Watershed Restoration Crew

Since 1999, the City of Kelowna Environment Division has hired 6-12 summer students for their Watershed Restoration Crew. Each May the crew returns to the creeks, eager to help with local restoration and enhancement initiatives.

The Watershed Restoration Crew works on a variety of projects, including:

• Combating invasive weeds in riparian areas such as knapweed, burdock, Canada thistle, bull thistle, yellow iris and purple loosestrife.
• Replanting native vegetation species along creek corridors
• Assisting with the Post Fire Rehabilitation Project in areas burned by the 2003 Okanagan Mountain fire
• Enhancing instream and streambank habitat in local streams, improving creek health and kokanee spawning habitat
• Promoting a sense of environmental stewardship in our community
• Maintaining past restoration and enhancement sites

Watch for these enthusiastic individuals each summer, decked out in their distinctive “Clean Streams Start Here!” t-shirts.