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09 Oct 2018

Bringing Back the Bluebird!

Guest post by Genevieve Singleton, Project Manager of the Cowichan Valley Naturalists’ Society Bring Back the Bluebird Project Imagine standing in a Garry Oak meadow in the Cowichan Valley. You hear a low chirp and look up and see a bright flash of blue fly by! You are seeing a Western Bluebird on Vancouver Island, […]

24 Sep 2018

Going wild with GO Grants: Over $83,000 awarded to get BC students learning outside

Habitat Conservation Trust Foundation has awarded over $83,000 in GO Grants to help create outdoor learning opportunities for elementary and high school students across BC. “We received an unprecedented number of applications for our Fall grant intake, and we are delighted that we were able to fund so many great field trips and outdoor learning […]

17 Sep 2018

Now Accepting Enhancement & Restoration Grant Proposals

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Habitat Conservation Trust Foundation is now accepting applications for Enhancement & Restoration grants. Applications must be submitted through HCTF’s online application system by 4:30pm on November 2nd, 2018. Before beginning your application, please review the updated guides and resources on the Enhancement and Restoration Grant Overview webpage. New applicants can request a User ID and current grant recipients […]

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Going wild with GO Grants: Over $83,000 awarded to get BC students learning outside

Habitat Conservation Trust Foundation has awarded over $83,000 in GO Grants to help create...
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New Research Into Managing Mange (with photos that will have you saying “awww” instead of “eww”)

You don’t expect to get warm fuzzies from a project about mange, until you...
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Volunteers Wanted: BC American Kestrel Nest Box Program

One of our PCAF grant recipients is looking for volunteers to help with their...
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BC Parks Contributes $30K from Licence Plate Sales to HCTF GO Grants Program

VICTORIA – To get more students out of the classroom and into the...
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2018-19 Approved PCAF Projects

HCTF has just approved grants for 21 community conservation projects under our PCAF...
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Great Goat Photos

Thank you to Mike Bridger and the rest of the Northeast mountain goat survey...
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Project Evaluation: Spring Site Visits

By Kathryn Martell and Christina Waddle Project evaluation is a core component of HCTF’s...
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Dough for Does – Grants, Donations and Volunteers Support the Southern Interior Mule Deer Project

A new, large-scale research project, involving multiple agencies and universities, has started to tackle...
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Premier Announces Eagle Heights Purchase

Victoria, BC – Premier John Horgan has announced the successful acquisition of Eagle...
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GO Grants to Get Thousands of Students Outdoors This Spring

There may still be snow in parts of BC, but spring GO Grant field...
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BC Fisher Habitat Website

The BC Fisher Habitat Working Group has just launched a new website to assist BC...
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Bull River Bighorn Herd Helped by Land Purchase

The Nature Trust of BC has just announced the successful acquisition of the Bull...
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A Summer with the Birds – Student Shares Her Experiences Working with the Delta Farmland and Wildlife Trust

As a follow-up to our video series on the HCTF Summer Internship Program, we...
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HCTF Visits the Cariboo

As part of our evaluation program to ensure HCTF funds are benefiting fish and...
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Monitoring Vancouver Island Estuaries

Thanks to Karen Barry from the VICLMP program for sending us this project update! The...
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Quesnel Lake Tagging Program Receives Top Honours

HCTF Silver Award winner Lee Wiliston’s project was recently featured in the 2016 Cariboo-Chilcotin Fishing...
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BC Kids Granted Opportunities for Outdoor Learning

Victoria –The Habitat Conservation Trust Foundation (HCTF) has announced it will provide over $66,000...
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15 Years of Investments in BC’s Premier Angling Streams

BC has a reputation for outstanding freshwater sport fishing, perhaps best exemplified by its...
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New Nesting Platform Eagle-Approved

Residents of Vancouver’s North Shore have some new feathery neighbours. A pair of bald...
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Return of the Roosevelts

Elk Translocation Program on Vancouver Island Aims to Restore Roosevelt Elk to Their Former...
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Penticton Creek Completion Achieves Major Milestone in Restoration Project

A major milestone has been achieved in Penticton Creek restoration this week, as the...
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Trail Cam Photos

We love to receive photos of our grant recipients’ projects, especially when they feature...
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New Docks at Poirier Lake

Local residents have a new place to go fishing with the recent completion of...
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Rewilding Burrard Inlet

HCTF’s Burrard Inlet Restoration Pilot Program was recently featured in the Vancouver Sun and...
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HCTF Takes a Look at the Kitimat River Cutthroat Trout Project

