IWI SUPPORTED PROJECTS
The Indigenous Watersheds Initiative is funding 49 Indigenous-led projects dedicated to the stewardship and restoration of local watersheds in ‘British Columbia’. The projects receiving funding are found in communities across the province, spanning the Mackenzie, Fraser, Columbia, North Coast, South Coast, Nass, Skeena, Stikine, Taku, and Yukon watershed basins.
IWI projects encompass a wide range of focus areas and themes, including:
Indigenous Knowledge and Land-based Learning
Watershed Planning and Governance
Fisheries and Food Sovereignty
Watershed Restoration and Protection
Watershed Monitoring and Assessment.
To visually explore IWI program reach, simply click on the interactive map to the right. You can also view the complete list of projects as a PDF table or Airtable.
Assessing Geomorphic Threats in Xwémelhkwu (Homalco) Priority Watersheds
Xwémelhkwu First Nation
Indigenous-led Watershed Restoration in the Upper Pitt Watershed
Katzie First Nation in Partnership with WWF-Canada
Xetthecum Eco-cultural Mapping Project Phase III
Institute for Multidisciplinary Ecological Research in the Salish Sea (IMERSS)