There are three main sources of funding for dam decommissioning projects: (i) public funding; (ii) private funding; (iii) corporate funding. Public funding includes all government agency budgetary allowances and grants. Private funding includes anything from donations made by individuals to foundation grants and sponsorship. Corporate funding is any funding, donation or sponsorship by a corporate group.
Funding sources are categorized by the above three categories and each source is briefly outlined by mission statement or focus of group or agency, eligibility, budget and application deadline. |
| Public funding sources are sub-categorized into two groups: (i) provincial; and (ii) federal. Note that all content is taken directly from literature or website provided by the funding agency. |
| PROVINCIAL SOURCES: |
Public: Provincial Funding Source 1
| Source Name: | Fisheries Renewal BC |
| Fund/Grant: | Applied Research and Development Program |
| Focus/Mission: | Support research based projects that promote: (i) community participation and increased capacity; (ii) sustainability and renewal of fisheries resources; (iii) increased knowledge of resources; and (iv) economic development. |
| Eligibility and Selection Criteria: | Projects should demonstrate strong partnerships among researchers, end-users in industry, community, and First Nations groups. Projects must have a science and technology related component and should address one of the following project areas:
Project areas (statements have been edited to retain only sections relevant to dam decommissioning and habitat studies):
- Research into…enhancement, experimental design and monitoring of habitat restoration
- Research into traditional ecological knowledge (traditional First Nations management techniques), and multi-species management
Note: Other topics that fit the within the program objectives will also be considered. |
| Funding Information: | Total funding for the program is $300,000 for the 2000/2001 fiscal year. The maximum award per project is $50,000.
Program provides funding for up to 100% of research-related costs. Projects are awarded funding through open competitions, with proposals evaluated by a Peer Review Committee. |
| Website: | www.scbc.org/programs/fisheries/ |
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Public: Provincial Funding Source 2
| Source Name: | Fisheries Renewal BC |
| Fund/Grant: | Salmon Renewal Program |
| Focus/Mission: | To draw communities together, promote local decision-making and use local resources in renewing provincial fisheries. |
| Eligibility and Selection Criteria: | Designated program delivery partners will fund local groups in conservation, restoration and enhancement projects involving all species of salmon and trout in fresh water and saltwater estuaries. Funding is available for works on public, private and First Nations lands.
Project areas include (statements have been edited to retain only sections relevant to dam decommissioning and habitat studies):
- Inventory, assessment and mapping of salmonid habitats and stocks.
- Watershed monitoring and evaluation.
- Salmonid habitat restoration
- Local salmonid enhancement projects
- Community based watershed planning and stewardship
- Public awareness projects
- Education projects
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| Funding Information: | The Program has initial funding of 3.5 million per year, which will be distributed by program delivery partners through grants to local project teams. Co-funding arrangements may be considered. Program provides funding for up to 100$ of research-related costs. Projects are awarded funding through open competitions, with proposals evaluated by a Peer Review Committee. |
| Website: | www.fishrenewal.gov.bc.ca/fsrbcprograms/ |
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Public: Provincial Funding Source 3
| Source Name: | Fisheries Renewal BC |
| Fund/Grant: | Planning and Partnership Program |
| Focus/Mission: | To help communities develop a partnership approach to resolving the problems facing BC fisheries by developing long term vision plans and effective relationships and inclusive planning processes. |
| Eligibility and Selection Criteria: | The program will fund individuals, groups and organizations. Project must develop partnerships or plans related to BC fisheries by one or more of the following (statements have been edited to retain only sections relevant to dam decommissioning and habitat studies):
- Sector wide or regional based strategic planning and partnership initiatives
- Research and information gathering.
- Workshops or meetings to facilitate groups coming together for a common purpose.
- Feasibility studies/risk assessments with broad benefits to the seafood sector as a whole.
