Proposed South Okanagan Similkameen Nat. Park Reserve

This 2006 co-published paper calls for the establishment of a new national park reserve in the BC's South Okanagan and Similkameen Valleys. The area harbours extremely diverse and rare ecosystems, including Canada's only pocket desert, filled with cacti, rattlesnakes, and antelope brush. The South Okanagan-Similkameen grasslands are among the top four most endangered ecosystems in Canada. One-third of British Columbia's species at risk are found here...Read this educational report