OFTF

• Okanagan Forest Task Force cleans up illegal dumping site

  The cleanup was one of the ways the Okanagan Forest Task Force is asking the public to stop illegally dumping along backroads in the Central Okanagan.

  Environment

  Jun 4, 2023
  
• Okanagan Forest Task Force clear West Kelowna encampment

  An encampment that had taken over the woods near the end of Bartley Road in West Kelowna for more than a year was recently cleared.

  Canada

  Mar 12, 2023
  
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• Non-profits and volunteers team up for annual Peachland watershed cleanup

  Local non-profits teamed up with volunteers for the annual Peachland Watershed cleanup on Saturday.

  Canada

  Apr 30, 2022
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• Man fined $575 for illegal dumping near Kelowna: B.C. Conservation Officer Service

  The COS went public earlier this week, asking for help in identifying the suspect, with the man coming forward on April 1.

  Environment

  Apr 2, 2021
• Backcountry homeless camp cleaned out by Kelowna non-profit

  Okanagan Forest Task Force found an abandoned camp roughly three kilometres up Beaver Lake Road, near Kelowna.

  Canada

  Mar 23, 2021
• Volunteers waiting for green light to remove tires littering Okanagan creek

  “The easiest route for us is probably going to be airlifting them out using a helicopter,” said Kane Blake of the Okanagan Forest Task Force.

  Environment

  Feb 12, 2021
• Cleanup continues in memory of man who disappeared from Kelowna backcountry 3 years ago

  The Okanagan Forest Task Force (OFTF) has cleaned up two sites since the group started its effort at the end of August and a third cleanup effort is planned for Nov. 5, according to OFTF spokesperson Kane Blake.

  Canada

  Oct 26, 2016