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| Funding Information: | Grants are available up to $10,000. Staff are available to help groups acquire the tools needed to explore new ideas and develop sustainable fisheries opportunities. |
| Website: | www.fishrenewal.gov.bc.ca/fsrbcprograms/ |
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Public: Provincial Funding Source 4
| Source Name: | Fisheries Renewal BC |
| Fund/Grant: | Original Ideas Program |
| Focus/Mission: | Support original ideas that advance the aim of Fisheries Renewal BC as it works to renew and revitalize BC fisheries. |
| Eligibility and Selection Criteria: | Applicants may include any registered society, agency, organization or entity including First Nations, educational institution, science and research institutions, community groups and organizations as well as local governments. Note: Federal and provincial agencies cannot be a lead applicant but may be a co-applicant.
Projects will be considered if they do not fit within existing Fisheries Renewal BC programs and if they (statements have been edited to retain only sections relevant to dam decommissioning and habitat studies):
- Address an issue facing the fisheries sectors.
- Address challenges or opportunities that have broadly shared benefits
- Bring proven expertise to the project or show potential to develop the needed expertise.
- Develop practical partnerships within and between fisheries sectors and interests
- Present an effective plan that reflects local, regional or provincial priorities
The second stage of screening requires that the project encourage cooperative relationships, enhance the fishery in a new or innovative way, that activities are transferable, and that the proposal is creative and cost efficient. The project must also help to develop or provide a model for a sustainable fishery. |
| Funding Information: | Proponents must contribute 25$ of total project costs, in cash or in kind. No upper limit has been set on funding requests; each proposal will be considered on its merits. Funds from federal or provincial funding sources are eligible as co-funding contributions. |
| Website: | www.fishrenewal.gov.bc.ca/fsrbcprograms/ |
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Public: Provincial Funding Source 5
| Source Name: | Ministry of Environment, Lands and Parks |
| Fund/Grant: | Urban Salmon Habitat Program (USHP) |
| Focus/Mission: | To protect and restore salmonid habitats in urban areas in the BC portion of the Georgia Basin. |
| Eligibility and Selection Criteria: | Any non-profit group may apply including First Nations, schools, science and research institutions, community groups and others. Professionals or consultants assisting the stewardship group must not sign or co-sign the application.
Applications will be evaluated against the following criteria:
- Ability of the project to meet stewardship objectives
- Location of the project (salmonid values; degree of or potential for urban, agricultural or industrial developmental impacts on these values)
- Quality of the proposal (research, presentation, technical merit, skills/experience, coordination with partners, etc.)
- Amount of joint funding and/or contributions in kind
- Liaison relationship with local governments
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| Funding Information: | During any one year the funding that will be allotted to each applicant will be a maximum of 80$ of the project's annual costs to a maximum of $30,000. A community group must provide a minimum of 20$ of each year's total cost of its project. Ultimately, funding is dependant upon the ability of the project to meet USHP goals, past performance (for continuing projects) and the total amount of USHP funds available. There are limitations on how monies are allocated and application deadlines are set annually. Please refer to the website for more information. |
| Website: | www.landcentre.ca/urban/ushp.html |
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Public: Provincial Funding Source 6
| Source Name: | Ministry of Advanced Education, Training and Technology (AETT); Administered by the Science Council of BC |
| Fund/Grant: | Graduate Research Engineering and Technology (GREAT) Scholarships |
| Focus/Mission: | GREAT scholarships provide support to full-time graduate students in BC universities undertaking studies in the natural or applied sciences. In the Aquatic Resources sector, students are involved in many diverse and interesting areas, including: disease resistance and therapeutics in salmon; and genetic studies of important commercial species. |
| Eligibility and Selection Criteria: | Applicants must be Canadian citizens and Permanent Residents intending to pursue graduate studies in natural or applied sciences. Applications may be made prior to or after a student enters graduate studies. During the tenure of the award, students must be registered in full-time graduate studies in a BC university.
The selection criteria for a project are:
- Industrial significance -relevance to industry, level of collaboration, training opportunity
- Rating of student -recent academic performance, work experience
- Quality of proposed research -concept validity, scientific method, clarity of submission
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| Funding Information: | Applications are submitted by the student in collaboration with a company in the BC private sector. The collaborating company must be prepared to contribute a minimum of $2,500 cash or in-kind contribution toward the project costs incurred by each scholarship student. GREAT scholarships are worth up to $20,000 per year. They can be used to top up other major scholarships to a maximum total of $25,000.
