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72 projects approved for 2025-2026

$9.2 million for 30 fish and 42 wildlife projects

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Critter Day 2025

Saturday, May 10
Beaver Creek Provincial Park, 10 minutes east of Trail

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Columbia Region
Person planting lichen at base of young tree

Native plants help restore caribou maternity pen

Peace Region

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Peace Region
Bessette Creek in fall, no water

Insights gathered about salmon streamflows during droughts

Coastal Region

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Photo: Okanagan Nation Alliance

Coastal Region

Nutrients added to Kootenay Lake

Columbia Region

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Columbia Region
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2023-2024 year in review

Read our annual reports and project outcomes

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72 Projects Approved 2025–2026

22 Coastal Region Projects 2025–2026

25 Columbia Region Projects 2025–2026

25 Peace Region Projects 2025–2026

Our 2025-2026 projects

For 2025-2026 our regional boards approved ~$9.2 million for 72 fish and wildlife projects. Read our project lists. Visit our Coastal, Columbia, and Peace region interactive project map.

2025-2026 projects

Read our project lists to see the 30 fish and 42 wildlife projects our regional boards are funding in 2025-2026. The projects conserve and enhance fish and wildlife in watersheds impacted by BC Hydro dams.

 

 

 

 

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Community Engagement Grants

Apply any time of year for a Community Engagement Grant up to $1,500. If you have a project that will benefit fish and wildlife in our Coastal, Columbia or Peace region, learn more about this grant.

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Seed Grants

Apply for a Seed Grant any time of the year. We fund up to a maximum of $5,000 to explore a project idea, fill information gaps, and prepare technical information.

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Columbia spotted frog

Land Securement Grants

We fund land securement projects year-round. Contact our region managers any time to discuss our funding for critical ecosystems and habitats.

 

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Program News

Our Program Partners

The Fish & Wildlife Compensation Program is a partnership between BC Hydro, the Province of B.C., Fisheries and Oceans Canada, First Nations and public stakeholders to conserve and enhance fish and wildlife in watersheds impacted by BC Hydro dams.