‘What lies behind the trees’: Okanagan Forest Task Force documentary debuts Wednesday

By Cindy White
Castanet Kelowna
January 21, 2026
Category: Forestry
Region: Canada West

With the 10th anniversary of the Okanagan Forest Task Force approaching, this volunteer-run backcountry clean up team will be featured in a documentary that makes its debut on YouTube Wednesday evening. The documentary was produced by Eli Coburn of Coburn Media. “Our hope in doing this is just to shed light on what is actually happening in the backcountry. Like I say in the documentary, a lot of people sit in an office and they look outside and see the beautiful hills around us, and don’t realize what’s actually going on,” said OFTF founder Kane Blake. “Whether it’s encampments, illegal dumping, all kinds of stuff, you know. And it’s disheartening and disgusting. “A lot of this pollution ends up in our waterways, our drinking water. It’s affecting people and wildlife.” Over the years, partners have come on board to help OFTF deal with the tons of debris found in our forests. 

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