There is one competition each year and the application deadline is January 31. Application forms are available in hard copy, or downloadable in RTF format. |
| Website: | www.scbc.org/programs/great/default.asp |
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Public: Provincial Funding Source 7
| Source Name: | Ministry of Environment, Lands and Parks |
| Fund/Grant: | Habitat Conservation Trust Fund (HCTF) |
| Focus/Mission: | The focus is on freshwater wild fish, native wildlife species and their habitats. |
| Eligibility and Selection Criteria: | Provincial government agencies, First Nations groups, local governments, community and conservation groups, universities and colleges, and individuals may apply for HCTF funding.
The selection criteria for a project are that it:
- Improve management
- Provide benefits to fish and wildlife and their habitats and which address impacts to adjacent ecosystems and non-target species.
- May provide needed conservation & management information in the face of development or resource extraction.
- Is a cost-shared (partnership) proposal.
- Support changes in practices of resource users
- Support large scale planning processes that may give a better return for species and habitats through partnerships
- Is coordinated, i.e., activities will bring benefits to ecosystems, groups of species or, for single species, activities are coordinated throughout the range of the species, e.g., a provincial bull trout plan with regional activities; a provincial dragonfly plan with regional activities.
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| Funding Information: | In April 2000, the HCTF provided $5.4 million for 151 fish and wildlife conservation projects around the province. Each year, the Trust Fund supports over 150 projects ranging in budget from $2,000 to $300,000. The HCTF encourages partnerships but will fund up to 100$ of project costs. |
| Website: | www.elp.gov.bc.ca/hctf/ |
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Public: Provincial Funding Source 8
| Source Name: | Ministry of Environment, Lands and Parks and BC Hydro |
| Fund/Grant: | Columbia Basin Fish and Wildlife Compensation Program |
| Focus/Mission: | To coordinate and fund a variety of activities that help sustain and enhance fish and wildlife populations in the Canadian portion of the Columbia River system. |
| Eligibility and Selection Criteria: | Project applications are reviewed by various individuals and committees to ensure that they are cost effective, achievable, biologically appropriate and socially desirable.
Specific objectives are to enhance existing fish and wildlife habitat in areas affected by BC Hydro's hydroelectric developments in the Columbia River Basin and to enhance habitat in other areas where the opportunity for on-site enhancement has been significantly reduced or eliminated by reservoir development. |
| Funding Information: | Application date is August 1st. All ongoing and new projects are funded from the annual budget of $3.2 million dollars. |
| Website: | www.cbfishwildlife.org |
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| FEDERAL SOURCES: |
Public: Federal Funding Source 1
| Source Name: | Funded by Fisheries and Oceans Canada; Administered by Pacific Salmon Endowment Fund Society |
| Fund/Grant: | Pacific Salmon Endowment Fund |
| Focus/Mission: | To promote the conservation, restoration and enhancement of Pacific salmonids for the benefit of present and future generations and to provide a funding mechanism for projects promoting the conservation, restoration and enhancement of Pacific salmonids. |
| Eligibility and Selection Criteria: | Applicant must be a charitable organization with a non-taxable status. Projects must be carried out in the province of BC and have a strong volunteer component to their organization and their project. The project must have support from other groups and agencies involved in similar activities in the area. Funding is limited to capital and sunset project expenditures. On-going labour costs or operational expenses are not considered for funding.
