NewsAnnouncement on BC’s investment in watershed healthApril 22, 2022 Earlier this week, a landmark commitment of $30 million to continue to improve B.C.’s watersheds was announced. We are pleased to share that half of the funding ($15 million) will be provided to Watersheds BC through the MakeWay Foundation...
NewsWatershed Security Strategy and Fund: A Perspective from ILACMarch 25, 2022 Watersheds BC is honoured to be co-delivering the Healthy Watersheds Initiative (HWI) with the Real Estate Foundation of BC. One of the most powerful elements of this work has been HWI’s Indigenous Leaders Advisory Circle (“ILAC”), who for one...
NewsBC restructures natural resource sector with new Ministry of Land, Water and Resource StewardshipFebruary 27, 2022The Province of BC announced that a new Ministry of Land, Water and Resource Stewardship has been created, with the Hon. Josie Osborne as the new Minister of Land, Water and Natural Resource Stewardship and the Minister Responsible for Fisheries....
NewsBC Watershed Security Fund: A Collaborative VisionDecember 7, 2021Released today, the new strategic directions paper BC Watershed Security Fund: A Collaborative Vision, brings together the insights and best thinking of 16 experts and knowledge holders from the Sustainable Funding Working Group. The Working Group is made up of...
NewsBC residents: water is #1 environmental concernOctober 21, 2021A public opinion poll released October 20th by the Real Estate Foundation of BC and the University of Victoria’s POLIS Water Sustainability Project shows that water is now the top environmental issue in the province. Release provided by Real Estate Foundation...
NewsNechako First Nations & RDBN Collaborate to Revive Nechako RiverOctober 6, 2021The Nechako First Nations and the Regional District of Bulkley-Nechako have signed a historic memorandum that commits them to work together to restore the health of the Nechako River. The Nechako River is of spiritual significance and cultural importance to...
News54 Degrees North: Climate Chronicles of the Bulkley ValleySeptember 10, 2021Tara Marsden, Senior Indigenous Advisor, Healthy Watersheds Initiative, was recently interviewed by the 54 Degrees North Podcast along with Sarah Railton, and Jeff Anderson. Join them and host, Nikki Skuce, as they discuss the restoration economy and reconciliation in action... ...
NewsFreshwater Stream Podcast Interview: Tara MarsdenJune 24, 2021Watersheds BC’s own Tara Marsden was recently interviewed by the Freshwater Stream Podcast along with Trixie Bennett of Watershed Watch Salmon Society. Listen to the full episode here.
NewsSaving the Salmon on Gitanyow lax’yipApril 17, 2021Salmon are crucial to ecosystem health across BC. In the northwest, the Gitanyow Hereditary Chiefs plan to declare an area of the Gitanyow lax’yip (territory) as an Indigenous Protected Area – with or without support from the Province. Watersheds BC’s...
NewsVancouver Sun Op-Ed: The Time for Water Security is NowFebruary 7, 2021The costs of droughts, floods, fires, and watershed degradation are growing, and communities are bearing the brunt. Here is a great opinion piece penned by Oliver Brandes and Rosie Simms of POLIS on the urgent need for provincial action on...
NewsWater in Land Use PlanningJuly 2, 2020Read more about the Direction paper – Towards Watershed Security. This book talks about the role of water in modernized land use planning in British Columbia. Written by Brandes, Simms, O’Riordan and Bridge.
