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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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Supported Projects

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KFN Resource Stewardship Program
Lead Organization
Kwikwetlem First Nation
Grant Amount
$ 435,000.00
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Description

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)

Lead Organization
Kwikwetlem First Nation
Grant Amount
$ 435,000.00
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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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Bulkley-Morice Water Sustainability Initiative
Lead Organization
Northwest Research and Monitoring Ltd
Grant Amount
$ 570,000.00
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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 of Agricultural Effluent Impact on Anadromous Fish in the Merritt Area
Lead Organization
Scw’exmx Tribal Council
Grant Amount
$ 58,800.00
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(Photo: Noémi Pomerleau / REFBC)
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Scw'exmx Tribal Council is conducting water monitoring to track agricultural effluent along the Nicola and Coldwater Rivers. Communities and decision makers will use this data to understand how water quality may be impacted by agricultural activity during the spring freshet. This project will support two jobs. (Photo: Noémi Pomerleau / REFBC)

Lead Organization
Scw’exmx Tribal Council
Grant Amount
$ 58,800.00
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