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Mon, 20 Nov 2017

Marten vs. Goshawk

What happens when a marten’s meal is interrupted by a curious goshawk? Watch the video to find out!

Thanks so much to Shannon Crowley and Dexter Hodder for sharing this amazing footage from their HCTF-funded project, “Marten Population Responses to Accelerated Salvage Logging in MPB Stands in Central BC“.

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Scholarship Highlight: Johanna Griggs Johanna is one of 2025's Together for Wildlife Scholarship Recipients Johanna is a master’s student at the University of Victoria. Johanna is investigating the impacts of industrial logging in the Heiltsuk Territory. By using detection data from remote camera Johanna and Heiltsuk land managers seek to understand how industrial logging could be impacting spatiotemporal interactions between wolves and their prey. This work may minimize future impacts of logging on wildlife in the Heiltsuk Territory.

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Grant Applications are still open for Capacity Grants! Capacity Grants provide funding to build and strengthen the capability and capacity of organizations to design and deliver conservation or restoration projects successfully. The grant provides funds to support and develop strategies and abilities to initiate actions that benefit fish, wildlife, and habitat conservation aligned with the objectives of the HCTF. Capacity Grants assist with the first steps in planning, designing, engaging, or implementing a project. The deadline to apply is February 28, 2025, at 4:30pm (PST)! Ready to make an impact? Learn more or apply now at https://hctf.ca/grants/.

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HCTF’s Education Grants help bring hands‑on, outdoor learning to students across BC. GO Grants give K–12 teachers the support they need to take students outside, whether it’s pond dipping, exploring forests, or checking out local wetlands. LEAP Grants back mini conservation projects led by middle and high school students, helping them build real‑world skills and explore future careers in conservation. Together, these grants break down barriers, spark curiosity, and grow the next generation of conservation leaders. Learn more and apply through the link in our bio. #EducationGrants #GOGrants #LEAPGrants #OutdoorLearning #ConservationEducation #HCTF #WildBC

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Scholarship highlight: Olivier Jumeau Olivier is one of the 2025 Al Martin Scholarship Recipients Olivier is a master’s student from Thompson Rivers University. His research, working alongside Ulkatcho First Nation, aims to provide a baseline of information to inform indigenous management of caribou habitat. By integrating Ulkatcho oral history, Dakelh linguistics, and caribou-centric plots, and a holistic approach towards assessing habitat, Olivier hopes to better understand post fire habitat usage by caribou.

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🌟 Action Grant Applications Are Still Open! 🌟 Action Grants fund projects that actively engage people and communities in changing behaviors and practices to achieve measurable conservation results in British Columbia. These projects focus on creating sustainable solutions, mitigating human impacts, and reducing threats to species and ecosystems. Ready to make a difference? Apply today! The deadline to apply is February 28, 2025, at 4:30pm (PST)! To learn more head to https://hctf.ca/grants/action-grants/#overview

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Happy World Marmot Day! Marmots may be small, but they play a big role in BC’s ecosystems. As ecosystem engineers, their burrows help aerate soil, influence plant growth, and provide shelter for other species, making healthy marmot populations a sign of healthy landscapes. Here in BC, HCTF has proudly funded conservation work that helps restore and protect marmot habitat, supporting alpine ecosystems that benefit a wide range of wildlife. The Vancouver Island Marmot, once one of the world’s most endangered mammals, is now a powerful conservation success story thanks to decades of collaborative recovery efforts. Today, we’re celebrating marmots and the dedicated partners, researchers, and communities working together to ensure they continue to thrive. Learn more and get involved in conservation across BC. 📷 Project 1-693 #WorldMarmotDay #VancouverIslandMarmot #ConservationWorks #HCTF #BCWildlife #AlpineEcosystems

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Scholarship Student Highlight: Robyn Stack Robyn is one of this year’s T4W Scholarship Recipients Robyn is a master’s student currently studying with Thompson Rivers University. Her research is exploring the relationship building between Traditional Ecological Knowledge and Scientific Ecological Knowledge in the Nicola Watershed. Given the recent flooding and wildfire events in the area, a high amount of restoration work has been taking place in the area. This has opened the door to better integrate these two knowledge systems to create more effective, and inclusive, stewardship and restoration actions. The Together for Wildlife scholarship is awarded annually by HCTF in partnership with the First Nations-B.C. Wildlife & Habitat Conservation Forum and the Province of British Columbia’s Together for Wildlife Strategy (T4W) to 10 masters and Ph.D. candidates conducting research that will have a positive impact on stewardship, management, policy, or decision-making of wildlife in BC.

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Project Highlight: Toads on the Roads In the southern region of Vancouver Island, the western toad population is in decline. This decline is caused by many factors, including habitat loss and degradation, road mortality, and some recreational human activitys. To attempt to increase the survival of the south island population, the Association of Wetland Stewards for Clayoquot and Barkley Sounds, in partnership with Huu-ay-aht Lands and Natural Resources Department and Watershed Renewal Program, is working to restore habitats, install underpasses and guiding fences, and limiting some human activities in sensitive areas. Thanks to their hard work, over 500m of guiding fencing and 2 large box culverts were installed to reduce road mortality of migrating toads. Additionally, the groups worked to restore riparian habitat used by western toads, and educational signage was put in place. These efforts are helping to give western toads a better chance at survival, which increases the overall health of the environment. HCTF is happy to support work like this that enhances habitats for all species that share the environment!