October 2023

Celebrate the return home of sockeye salmon after a 6000 kilometre journey to the ocean and back. The program explores the sockeye salmon life cycle and challenges as fish travel through different habitats, as well as efforts to restore salmon spawning habitat in Oliver. The 1.5 hour program is tied to the new science curriculum. Schools have the choice of visiting the Okanagan River Restoration Initiative site in the Osoyoos Oxbows or the fish ladder at the north end of the Penticton channel.

Celebrate Our Salmon Teachers Guide

OPEN HOUSES
Sunday October 6 (Oliver) 
Sunday October 20 (Penticton)
Okanagan Similkameen Conservation Alliance (OSCA) and the Okanagan Nation Alliance are hosting two Celebrate Our Salmon open houses in Oliver and Penticton. The public is invited to celebrate the return of sockeye salmon coming home after a 6000-kilometre journey to the ocean and back. Interpreters will be on hand to talk about the life cycle of the sockeye salmon, the challenges these fish face as they travel through different habitats and the efforts to restore spawning habitat in Oliver and Penticton. Admission is by donation.

Location and information

Oliver – Sunday October 6, 1 to 3 pm
Okanagan River Restoration Site
Parking at Oliver Visitors Centre, 6431 Station Street
The site is an easy 1 km walk north along the bike and hike path. Wheelchair accessible.

Penticton – Sunday October 20, 1 to 3 pm
Okanagan River Channel, just south of Okanagan Lake.
Parking at Loco Landing parking lot, 75 Riverside Drive.

The events run rain or shine and the sites are wheelchair accessible. For more information contact Jayme Friedt at 250-488-9894 or oscaecostudies@gmail.com.