The types of projects supported are (types have been edited to retain only sections relevant to dam decommissioning and habitat studies):
- Spawning channels
- Outplanting
- Fishways and fish ladders
- Water supply augmentation
- Habitat restorations
- Bioreconnaissance
- Marking, tagging
- Watershed inventory
Other projects or activities not directly related to enhancement may include:
- Workshops and seminars
- Research
- Special events, brochures, advertising or other means of promotion
The three main target areas for funding are the Thompson-Shuswap river system; the Georgia Basin; and the Central Coast. |
| Funding Information: | The initiation of the PSEF was announced in February 2001 and the Department of Fisheries and Oceans contributed $30 million dollars for the fund. The initial 6-month interest available for 2001 projects is $750,000 with an estimated 1.5 million available annually for project expenditures. |
| Website: | www.psf.ca |
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Public: Federal Funding Source 2
| Source Name: | Fisheries and Oceans Canada; Administered by Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) |
| Fund/Grant: | Marine and Aquatic Research Science Grant Program |
| Focus/Mission: | To stimulate further research and training in fisheries, marine and aquatic sciences and encourage discussions and innovation through post-graduate and post-doctoral grants. |
| Eligibility and Selection Criteria: | Applicants must be Canadian citizens and Permanent Residents intending to pursue post-graduate or post-doctoral studies in natural or applied sciences. Applications may be made prior to or after a student enters graduate studies.
The types of research being funded are (types have been edited to retain only sections relevant to dam decommissioning and habitat studies):
- Aquaculture
- Behaviour and toxicity of contaminants in marine and fresh waters
- New indicators of fish health and ecosystem health
- Fish habitat
- Factors affecting the growth and survival of fish such as reproductive capacity, spawning success, and larval survival
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| Funding Information: | A total of $395,000 will be awarded by DFO to 75 post-graduate students. The grants are supplements to existing scholarships and fellowships given by . NSERC. The grants were announced on March 13, 2001 |
| Website: | www.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/communic/newsrel/2001/hq19_e.htm |
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Public: Federal Funding Source 3
| Source Name: | Environment Canada |
| Fund/Grant: | Eco-Action Community Funding Program |
| Focus/Mission: | To help groups carry out action oriented projects that protect or improve the environment in their community. |
| Eligibility and Selection Criteria: | Funding may be provided to non-profit groups and organizations, which are not part of the federal, provincial, territorial or municipal governments. Examples of eligible groups are community groups, environment groups and representative Aboriginal organizations or associations.
Projects must benefit the physical environment and the benefits must be measurable. The types of projects that are funded are (types have been edited to retain only sections relevant to dam decommissioning and habitat studies):
- Address Environment Canada's priority issues of clean air and climate change, clean water and/or nature (nature includes: (i) restoring a wetland; (ii) restoring and conserving habitat through a variety of enhancement techniques; (iii) persuading community members to protect environmentally sensitive areas)
- Provide opportunity for Canadians to take positive action at the community level.
- Encourage people to be more environmentally responsible.
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| Funding Information: | Funding available is up to a maximum of $100,000. The average amount given to any one group is $25,000. The maximum length of a project is 2 years. Application deadlines are February 1st and October 1st. |
| Website: | www.ec.gc.ca/ecoaction/ |
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Public: Federal Funding Source 4
| Source Name: | Revenue Canada |
| Fund/Grant: | Canada's Ecological Gifts Program |
| Focus/Mission: | To protect ecologically sensitive areas of land through tax assistance. EcoGifts are defined as gifts of full title to a property, or of the value of a conservation 'easement,' 'covenant' or 'servitude' attached to that title as defined under provincial or territorial legislation. Land can be donated outright or kept with restricted long-term use or restricted access. |
| Eligibility and Selection Criteria: | Ecogifts can include land that are:
- identified, designated or protected for environmental conservation;
- a locally important area;
- close to environmentally significant properties;
- buffer environmentally sensitive areas such as water bodies, streams or wetlands; or
- support the conservation of biodiversity or Canada's environmental heritage.
