Protect Canada's "Pocket Desert" as a National Park - Save Endangered Species!
- by: Care2.com
- recipient: British Columbia Premier Christy Clark
The desert grasslands of the South Okanagan-Similkameen (SOS) region is almost like a natural wildlife park to endangered species. It's home to one-third of British Columbia's endangered species and species at risk.
In fact, there are more species at risk in SOS than any other part of BC, like the bighorn sheep, white-headed woodpeckers, badgers, spotted bats, great basin spadefoot toads, and others. What's more -- the part of this region known as Canada's "pocket desert", the Interior Dry Plateau Natural Region, is the only land connecting BC's interior with U.S. deserts so that animals can migrate north and south.
Unfortunately, while more and more people move to SOS, the animals who live there become threatened by suburban sprawl and agricultural intensification.
Tell British Columbia Premier Christy Clark to enshrine part of the South Okanagan-Similkameen Valley as a national park.
Dear Premier Clark,
The South Okanagan-Similkameen's desert grasslands are home to more than one third of British Columbia's endangered species and species at risk, including the bighorn sheep, white-headed woodpeckers, burrowing owls and more. Plus, this land includes part of the Interior Dry Plateau Natural Region -- the only land that connects the dry British Columbia interior with the United State desert, allowing animals to migrate north and south.
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Please protect this land and the species that call it home: Approve the South Okanagan-Similkameen National Park Reserve.
