Gitksan Watershed Authority
The Golden Rule meaning that whoever holds the wealth or financial power dictates how things are done. So fellow the money to find out who is writing the agenda. There are two primary factors involved, who are they getting funding from and who they are funding.
Follow the Money Trail
We have confirmed that the Gitksan Watershed Authorities (GWA) is connected to the following organizations.
Core Funding.
The Gitksan Watershed Authority (GWA) gets its core,  ongoing funding primarily from Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) through the Aboriginal Fisheries Strategy (AFS) Federal Liberal Goverment |
Pacific Salmon Foundation |
Watershed Security Fund |
| Real Estate Foundation of British Columbia |
Indigenous Watersheds Initiative – other federal and provincial programs (e.g., BC First Nations Environmental Contaminants Program, Fish Habitat Restoration Initiative, Indigenous Community‑Based Climate Monitoring Program, Indigenous Habitat Participation Program
In a nutshell funded by the BC NDP Goverment |
Skeena Watershed Conservation Coalition |
Confirmed connections and funding.
| Skeena Fisheries Commission (SFC) gets its core, ongoingfunding primarily from the federal government of Canada—specifically Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) Federal Liberal Goverment and BC NDP Goverment |
Skeena First Nations Technical Committee (SFNTC) gets its funding from Department of Fisheries and Oceans, the Province of B.C., or the Watershed Security Fund Federal Liberal Goverment and BC NDP Goverment |
Gitxsan Watershed Strategic Engagement Agreement ( BC NDP Goverment ) |
| Slamgeesh salmon project (wilp Gwininitxw) currently Yvonne Lattie |
Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) Federal Liberal Goverment |
Government of British Columbia: Gitxsan Watershed Strategic Engagement Agreement BC NDP Goverment |
| UBC, UNBC, and other technical partners. | Healthy Watersheds Initiative – The Healthy Watersheds Initiative’s core funding came from the BC NDP Goverment —specifically, $27 million from the B.C. Economic Recovery Plan, part of the province’s $10-billion COVID-19 response. The BC Real Estate Foundation of British Columbia administered the program in partnership with Watersheds BC |
Fish Habitat Restoration Initiative – The Fish Habitat Restoration Initiative in Canada is funded by Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) – Federal Liberal Goverment |
| Pacific Salmon Commission Northern Fund |
The devil is in the fine print, here is what the Gitksan Watershed Authority (GWA) does not openly admit.
Protests and Disputes – Not fish is their primary objective.
- Prince Rupert Gas Transmission (PRGT) pipeline
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Ksi Lisims LNG and associated pipeline development
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Earlier LNG and pipeline approvals
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Northern Gateway pipeline
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Logging and land-rights protests
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Protests against injunctions and RCMP enforcement
How many people know that the Stock Assessment Biologist at Fisheries and Oceans Canada also doubles as an agent for the Gitksan Watershed Authority? Ryan Whitmore is listed as the official representative to British Columbia’s Skeena Angler Advisory Team as the agent for the Gitksan Watershed Authority.
Pacific Salmon Foundation (PSF) Emergency Fund – In 2024, PSF provided emergency support to GWA (along with Gitanyow Fisheries Authority) for flood-response work: habitat rehabilitation, fish salvage, and infrastructure repairs in the Skeena watershed. However there is zero information on what these funds actually were used for, as with all taxpayer dollars there is little to no accountability at all based on the presumption that Indians are too honest to do any wrong. Meanwhile it leaves the rest of us wonder who pad for the brand new fossil fuel trucks they drive.
Note that as always, the money goes through a laundering process, to hide that its always on the backs of taxpayers.
