Small-scale Ecosystem Grants
Do you have a small-scale project, that can be completed in two years or less, that helps improve ecological health and native biodiversity in the Basin? Small-scale Ecosystem grants are available to enhance a terrestrial and/or aquatic ecosystem, such as wetlands, fish habitat, forests or grasslands.
Who Can Apply?
Eligible applicants include registered non-profits, local governments and First Nations in the Columbia Basin Trust region.
Applicants operating outside the Basin must partner with community-based organizations operating within the region and must show that the project benefits the Basin.
How to Apply
This program is closed.
Deadline to Apply
This program is closed.
Previous Projects
View previously funded projects below.
Columbia Wetlands Turtle Habitat Enhancement
This project will install a nesting site and create basking habitat for Western painted turtles in the Columbia Wetlands.
Hoodoos Conservation Area Forest Encroachment Remediation Project
This project will restore 30 hectares of terrestrial habitat on Nature Trust of BC’s Hoodoo Conservation Area by thinning forest that has encroached onto critical native grassland habitat and subsequently re-seeding the treated area with native grasses to increase habitat values for wildlife and mimic historic fire events.
Minibark Bat Roost Installation and Monitoring
This project will enhance ecosystems by increasing the availability of suitable bat roosting habitat and encouraging the abundance and resiliency of endangered small bat species at six sites across the Basin.
Northern Jubilee Wetland Habitat Improvement
This project will enhance the function of a 2,500 metres squared section of northern Jubilee Wetland in Rossland through invasives management and replanting native species.
Slocan River Streambank Restoration
This project will restore 13.7 hectares of a riparian cottonwood ecosystem at Perry’s Bridge and Oxbow Island on Slocan River’s low and mid-bench floodplains.
Snk’mip Marsh Sanctuary Habitat Enhancement
This project will restore and enhance habitat for at-risk Coeur d’Alene salamander and Western painted turtle at the Snk’mip Marsh located at the north end of Slocan Lake.
Wasa Slough Habitat Enhancement
This project will enhance 20 hectares of a wildlife corridor and reduce the wildfire risk to the wildlife habitat and adjacent community of Wasa.
