Comox Valley Project Watershed Society, in partnership with Ducks Unlimited and K'omoks First Nation, is restoring water quality and spawning channels in the Glen Urquhart Creek watershed, a critical wetland and habitat. This project, which supports 12 jobs, involves installing in-stream habitat features, reconnecting catchments to the wetland, and removing invasive species. (Photo: Claire Sauvage-Mar / WatershedsBC)

Kwikwetlem First Nation is hiring and training four full-time Resource Guardians, who will enforce conservation regulations, restore environmentally compromised sites, and monitor development activities to protect archaeological, environmental, and cultural assets. This project supports 10 jobs. (Photo: Andy Fitzsimon / Unsplash)

Yucwmenlúcwu (Caretakers of the Land) LLP is using sensitive habitat inventory mapping to establish baseline conditions of the Salmon River. This data will be used to further the long-term goal of reversing the historical trend pertaining to fish habitat degradation marked by lost riparian vegetation, eroding streambanks, high summer temperatures, low water levels, sediment buildup, declining salmon stocks and other issues in the Salmon River. This project supports eight jobs. (Photo: Picture BC / Flickr)

Alberni Clayoquot Regional District is replacing the pedestrian bridge and repairing the abutments on Log Train Trail at Platzer Creek. This project, which supports nine jobs, is addressing erosion and safety and will improve water flow in a critical salmon-bearing stream.