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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

McCully Creek Restoration Initiative
Lead Organization
Gitksan Watershed Authorities
Grant Amount
$ 77,000.00
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Description

Gitksan Watershed Authorities is continuing work on this multi-year project to restore access, connectivity, and quality of critical salmon habitat in McCully Creek. The focus of this phase is to create berms using native species to stabilize banks and encourage single channel water flow, and monitor changes on wildlife and fish. This project, which supports 18 jobs, will engage and train Gitksan members on restoration and monitoring activities. (Photo: Gitksan Watershed Authority)

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Nicola Valley. (Photo: Stephanie Butler / REFBC)
Watershed Restoration in the Nicola Watershed
Lead Organization
Fraser Basin Council
Grant Amount
$ 100,000.00
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Nicola Valley. (Photo: Stephanie Butler / REFBC)
Description

Fraser Basin Council is restoring fish habitat in the Nicola River by stabilizing sediment wedges impacted by flooding and building beaver dam analogues to moderate water flows and temperature. This project, which supports 11 jobs, complements the work underway by the Scw’exmx Tribal Council and Nicola Watershed Governance Project. (Photo: Stephanie Butler / REFBC)

Lead Organization
Fraser Basin Council
Grant Amount
$ 100,000.00
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Clear view at the Kootenays. (Photo: Nick Davies / REFBC)
Nature-Based Planning and Natural Asset Analysis in Watersheds in Rural RDCK Area E Communities
Lead Organization
West Kootenay Community EcoSociety
Grant Amount
$ 450,000.00
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Clear view at the Kootenays. (Photo: Nick Davies / REFBC)
Description

West Kootenay Community EcoSociety is working with First Nations and communities in Central Kootenay to assess natural assets and develop nature-based plans for two key watersheds. WKCES will prepare a plain language risk and opportunity analysis, and will develop an interactive map describing the current condition of the watersheds for residents who rely on them for drinking water. This project will support up to 21 jobs. (Photo: Nick Davies / REFBC)

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Sedge transplanting. (Photo: Discovery Coast Greenways Land Trust)
Urban Watershed Protection and Restoration in Campbell River
Lead Organization
Discovery Coast Greenways Land Trust
Grant Amount
$ 378,000.00
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Sedge transplanting. (Photo: Discovery Coast Greenways Land Trust)
Description

Discovery Coast Greenways Land Trust is collaborating with the Wei Wai Kum Coastal Guardian Watchmen program, 7 Generations Stewards Society, and AIDS Vancouver Island to restore and protect riparian areas around Campbell River that have been impacted by increased human use during the pandemic. This project supports up to 28 jobs.  (Photo: Discovery Coast Greenways Land Trust)

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