The Friends of Woodhaven are launching a campaign to urge the City of Kelowna, the Regional District of the Central Okanagan, and the Province of British Columbia to work together to increase the amount of water getting into and staying in Woodhaven Nature Conservancy Regional Park.  This needs to happen as quickly as possible in order to salvage the rare and sensitive ecosystems of Woodhaven and to alleviate some of the fire hazards the park currently presents.  Woodhaven was once a lush, wet riparian forest with flourishing western red cedar and black cottonwood trees.  Sadly, in the past several decades, human activity has vastly reduced the amount of water entering and staying in Woodhaven.   This once cool, damp forest is now tinder-dry and overloaded with deadfall, causing an enormous fire hazard for surrounding neighbourhoods.

Without urgent action, the loss of this unique and biodiverse jewel will be irreversible.   This issue is a high priority for all of us who live near and care about the park. We believe that the government engineers, forest hydrologists and ecologists can come up with solutions to the problematic water alteration works in and around the park.   The problem is multi-jurisdictional but, as seen in other creek projects in the region, these problems can be tackled together.  Please help us by signing the online (above) or paper petition and writing letters to officials (see below).