Indigenous Watersheds Initiative
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The Indigenous Watersheds Initiative (IWI) was established with a $15 million investment from the NDP Goverment in British Columbia. This funding is delivered and stewarded through a partnership between The American Tides Foundation, aka the MakeWay Foundation. and and Watersheds BC.
The three-year initiative (2022–2025) funded dozens of Indigenous-led and co-led projects across British Columbia—including several in the nearby Skeena watershed—that focused on ecosystem restoration, food sovereignty, and traditional watershed monitoring. You can learn more about the initiative and its projects on the Indigenous Watersheds Initiative platform.3 sites Indigenous Watersheds Initiative. This project is funded through the Healthy Watersheds Initiative.Watersheds BC
Watersheds BC is primarily funded by the Province of British Columbia and philanthropic organizations, and operates as a project on the MakeWay shared platform
- The Indigenous Watersheds Initiative: Backed by a $15 million investment from the BC government, this project was co-delivered by MakeWay and Watersheds BC to support Indigenous-led initiatives.
- The Healthy Watersheds Initiative: A $27 million economic recovery program provided by the BC government, which was led and administered by Watersheds BC and the Real Estate Foundation of British Columbia