Use our interactive map to find out more about the 25 projects our Columbia Region board approved for 2025-2026.
Read our project list25 Total 2025-26 Projects
7 Fish Projects 2025-26
18 Wildlife Projects 2025-26
$5.3M Total Funded 2025-26
Our Columbia Region board approved approximately $5.3 million for 25 projects in 2025-2026. The projects—seven fish and 18 wildlife—will be delivered by First Nations, communities, and businesses, as well as agencies, stewardship groups, and consultants.
The projects align with our priorities for riparian areas, wetlands, uplands, rivers, lakes, and reservoirs. The projects are diverse and support a wide range of fish species including kokanee, bull, rainbow, and westslope cutthroat trout, and wildlife such as bank and barn swallows, Vaux’s swift, bats, bighorn sheep, American badger, deer, elk, northern leopard frog, caribou, and western painted turtle.
The 2025-2026 projects will, among other things, benefit kokanee and rainbow trout by maintaining spawning channels, restore wetland habitat near Cranbrook, Golden, and Creston for a diverse array of wetland species, and enhance winter range for elk and bighorn sheep.
Learn how the projects we funded last year in our Columbia Region helped to conserve and enhance fish and wildlife in watersheds impacted by BC Hydro dams. Our annual reports provide an overview of our work for the year, and our project outcomes share results from the projects funded by our Columbia Region board.
Each year stewardship groups, First Nations, agencies and consultants receive grants from us to deliver fish and wildlife projects. These projects align with our Action Plans, and help us fulfil our mission to conserve and enhance fish and wildlife in watersheds impacted by BC Hydro dams. Read our project reports for results and outcomes.
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In addition to our annual grant intake, we have other grants available all year, until the funding is allocated.
Community Engagement Grants of up to $1,500 can help stewardship groups and others.
Land Securement Grants help conserve critical ecosystems and habitats.
Seed Grants up to a maximum of $5,000 can help explore the feasibility of your project.
Contact a region manager to learn more.
We have identified conservation priorities for fish and wildlife in each of our three regions: Coastal, Columbia and Peace. These priorities and recommended actions are reflected in a series of watershed and ecosystem-based action plans that vary by region.
These plans recommend specific projects and priorities, and guide our grant decisions. In our Columbia Region, we fund projects that align with our five Columbia Region ecosystem-based action plans. Be sure to read our Overview of Columbia Region Action Plans.
A local Board made up of BC Hydro, the Province of B.C., First Nations, and public stakeholders, guides the work of the FWCP and is responsible for approving all FWCP projects in the Columbia Region. Map of our Columbia Region.
Many of our annual and ongoing projects are delivered with support from the Province of B.C. through a letter of agreement (LOA) between the FWCP and the Province. Annual and ongoing projects include our nutrient restoration programs, operation of spawning channels, species’ recovery, and ecosystem enhancement projects. Several of our annual and ongoing contracts and agreements are administered by BC Hydro on behalf of the FWCP. We support high priority land securement projects in our Columbia Region. Read our annual report.
Stay up to date with the latest news from our Columbia Region with our regional e-letter.
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Columbia Region Board members (October 2023) are responsible for guiding our work. Their work is supported by a First Nations Working Group, as well as fish and wildlife technical committees.
Board members pictured, left to right: Michael Zimmer, Samara Kolasko, Wendy Booth, Eva Schindler, Brent Meger, Margo Sadler, Marc Steynen, Misun Kang, and Manjit Kerr-Upal. Missing: Mark Thomas.
Columbia Region Board, First Nations Working Group, and Committee List
Jen has been with BC Hydro for 15 years: 14 years as stakeholder engagement advisor, and in 2021 – 2022 she was the acting Peace Region manager. She is a biologist and professional communicator who believes the best decisions incorporate diverse values and perspectives.
After obtaining her master’s degree from the University of Calgary, Jen worked for seven years as a biologist with the Gwich’in Renewable Resource Board in Inuvik. She lives with her husband Ron in the beautiful town of Revelstoke.
If you have any questions about the FWCP’s work in the Columbia Region, please contact Jen.
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