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The Healthy Watersheds Initiative is creating jobs and bringing communities together to protect fresh water, restore salmon habitat, and adapt to climate change. 
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We Are of Water

"We Are of Water", illustrated by Chenoa Gao, provides visuals connected to voices and knowledge shared by Indigenous Elders, youth, and community members through HWI projects on the significance of watersheds and water.
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Unpaving Kus-Kus-Sum: Restoring and Recycling

The Kus-Kus-Sum Unpaving Paradise project is decommissioning and restoring a historic sawmill site along the Courtney River.
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Symposium & Celebration Dinner

On February 23, 2023, project team members, First Nations leaders, provincial and local government representatives, and community members came together to celebrate the outcomes and learnings from the HWI.
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$100 million invested in Watershed Security Fund to be co-developed with First Nations

The BC Government and BC First Nations Water Table has announced an investment of $100 million towards creating a Watershed Security Fund and a commitment to co-developing the Fund with First Nations.
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700+
jobs
$27M
investment
270+
community partners
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Supported Projects

(Photo: Northwest Research & Monitoring)
Bulkley-Morice Water Sustainability Initiative
Lead Organization
Northwest Research and Monitoring Ltd
Grant Amount
$ 570,000.00
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(Photo: Northwest Research & Monitoring)
Description

Northwest Research and Monitoring Ltd. is partnering with the Morice Watershed Monitoring Trust and the Office of the Wet'suwet'en to complete the first phase of a multi-year riparian restoration project in the Upper Bulkley and Upper Morice basins. This phase of the project supports 28 jobs, and focuses on project planning, technical training, and streamside planting. (Photo: Northwest Research & Monitoring)

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Monitoring in the water (Photo: Tŝilhqot’in National Government)
Tŝilhqot’in Nation-led Water Quality and Quantity Monitoring Program
Lead Organization
Tŝilhqot’in National Government
Grant Amount
$ 350,000.00
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Monitoring in the water (Photo: Tŝilhqot’in National Government)
Description

Tŝilhqot’in National Government is increasing First Nations' water management and analysis capacity by implementing a new data management portal to centralize, analyze, and share up-to-date water quality and quantity data. Hydrometric stations will be repaired and new ones installed to expand monitoring data collection. This project, which supports 17 jobs, aims to equip First Nations decision-makers with the information needed to prioritize projects related to ecological and forestry recovery, climate change resilience, and flood and drought mitigation. (Photo: Tŝilhqot’in National Government)

Brochure: Tŝilhqot'in National Government: Water Quality & Quantity Monitoring Program

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Morice Sockeye Salmon Rebuilding Plan
Lead Organization
Wet'suwet'en Treaty Office Society
Grant Amount
$ 206,755.00
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(Photo: Picture BC / Flickr)
Description

Wet'suwet'en Treaty Office Society is expanding its water monitoring program to capture data on the distribution, life history, and genetic diversity of salmon spawning in the Upper Bulkley and Morice watersheds. This project, which will support up to eight jobs, addresses high-priority information gaps identified in the Morice Sockeye Rebuilding Plan. (Photo: Picture BC / Flickr)

Kyle Prince and Cara Adrain at the Columbia Wetlands. (Photo: Living Lakes Canada)
Community-Based Water Monitoring and Restoration in the Columbia Basin, Columbia Basin Water Hub
Lead Organization
Living Lakes Canada
Grant Amount
$ 1,250,000.00
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Kyle Prince and Cara Adrain at the Columbia Wetlands. (Photo: Living Lakes Canada)
Description

The purpose of this project is to ensure that Indigenous and non-Indigenous communities and decision-makers in the Upper Canadian Columbia Basin will have the necessary knowledge, skills and tools to adapt and mitigate climate change impacts by better understanding water resources in their respective communities. The understanding of diminished water supply, drought and flood events assist decisions impacting community and ecosystem resilience as well as for the food security, ecosystem health and economic vitality of these communities. This project will help transition towards a green economy by training indigenous and non indigenous youth, and people displaced or transitioning from other impacted sectors. See the Project Map for locations and details of the work supported by this project. This project will support 25 jobs and training. (Photo: Living Lakes Canada)

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