Burrowing Owl Conservation Society of B.c.

Management care production and husbandry of captive - raised burrowing owls for release to the wild in southern bc glasslands. Residence construction - building artificial burrows in the wild for used by released owls and migratory return birds. Field banding tracking of offspring. Education programming for school age student and the public. Recording reporting data. Contributing data to exchange with other science based conversation research programs underway in other provinces and states. Adding additional release sites in the south okanagan and nicola valley regions of bc. Supporting enhanced field studies program development with first nations bands on their ancestral lands (including penticton upper nic)ola osoyoos and now lower similkameen). Expanding satellite tracking work with canadian\wildlife service upper nicola band research projects in western us. Primary contributor and developer for the burrowing owl alliance a network of organizations that focus on canada's burrowing owl recovery.