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2023 Al Martin HCTF Conservation Fellowship Recipients Announced

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Scholarship Spotlight: Persia Khan Persia is one of this years Together for Wildlife Recipients! Persia Khan (she/her) is an MSc student in the Applied Conservation Science Lab at the University of Victoria and works with the Heiltsuk Integrated Resource Management Department (HIRMD) and the Raincoast Conservation Foundation. Persia holds a BSc Honours in Geography from the University of Victoria, and is excited to continue her research in coastal systems and wildlife ecology. To learn more about this year's recipients, the fellowship visit: https://hctf.ca/2023-together-for-wildlife-scholarship-recipients-announced/ #nature #hctf #bcnature #conservation #beautifulbc #biodiversity #WildlifeConservation #wildliferesearch #t4w

Our board members got down to business at our most recent board meeting! HCTF board members and staff had the opportunity to join Aaron Reid a Wildlife Biologist with the Province and Erin McLeod a biologist from @arrow_lakes_caribou to learn about the Central Selkirk Caribou recovery work. The Central Selkirk Caribou recovery work is one of many wildlife projects throughout the province that has received funding from HCTF. One of the goals of the program is to support increased cow and calf survival rates through maternal penning during the winter months. Maternal pens protect the cows and vulnerable young calves from predation, while also providing the array of nourishment to get cows and calves as healthy and strong as possible. As the HCTF crew listened and asked questions they picked lichen from precut branches and collected it in netted bags which ensure airflow which keeps the lichen in the best condition for Caribou forage. Arboreal lichen is an important and highly nutritious food source for Caribou during the winter months. Growing high in the trees this lichen remains an accessible food source for Caribou even during the winter snowpack. The lichen that was collected will be used to feed the Caribou cows and calves in the Maternity Pen in Nakusp in the coming winter months. To learn more about the @arrow_lakes_caribou society and their efforts check out their website: https://arrowlakescaribousociety.com/#section-one #conservation #caribou #caribouconservation #beautifulbc #bcconservation

Scholarship Spotlight: Harry Yiduo Zhang Harry is one of this years Together for Wildlife Recipients! Harry finds enthusiasm in applied problem-solving using technical approaches. “Feeding the right data to the right tools to inform the right decisions” loosely summarizes his work and study. Harry’s Ph.D. research is a grizzly bear habitat modeling project that involves Indigenous participation and traditional knowledge input, and aims to achieve two primary goals: The first goal is to bring grizzly bear habitat restoration opportunities into the Kettle-Granby area of southeastern B.C., which may in the long term radiate its positive effects, including the reintroduction of a viable grizzly bear population, into the neighboring extirpated areas The second goal is to experimentally develop a participatory modeling framework that combines the strengths of data-driven scientific modeling and the rich resources of the traditional ecological knowledge held within Indigenous communities, as part of the overarching effort to establish a new paradigm of Indigenous empowerment in applied wildlife conservation and natural resource management. To learn more about this year's recipients, the fellowship visit the link in our bio!

Happy Giving Tuesday! Don’t forget to consider donating to ANY of the amazing conservation efforts across BC! Let’s work together to protect and maintain the beautiful province and planet we call home! We’d also like to take a moment to thank all of our amazing partners, proponents, and donors for all of their hard work and support! To donate to HCTF you can head to https://hctf.ca/donate/ or find a conservation organization near you to help make a difference!

Scholarship Spotlight: Alessandro Freeman! Alessandro is one of this years Al Martin Fellowship Recipients! Alessandro Freeman is an M.Sc. student of Ecological Restoration at Simon Fraser University and the British Columbia Institute of Technology working to find nature-based solutions to retain perennial flow of BC watercourses in the face of climate change. Beavers are ecosystem engineers who provide a variety of ecosystem services such as the creation and conservation of aquatic habitat and water retention. The AMCF awards $10,000 annually to three graduate students pursuing a career in fish or wildlife management and conservation in BC. The award is named in honor of the late Al Martin, a lifelong BC conservation giant and former HCTF Board member. To learn more about this year's recipients, the fellowship, and Al Martin visit the link in our bio!

We’re looking for a new Trustee on our Board of Directors! The Habitat Conservation Trust Foundation (HCTF) is a non-profit granting organization that funds fish and wildlife conservation projects in BC, as well as several education and conservation stewardship initiatives. Through your work as a board member, you will network with fish and wildlife experts from around the province, direct conservation investments, and become familiar with what makes projects successful through a sound review process. We are looking for an experienced, dedicated, and knowledgeable individual with expertise in fish and wildlife management to join our Board of Directors. If this sounds like you or someone you know please head to the link in our bio! Applications are due by 4:30pm pst December 8th, 2023

Scholarship Spotlight: Alexia Constantinou! Alexia is one of this year's Together for Wildlife recipients! Her research focuses on British Columbia’s southern interior fisher population, its decline, and ways to improve fisher habitat by working with First Nations and industry. Fisher populations in British Columbia are in a steep decline and are predicted to become extirpated in Central BC within the next decade. To better understand the situation faced by fishers, Alexia is creating comprehensive population and distribution estimates. Using camera traps throughout their known current range, Alexia is monitoring not only the fishers themselves but also their prey, and other weasel family members. Through this monitoring, Alexia will be able to see what areas the fishers are still inhabiting, where their prey is, and most importantly where fishers are no longer inhabiting. The Together for Wildlife scholarship is awarded by HCTF in partnership with the First Nations-B.C. Wildlife & Habitat Conservation Forum and the Province of British Columbia to 10 graduate students pursuing a career in fish or wildlife management and conservation in BC. To learn more about this year's recipients, the fellowship visit the link in our bio!