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| Funding Information: | Individuals or corporations who donate private land to the federal, provincial, or territorial governments, Canadian municipalities, or one of about 125 approved charities receive a federal tax deduction against up to 100$ of their annual income. Unused portions of the tax deduction can be carried forward for up to five years. The February 2000 Federal Budget introduced further changes to the Income Tax Act that reduced by 50$, the tax payable on the deemed capital gains associated with EcoGifts. |
| Website: | www.cws-scf.ec.gc.ca/ecogifts/ |
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| Private funding sources are defined as any source of funding from private foundations or from non-government organizations. |
Private Funding Source 1
| Source Name: | Earthwatch |
| Fund/Grant: | Centre for Field Research: Field Research Projects |
| Focus/Mission: | The role of the Centre is to create a public offering of significant research that addresses scientific, environmental, and public policy problems. |
| Eligibility and Selection Criteria: | Post-doctoral or equivalent scholarship. A limited number of projects headed by doctoral students working with an advisor with sufficient educational and field training. Research teams must include qualified volunteers, who are members of Earthwatch, to join scientists in the field and assist them with their data collection and other research tasks. |
| Funding Information: | Grants ranging from $10,000 to $15,000 US are available for field research projects. Most funds come from the donations of Earthwatch members who enlist for the opportunity to join scientists in the field and assist them with their data collection and other research tasks. Earthwatch grants per volunteers are typically in the range of $250 to $1,000 US. |
| Website: | www.earthwatch.org |
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Private Funding Source 2
| Source Name: | Canadian Foundation for Innovation (CFI) |
| Fund/Grant: | Innovation Fund |
| Focus/Mission: | To strengthen the capability of Canadian universities, colleges, research hospitals, and other not-for-profit institutions to carry out world-class research and technology development. |
| Eligibility and Selection Criteria: | Eligible Canadian universities, colleges, hospitals and not-for-profit research organizations can apply for CFI support. Only projects with total costs of $100,000 or more are eligible. Projects must meet the three following CFI criteria:
- Enable researchers to work on groundbreaking topics that are currently beyond their means and that will support innovative research that is linked to new ideas and concepts or different ways of performing research.
- Reinforce and support excellent research; or help create excellence where there is already evidence of real potential and need to do so.
- Help attract and retain the best researchers and create a stimulating and innovative training environment that will prepare individuals for research and other careers that will benefit Canada.
- Make a difference and contribute to the Canadian economy and/or to the improvement of society, the quality of life, health, or the environment.
Innovative research may require not only multidisciplinary approaches but also contributions from individuals from a variety of institutions and/or sectors. |
| Funding Information: | CFI intends to invest up to $350 million in the 2001 competition. Two further competitions are planned after the 2001 competition. CFI will contribute up to two-thirds or more of project total costs. |
| Website: | www.innovation.ca |
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Private Funding Source 3
| Source Name: | Donner Canadian Foundation (DCF) |
| Fund/Grant: | Donner Canadian Foundation Fund |
| Focus/Mission: | The DCF seeks to encourage individual responsibility and private initiative to help Canadians solve their social and economic problems. |
| Eligibility and Selection Criteria: | The Foundations grant-making continues under the guidance of a Board of Governors composed of the Donner family and eminent Canadians from a variety of fields. The foundation focuses on specific program interests, among these interests are research initiatives on public policy. |
| Funding Information: | Since 1967, the DCF has contributed over $75 million dollars to more than 600 projects across Canada. |
| Website: | donnerfoundation.org |
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Private Funding Source 4
| Source Name: | The McLean Foundation |
| Fund/Grant: | The McLean Foundation Fund |
| Focus/Mission: | Emphasis on projects showing promise of general social benefit but which may initially lack broad public appeal |
| Eligibility and Selection Criteria: | Grants made by the Foundation are restricted to organizations which are recognized by Revenue Canada as "charitable organizations" and which are able to provide a registration number. Grants are not made to individuals. Grants are made to 6 general categories including arts, education, general, conservation, health and welfare. |
| Funding Information: | In 1999, the Foundation paid out a total of $1,328,515 of which, approximately 20$ was dedicated to conservation projects. There is no information provided for limitations for grant requests or average project funding. |
| Website: | www.mcleanfoundation.on.ca |
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Private Funding Source 5
| Source Name: | The J.W. McConnell Family Foundation |
| Fund/Grant: | The J.W. McConnell Family Foundation Fund |
| Focus/Mission: | To enhance the ability of Canadians to understand, adapt, and respond creatively and effectively to the underlying forces that are transforming Canadian society and the world. |
| Eligibility and Selection Criteria: | Applicants must be a registered charitable organization and the project must serve the general public without regard to race, religion, gender or nationality. The Foundation generally does not consider requests where primary activity of the project is strictly local or regional where there is neither a high potential or clear strategy for the applied dissemination of learning across Canada.
