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Reciprocity and Water

WEBIn Gitksan Ayookxw, aks (water) plays a central role in the health of the Lax’yip (territory/land) and provides the freshwater habitat for salmon, which is the cultural and …

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Our Water, Our Future Major Outcomes Report

WEBThe report documents the successes and challenges of a significant investment in watershed conservation and restoration in British Columbia during the …

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Show Me the Numbers

WEBAccording to a 2020 WWF Canada report, planners and communities lack sufficient data for 60% of the watersheds in Canada. Without accurate and recent …

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Spotlight: Yaqan Nukiy Project

WEBOver the last three years, the B.C. Wildlife Federation’s Wetlands Education Program has been working in partnership with the Lower Kootenay Band on two …

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Low-tech approaches to watershed management

WEBThe concept of low-tech approaches has been known for decades but wider implementation and specific examples of successful implementation are less known. …

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In the Field with the LEPS Wetlands Crew

WEBShovels, hip waders, and sunscreen. Those are some of the tools of the trade for Laura Stepney, Elyse Dyck, and Geoffrey Niven, co-coordinators of the Langley …

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Reports & Publications

WEBThe Healthy Watersheds Initiative supports watershed restoration and conservation projects taking place between January 2021 and December 2022. Over the course of these …

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New Paper Released to Guide Collaborative Vision for Watersheds …

WEBHealthy Watersheds Initiative (HWI) is proud to have contributed to the new strategic directions paper BC Watershed Security Fund: A Collaborative Vision released …

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Community-Based Water Monitoring and Restoration in the …

WEBThe 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 …

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Symposium & Celebration Dinner

WEBFresh water is life, and its health underpins the economic, ecological, physical, cultural, and spiritual wellbeing of us all. Rivers, streams, lakes, and wetlands …

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The Pulse of the River

WEBThe Elk River Alliance's Community-Based Water Monitoring program will gather data to monitor Elk River tributaries that are critical habitat for wildlife. By …

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Five questions with Claire Sauvage-Mar, Program Associate of the

WEB2. What is a memory you’ll take with you from HWI? I was very fortunate to visit the WWF-Katzie Upper Pitt River Restoration site in August at the beginning of the salmon run. It …

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Cambridge Creek and Violin Lake Dam Decommissioning and …

WEBThe City of Trail is restoring 901 hectares of wetlands, floodplains, and tributaries in Cambridge Creek Reservoir and Violin Lake by decommissioning four dams and …

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Watershed restoration work cultivates opportunities and …

WEBOne of the contractors hired to lead the local restoration team was Wei Wai Kum Nation member Cory Cliffe, founder of the Campbell River-based 7 Generation …

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HEALTHY WATERSHEDS INITIATIVE EVALUATION …

WEBPAGE | 2 WHAT IS THE HEALTHY WATERSHEDS INITIATIVE? The Healthy Watersheds Initiative is a $27-million program, supported with funding from the Province of BC, to …

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