As part of our evaluation program to ensure HCTF funds are benefiting fish and...
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Fraser River Sturgeon Project Featured on CBC

CBC put together some great coverage of an HCTF-funded project that is tracking sturgeon...
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Go Fish for Free in BC this Father’s Day Weekend

If you’ve ever considered giving fishing a try, mark June 19th -21st in your...
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PCAF Project Leader Honoured with Trail Dedication Ceremony

On May 8th, Prince George officials and community members gathered together with family &...
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Wood Lake Kokanee Show Signs of Recovery

Wood Lake kokanee may not be large fish, but in terms of economic and...
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Precious Waste: Using Woody Debris to Create Connectivity Across Clearcuts

Clearcutting continues to be the dominant harvesting system across much of North America. Its...
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Declining Den Sites: Finding Cavities Fit for a Fisher

What’s furry, fierce and likes to dine on porcupine? It’s the fisher, Pekania pennanti,...
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Tiny Technology: Mapping Marten Movement

In the frozen wilderness of North-central BC, a small, furry head pops out from...
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Out of the Ashes

Each spring, BC’s fire crews brace themselves for the intensity of the fire season...
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Fishing in the City

Watch a video about this FFSBC program designed to get BC’s urban residents fishing. HCTF...
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Video: Urban Lakes Infrastructure Program

Fishing with Rod just uploaded this video about the Vancouver Island Urban Lake Fishery...
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Monsters of the Deep

“So what do you think lives down there?” It’s my first question to government...
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Catching a Glimpse

The following story was submitted to us by Berry Wijdeven, a biologist working on HCTF...
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HCTF Announces Funding for Restoration Projects on Burrard Inlet

HCTF has announced it will provide over $200,000 in funding this year for estuary...
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Elk Lake Enhancement Project

On Vancouver Island, a local angling club is taking the lead in a project...
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Going Batty in Peachland

What was first thought to be a liability has turned into a biological treasure...
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Biologists and Winter Recreationalists Team Up to Save Telkwa Caribou Herd

In the Telkwa Mountains near Smithers, BC, a small herd of Mountain Caribou persists...
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Bringing Back the Sharpie

For an animal whose survival depends on being inconspicuous, the Sharp-tailed Grouse has developed...
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Good, Clean Dirt

UVic student Nathalie Vogel submitted the following narrative about PCAF Project 976, the Restoration...
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Students Help Transform MacKay Creek

Over the past two months, MacKay Creek estuary has undergone an amazing transformation. The...
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South Park School Shares Their CEAF Story

We received this wonderful video from South Park Family School in Victoria, BC, showing...
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BC’s Wild/ Domestic Sheep Separation Program

The November rut is a magnificent display of strength and agility, a refined ritual...
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Ritchie Lake Wetland Restoration: From Bad to Rad!

The following story was provided by the South Okanagan-Similkameen Conservation Program, detailing the amazing...
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Elkink South Block, Sagebrush Slopes and Sparrow Grasslands

The South Okanagan-Similkameen region is a biodiversity hotspot, home to unique assemblages of plants...
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Columbia Lake: Marion Creek Benchlands and Lot 48

Columbia Lake sits at the head of the Columbia River, nestled between the Purcell...
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PCAF Project Makes Ancient Forest Accessible to All

Earlier this month, hundreds of people turned out for the Grand Opening of the...
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New Docks for Urban Lakes

A joint venture between HCTF, FFSBC and the Province is making angling more accessible...
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BC’s Breeding Bird Atlas

As a follow-up to last week’s bluebird post, we thought we’d feature another HCTF...
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Bringing Back the Bluebirds

The Western Bluebird was once a common site on Vancouver Island. This brilliantly-coloured...
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Experiential Learning at Hakai

Students in the remote village of Hagensborg, BC rarely get to connect with learning...
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HCTF Grant Helps Move Penticton Creek Rehabilitation Forward

It’s been sixty years since Penticton Creek, Okanagan Lake’s third largest tributary, was able...
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CEAF Grants $46,000 to BC Schools for Outdoor Field Studies

HCTF approved 33 CEAF grant requests in its February 2013 application call, providing over...
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Conservation in Action

With support from HCTF’s Public Conservation Assistance Fund (PCAF), the Salt Spring Island Conservancy is making...
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Why did the frog (try to) cross the road?

Although roads are vital transportation corridors for humans, they often have the opposite effect...
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River Restoration Benefits Fish & Anglers

Fish—and anglers—in the Kettle River watershed are the beneficiaries of a three-year project by...
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