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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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Lower Agassiz Slough
Lead Organization
District of Kent
Grant Amount
$ 700,000.00
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Description

District of Kent is replacing a culvert on the Lower Agassiz slough to open the waterway for fish passage. A new fish-friendly flood gate will make valuable habitat accessible to overwintering juvenile salmon and other fish species. This project will support at least 14 jobs. (Photo: Picture BC / Flickr)

Lead Organization
District of Kent
Grant Amount
$ 700,000.00
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Koksilah Watershed (Photo: Taylor Roades / Narwhal)
Koksilah Watershed Water Sustainability Planning
Lead Organization
Cowichan Tribes
Grant Amount
$ 501,380.00
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Koksilah Watershed (Photo: Taylor Roades / Narwhal)
Description

Cowichan Tribes is working with community partners to gather data and scope options for a water sustainability plan for Xwulqw’selu Sto’lo (the Koksilah River) watershed. In recent years, summer flow rates have been exceptionally low at times when demand for water (from domestic, agricultural, and industrial users) is greatest. This project includes technical work and analysis to support sustainable, long-term land and water management, in order to restore water flows for fish and water users. This project supports 12 jobs. (Photo: Taylor Roades / Narwhal)

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Cowichan Tribes
Grant Amount
$ 501,380.00
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Bridge Replacement on Log Train Trail at Platzer Creek
Lead Organization
Alberni-Clayoquot Regional District
Grant Amount
$ 40,000.00
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Description

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.

Lead Organization
Alberni-Clayoquot Regional District
Grant Amount
$ 40,000.00
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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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