s Okanagan Grasslands Protected Area with Landscapes Level 0~Access for all. Flat terrain. See Tour 44 for description. of paradise with bird ecologist, author, and White Lake Basin Biodiversity Ranch and tour guide Lee McFadyen. The trail follows exhibition is on at the nature photographer A. Michael Bezener. the White Lake Grasslands Protected Area. Level 1~ Easy walking. All/mostly a historical smugglers route beside the Tour 72 level paths. Penticton Museum Participants can expect to see a wide variety of Explore the natural habitats of amphibians wild Similkameen River to the Washington and Archives from bird species as we explore the many habitats and reptiles in the South Okanagan while Level 2~ P aths can be narrow with State border, guarded by Mt Chopaka and 5 0 TBD 12+ in this amazing site including lake, marsh and learning about the conservation issues that some uneven terrain. Sleeping Lady (the Cascades) to the west and $ + April 14 to creek habitats, riparian woodlands, cli s and many of these at-risk animals face as well as Level 3~ Obs tacles in paths and/ Chopaka West Grasslands Protected Area to Sageland Heritage Connectivity May 22, 2018. canyons, open meadows and pine forests. the important research that is being conducted or uneven terrain. Steeper the east. Note: Poison Ivy area, long pants with Jay Kehne In celebration of After the hike, savour a co ee break with within the White Lake Basin. Keep your eyes grade requiring agility. recommended, with care can be avoided. Canada’s 150 birthday as well as the 2 to 3:30 pm delicious home-baked organic treats, cheese (and ears) open for species like the western Level 4~ V ery steep, insecure Location: Cawston 20th Anniversary of the Meadowlark and crackers and fruit at the Mountain Springs rattlesnake and great basin gopher snake, as footing. Long hike. Good Jay Kehne lives and works out of Omak, Festival in 2017, Okanagan Meeting Place: Sudbury Beach parking lot, Washington for Conservation Northwest, Nature Retreat while watching three species you learn about the variety of herpetofauna physical condition needed. Similkameen Conservation Alliance Penticton @ 8:30 am; or Nighthawk Road and an organization dedicated to protecting and of hummingbirds vie for control of the centre’s that live in this arid, northern climate. Long (OSCA) developed a special multi- Hwy 3 Junction (west of Osoyoos) @ 9:30 am connecting wildlife habitat. Join Jay to hear nectar feeders! pants are a must! Maximum Group Size media project called Changing Transportation: Carpool about the new Sagelands Heritage Program, Price includes: Refreshments and snacks Location: White Lake focusing on north south shrub-steppe habitat Landscapes in the South Okanagan Location: Kaleden Meeting Place: Green Gate Parking Lot, + Age Permitted Additional items to bring: Bagged Lunch connections from O regon to Kelowna BC. Similkameen. The project includes a White Lake (south) Backed by science, locally driven, and video and photo exhibit and shows Meeting Place: Mountain Springs Nature the many changes to the landscape Retreat, North side of Hwy #3A, between Transportation: none Tour 70 supported by a wide group of partners this e ort will add momentum to protection of in our surrounding area over the past Kaleden and Twin Lakes Additional items to bring: Good hiking 20 1-2 12 5+ $ habitats needed by many species of wildlife century. Transportation: None footwear and long pants are a must! + including, sage grouse, bighorn sheep, The objective of this project is to Look up… Way up! badgers, sharp-tailed grouse, mule deer, expose people to images of our Tour 64 What to Bring 1 pm to 2:30 pm pygmy rabbits and short–eared owls. changed and changing landscape 50 2 20 18+ Please be prepared for all sorts of weather – hot, sunny, windy, cold and See Tour 50 for description. Location: Penticton and habitats, as well as the initiatives $ + rain too! Dress in layers and bring all-weather clothing, sunscreen, a sun hat, Meeting Place: Okanagan College Theatre taken to protect our natural spaces over the last century. The outcome Kililxw Spotted Lake Tour sturdy hiking footwear, a snack and at least 1 litre of water for all tours and Transportation: None we plan to achieve is to create an 8:30 am to 12:30 pm events. For longer walks and hikes you will need at least 2 litres of water, as interest in our natural history, and to See Tour 4 for description well as snacks and a bagged lunch (if not provided). Cameras, binoculars and inspire e orts to respect our past as plant and bird field guides are optional but add to your enjoyment. we create our future. This initiative was made possible by the Regional District of Okanagan Similkameen and the Community Fund for Canada’s 150th, a collaboration between the Community Foundation of the South Okanagan Similkameen, the Government of Canada, and extraordinary leaders from coast to coast to coast.

