CBT will provide $62000 to Mainstreams Environmental Society to provide fiscal management of the Columbia Basin Watershed Network (CBWN) core budget on behalf of the CBWN Steering Committee and membership. For more information on the CBWN visit www.cbwn.ca
Learn MoreThe Columbia Basin Rural Development Institute will promote and support informed planning and decision-making in the Columbia Basin through region-specific information and applied research.
Learn MoreThe LawShare project will train local lawyers and leaders of non-profit organizations in aspects of law directly related to the management of community service agencies. In addition the project will develop a library of legal resource materials that will be...
Learn MoreThe Selkirk Geospatial Research Centre (SGRC) in partnership with Columbia Basin Trust (CBT) is providing a range of geomatic services pertaining to watershed management within the Columbia Basin.
Learn MoreCBT will provide funding support to the First nations Columbia River Treaty Leadership Commission (Okanagan Nation Alliance the Ktunaxa Nation Council and the Secwepemc Nation bands) who have agreed to work together in Phase 2 to develop a strategy and...
Learn MoreThis project provides a 50% cost subsidy to Basin residents for electric fence equipment and installation. Project Coordinator Gillian Sanders will help residents install preventative electric fencing suitable to their needs and work with the BC Conservation Officer Service to...
Learn MoreThis project supports the development of a model climate resilient SDS bylaw for communities in the Basin. This project also supports the tailoring of this generic model bylaw to four communities in the Columbia Basin (Elkford Rossland Kimberley and Castlegar)....
Learn MoreThe Cranbrook Clean Bin Project is an environmental education project that aims to tackle the issue of waste reduction by bringing "The Clean Bin Project" film to schools and public and coordinating a month long school and community clean bin...
Learn MoreThis project is an expansion of the Central Kootenay Invasive Plant Committee's Communities and Youth Pulling Together public and school educational programs. This program is focused on educating youth and adults on invasive species and their impacts and will provide...
Learn MoreThe Carbon Neutral Kootenays (CNK) Project is a collaboration of local governments and First Nations in the Kootenays with the goal of reducing energy consumption and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from municipal regional and First Nations' corporate operations. This a...
Learn MoreThe Village of Canal Flats will be upgrading the Canal Flats Arena. The project involves completing a wide range of structural improvements to the community area including the replacement of the cracked concrete slab brine lines under the ice surface...
Learn MoreThe Village of Salmo through its participation in the Communites Adapting to Climate Change (CACCI) Climate Adaptation Planning and Scanning Workshop identified three key priority climate change risks; flood risk protection of community water supply and protection of the quantity...
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