Conferences, workshops, training scholarships and bursaries, buildings and facilities, equipment or endowments, advocacy, production of film, video or publication, academic or basic research are not supported by the Foundation.
The primary activity of a project must take place within Canada.
Projects must embody the Foundations preferred program characteristics:
- Effective strategies - clear statement of challenge to be addressed and its context
- Long term horizon - promote long-term change and effect preventative measures for issues and national challenges
- Breadth and depth - initiatives are rooted in local communities and integral to a country wide strategy
- Innovation and risk -promote new models of collaboration, release latent resources, involve people in new ways, and employ integrative ways of working together.
- Organization strength -applicant organization should have a clear mission and goals, supportive and involved constituency, capable management and committed volunteers.
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| Funding Information: | No limits or budget is provided. Applicants are asked to submit a letter outlining the project, the amount and duration of grant request and background information on organization. Contact information is available on website for more details about foundation and grant requests. |
| Website: | www.mcconnellfoundation.ca/grants/ |
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Private Funding Source 6
| Source Name: | Vancouver Foundation |
| Fund/Grant: | Environment |
| Focus/Mission: | To encourage and assist in the resolution of broad environmental issues arising in British Columbia |
| Eligibility and Selection Criteria: | Eligible applicants include registered charities and qualified donees under the Income Tax Act. Grants are not made to individuals or to businesses.
Goals for projects in the environmental field
- To support processes that involves the affected constituencies in the planning, management and implementation of strategies achieved preferably through consensual processes.
- To support research projects that increase scientific understanding, the need and methodology of which are seen by the affected constituents to be well founded.
- To support representative, non-government organizations to develop, facilitate and help implement the resource management elements of sustainable development plans.
- The development and delivery of training programs for First Nations and other communities who are or will become involved in the management of natural resources
- To support activities and projects that address broad watershed and marine issues in a cross-sectoral manner.
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| Funding Information: | Organizations should have at least 50$ of their funding in place before they apply. No information is provided for budget or grant request limitations. Contact information is available on website. |
| Website: | www.vancouverfoundation.bc.ca |
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| Corporate funding sources are defined as any source of funding from a corporate entity. |
Corporate Funding Source 1
| Source Name: | BC Hydro |
| Fund/Grant: | Bridge Coastal Restoration Program (BCRP) |
| Focus/Mission: | To restore fish and wildlife populations and habitat in watersheds impacted by the construction of hydroelectric generation facilities in BC Hydro's Bridge River Coastal Generation area. These 15 watersheds are located through the Fraser Valley, Vancouver Island, Coastal, Bridge River, and Shuswap areas. |
| Eligibility and Selection Criteria: | The application process is open to any individual or group. Potential applicants include: (i) individuals, (ii) community groups; (iii) municipal, provincial, or federal governments; (iv) corporations; (v) First Nations; (vi) educational institutions; (vii) consulting companies.
Eligible projects must: (i) be located in one of the 15 watersheds covered by the program; (ii) address footprint impacts and limiting factors; (iii) be scientifically supportable; (iv) meet information requirements and formats specified in application package. |
| Funding Information: | The BCRP will provide $1.5 million in annual funding for fish and wildlife projects. There is no funding limit to projects on an annual or multiyear basis. However, projects requesting BCRP funding in excess of $100,000 as a one-time cost, or in excess of $200,000 on a multi-year basis will be viewed as special circumstances. |
| Website: | www.bchydro.bc.ca/bcrp/ |
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Corporate Funding Source 2
| Source Name: | BC Hydro |
| Fund/Grant: | The Peace/Williston Fish and Wildlife Compensation Program |
| Focus/Mission: | To enhance and protect fish and wildlife within the watersheds of the Williston and Dinosaur reservoirs. |
| Eligibility and Selection Criteria: | The application process is open to any individual or group. Potential applicants include: (i) individuals, (ii) community groups; (iii) municipal, provincial, or federal governments; (iv) corporations; (v) First Nations; (vi) educational institutions; (vii) consulting companies.