20 21 2018 SCHEDULE OF EVENTS Tour 74 Tour 76 Tour 78 30 0 20 12+ 30 2 20 12+ 20 1 20 12+ $ + $ + $ + Night Sky Photography Kilpoola Lake Connectivity IBA KVR Trail from Vancouver Ave to Workshop Tour Lakeview Cemetery 10 pm to midnight 9 am to 2 pm 9 am to 11:30 am Join Caillum Smith from Preserved Light The Important Bird Area (IBA) Program is KVR history buff Dave Morgenstern leads this Photography for a photography workshop designated by a specific set of scientific criteria gentle walk along the KVR trail from Vancouver under the Milky Way and stars as he takes and includes critical sites in over 100 countries. Avenue to Lakeside Cemetery. Along the way you to some of the darkest skies in the South The Kilpoola area is identified as one of these he’ll stop to talk about the history of the railway Okanagan. Learn how to fearlessly point globally sensitive areas. This site is adjacent to the including the engineer in charge of building it, your camera into the night sky and capture Washington State border which makes it essential the train wreck of 1949, sink holes, underground amazing photographs. Caillum will cover for the north and south movement of both plant tunnels, goldmines and more. many tips, techniques and concepts to and animal species. Join South Okanagan ensure you and your camera are prepared to Naturalists’ Club members Doreen Olson Location: Penticton creatively document the light of night in this and Bob Handfield along with Conservation Meeting Place: Penticton Marina parking lot progressive and hands-on workshop tailored Northwest’s Sagelands Program lead Jay Kehne to to all skill levels. learn about this important connectivity corridor. Transportation: Carpool Location: White Lake See interesting lakes, an old growth forest, birds, plants, and exceptional views while enjoying a Meeting Place: Dominion Radio day in the South Okanagan wilderness. Note: the Astrophysical Observatory entrance road is unpaved and dusty. Transportation: None Location: Osoyoos Additional Items to bring: Camera (manual Meeting Place: Osoyoos Visitors Centre mode recommended), tripod (mandatory) Transportation: Carpool Additional items to bring: Bagged Lunch, Long Pants ST MONDAY MAY 21 Tour 77 Tour 75 20 1 20 ALL 25 4 20 12+ $ + $ + Last Call Birding Tour Returns Peach Cliff and 8 am to 11 am Sweet Bird Dusty Mac Mine Hike This is your last chance for birding during For an evening of early to modern classical music 9 am to 2 pm the Meadowlark Festival! Enjoy a fabulous celebrating birds, nature and the nature of love morning tour with naturalist Jim Shaver along The energy Join avid hiker Sue Mavety on an invigorating White Lake Road, from Hwy 97 to the White Featuring Tracy Fehr, soprano; Dennis Nordlund, piano hike up the Peach Cliff and Dusty Mac Mine Lake Basin. Take in the early morning sunshine Seraphim Vocal Ensemble: Heather Allen; trail. Enjoy beautiful views. See remnants and join the awakening wildlife in a variety of Jay Demetrick; Elise Wiesinger, guest violin to energize B.C. of the mine itself which produced gold and habitats including riparian areas, Ponderosa silver from 1969 to 1976 and possibly catch Pine forest and sagebrush-grassland. Meeting the energy needs of British Columbians is at glimpses of the Gold Fish that have taken the heart of everything we do. up residence in the old Dusty Mac mining Location: White Lake We deliver electricity and natural gas to homes quarry. Along the way you’ll also wander Meeting Place: Sudbury Beach parking lot past numerous ponds in the surrounding hills and businesses, safely and reliably. We also provide Transportation: Carpool innovative energy solutions, including renewable that are home to deer, mountain sheep and Includes reception with complimentary wine, bird conservation coyotes. This is a strenuous hike with lots of energy, natural gas for transportation, and ups and downs. booths, Pluto the burrowing owl, and more! conservation and energy management programs for customers and communities across B.C. Location: Okanagan Falls Friday, May 11th That’s energy at work. Meeting Place: Okanagan Falls IGA parking lot Doors open: 7pm fortisbc.com Transportation: Carpool With pre-concert entertainment by Trio of 5 Additional items to bring: Bagged lunch; Concert start: 7:30pm good hiking boots essential Our Redeemer Lutheran Church 1370 Church St., Penticton Tickets: $30 ($15 students) at The Book Shop (242 Main St.) or at the door Concert proceeds to local bird conservation groups: FortisBC Inc. and FortisBC Energy Inc. use the FortisBC name and logo under license 22 from Fortis Inc. (18-075.2 03/2018) THANKS! We Sing Their Praises! The following sponsors are our lifeblood. We simply could not exist without their generous and much-valued support. As fellow Meadowlarkers and advocates of sustainability and conservation we ask that you show your appreciation by promoting their businesses and using their services whenever possible.

Arterra Wines Johnston Meier Insurance Okanagan Similkameen Agencies Group Parks Society Shannon Bull Pati Hill Elsie J Sanderud Burrowing Owl Estate Winery Gill Holland Skyler Punnett Central Okanagan Kelly Family Fund Monica Sloan Naturalists’ Club Sheila MacKenzie Brown Loraine Stephanson District of Summerland Nature Canada Top Cat Tours Cheryl Dowler and Charters Doreen Olson Freedom Bike Shop The UPS Store Okanagan Geology Committee James and Ann Ginns

Cover art by Skyler Punnett. Photographs by Caillum Smith (Preserved Light Photography), Drew Desharnais, A. Michael Bezener, Keith Baric, Lisa Scott, Coral Brown and Ernst Schneider