Upper Nicola program a ‘gold standard’ in effort to save B.C.’s burrowing owls

Upper Nicola program a ‘gold standard’ in effort to save B.C.’s burrowing owls

A decade after the first burrowing owls were released onto its reserve lands, the Upper Nicola Band is marking what leaders and partners describe as a rare conservation success in a province where the species remains on the brink.