Eligible projects must: (i) be located in the Peace/Williston areas; (ii) sustain and enhance fish and wildlife populations; (iii) be consistent with the mandates and policies of both BC Hydro and the Ministry of Environment, Lands and Parks; (iv)use compensation funds effectively for the benefit of fish and wildlife in the program area (v) provide the people who use and enjoy the fish and wildlife resources of the region an opportunity for input into the program; (vi) take a long-term view of providing benefits to the fish and wildlife resources of the area. |
| Funding Information: | BC Hydro established a fund that has a current value of $23 million dollars to support the program. In fiscal 2000/2001 the fund provides $1.09 million for the fish and wildlife program in the watershed. |
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Corporate Funding Source 3
| Source Name: | Shell Canada |
| Fund/Grant: | Shell Environment Fund (SEF) |
| Focus/Mission: | To provide financial support for grass roots, action-oriented projects that improve and protect the Canadian environment. |
| Eligibility and Selection Criteria: | Any Canadian resident can apply on their own or on behalf of a service club, charitable or volunteer organization, environmental group, youth group or others.
Eligible projects are those that propose innovative, action-oriented ways of improving and protecting the Canadian environment. SEF will not support lobbying and advocacy activities, operating or general expenses for an organization, large projects requiring significant funding where SEF funding is a small part of overall project costs, conferences and workshops, or individual research projects. |
| Funding Information: | Any individual or group can only receive a grant once for any single project. SEF provides grants up to $5000 per project. |
| Website: | www.shell.ca |
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Corporate Funding Source 4
| Source Name: | Mountain Equipment Coop (MEC) |
| Fund/Grant: | Environment Fund |
| Focus/Mission: | The objectives are: (i) to protect the outdoor environment in areas having significant recreational or wilderness value to MEC members; (ii) to educate MEC members in environmental issues and to enhance their awareness, concern, and support for the environment; and (iii) to promote the safe and environmentally conscious use of MEC products in outdoor recreation activities. |
| Eligibility and Selection Criteria: | All projects must: (i) support environmental and/or conservation goals; (ii) not be designed for profit purposes; (iii) have goals that are attainable within the fiscal year; and (iv) involve volunteers. The categories for projects supported by MEC are (categories have been edited to retain only sections relevant to dam decommissioning and habitat studies):
- Land acquisitions for conservation
- Projects that educate the public on environmental issues
- Advocacy and education projects which advance conservation or environmental causes
- Environmental research projects
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| Funding Information: | MEC will dedicate up to 0.4$ of each previous year's gross sales towards financial support of the Environmental fund. For land acquisition, the grants will be up to an aggregate of $100,000 annually. For other areas, the range for grants is generally from $2000 to $10,000. Grant applications are reviewed three times per year on January 31st, May 31st and September 30th. |
| Website: | www.mec.ca |
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Corporate Funding Source 5
| Source Name: | Toronto Dominion Bank |
| Fund/Grant: | Friends of the Environment Fund (FEF) |
| Focus/Mission: | To provide support for worthwhile community-based initiatives that make a positive difference to the Canadian environment. The FEF vision that when people join together, every positive action, no matter how large or small, contributes to the overall health of our environment |
| Eligibility and Selection Criteria: | Applications are accepted from local community groups and organizations. Projects must meet the following criteria:
- Protects and preserves the environment
- Assists young Canadians in understanding and participating in environmental activities in local communities
- Enhances partnerships among environmental organizations
- Takes place within the geographic scope of the Community Fund chapter.
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| Funding Information: | Applications for the Fund are reviewed throughout the year. No information is provided for annual budget or grant request limitations. |
| Website: | www.fef.ca |
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