Oliver/Osoyoos NewsFeds commit funding to Indigenous-led South Okanagan study of rattlesnakesFeds fund study of snakesPhoto: Lindsay Whitehead The Western rattlesnake is the only venomous snake species found only in BC's dry interior regions such as the Okanagan. For a long time, killing rattlesnakes was just a part of life in British Columbia’s South Okanagan. Since then, an Indigenous-led research program has been working to change the relationship between snakes and humans. “But it’s amazing how being out there, hands-on, changes your perspective.”The western rattlesnake is currently federally listed as Special Concern and provincially listed as vulnerable in BC. The snake program began as a response to safety concerns about bringing visitors onto the land.