Stewardship Works!

The Stewardship Works! (SW!) initiative was a three?year pilot project which provided core funding to ten stewardship groups across BC. This funding model is unique, in that its goal was to build capacity rather than provide project?based funding.…

Strengthening Stewardship: People Messaging and Organization Foundations

The Stewardship Centre for BC (SCBC) is working to build capacity within individual stewardship organizations and across the sector as a whole. Previously, SCBC led a team of consultants and advisors who designed an eight?part framework for…

Do We Make it Official? Recognizing Pacific Salmon as a BC Emblem

A report and recommendation to the Province of British Columbia on the designation of wild Pacific Salmon as a provincial emblem under the Provincial Symbols and Honours Act  July 2011 

Xeni Gwet’in Chilko Roundtable Watershed Plan

The Xeni Gwet’in 2008/09 FSWP proposal built on past research and the key goal of this project was to assist Xeni Gwet’in in completing a Watershed Plan for outlining community priorities and establishing a priorities framework to ensure…

Nicola Water Use Management Plan – Plan Synthesis

This project was the final step of Phase 2 (plan development) of a 4-phase planning process to develop a water use management plan for the Nicola watershed. The objectives of the project were: to establish the water balance (water budget) for…

Fish immigration/emigration and habitat use in the lower Hatzic watershed

The objective of this project was to obtain information on salmonid, white sturgeon and other species (natives and exotics) presence, habitat use, and migration success above and below the pumping station in the lower Hatzic watershed. Sampling…

FSWP Restoration Effectiveness Monitoring

Mainstem river fish habitat restoration projects have been conducted in a number of impacted watersheds across the Lower Mainland/South Coast of British Columbia by the BC Conservation Foundation Fisheries Recovery Program. The primary habitat…