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81 Projects Approved 2024–2025
27 Coastal Region Projects 2024–2025
30 Columbia Region Projects 2024–2025
24 Peace Region Projects 2024–2025
Our annual grant intake is now closed, and we’re reviewing applications for fish and wildlife projects in watersheds impacted by BC Hydro dams.
In 2024-2025, we funded 81 projects and provided $8.7 million in our Coastal, Columbia, and Peace regions. Read our project lists. See our project map.
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Apply for our Seed Grant up to $5,000 to help grow and plan your project idea.
Apply any time for a Community Engagement Grant up to $1,500 to take action to benefit local fish and wildlife.
Contact a region manager any time of year to discuss our Land Securement Grants.
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BC Hydro has water licence obligations in the Columbia and Peace regions, and has made voluntary commitments to address the impacts of dams of the Coastal Region. BC Hydro fulfils the applicable obligations through the work of the FWCP.
BC Hydro works in equal partnership with the Province of B.C., Fisheries and Oceans Canada, First Nations and public stakeholders by participating on FWCP’s regional Boards.
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The projects we fund benefit fish and wildlife. Read about results from 2023-2024 in our project outcomes and learn how we operate in our annual reports.
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Nutrient additions rebuild the natural food web The Nutrient Restoration Program is rebuilding the natural aquatic food web that existed in Kootenay Lake and the Arrow Lakes Reservoir before the construction of BC Hydro dams. […]
Peace Region Board members (October 2023) are responsible for guiding the FWCP’s work. Their work is supported by the First Nations Working Group. Board members pictured, left to right: Chris Addison, Heather Middleton, Corey Erwin, […]
Follow our guidance for Arctic Grayling projects Prior to construction of the 1967 W.A.C. Bennett Dam and creation of the Williston Reservoir, Arctic Grayling were widespread and abundant. Today, self-sustaining populations are limited, and in […]
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.
