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| Grantee |
Amount |
Date |
 | Watershed Watch
BC Salmon Habitat Protection | $640,489 | Mar. 2013 | | | | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 36 mo. | $640,489 | Mar. 2013 |
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Purpose
To advance the protection of freshwater habitat, species diversity and abundance for British Columbia wild salmon. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 36 mo. | $598,815 | May 2010 |
Purpose
In support of advancing the implementation of the Pacific Wild Salmon Policy in British Columbia, as well as in applying rigorous science and monitoring to the mitigation of fish farm impacts on wild salmon. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 36 mo. | $450,000 | Mar. 2007 |
Purpose
The grant will build upon Sierra Club BC's previous success of developing the Wild Salmon Policy (WSP) in B.C. Watershed Watch will work to fully implement WSP within the time-frame of this grant. | | B.C. Wildlife Federation
Strengthening Protection for BC Aquatic Habitat | $524,382 | Feb. 2013 | | | | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 34 mo. | $524,382 | Feb. 2013 |
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Purpose
Strengthening Protection for BC Aquatic Habitat. | | David Suzuki Foundation
Salmon Market Standards 2 | $496,850 | Nov. 2012 | | | | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 36 mo. | $496,850 | Nov. 2012 |
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Purpose
To increase the regional market incentives for industry leaders and governments to improve fisheries management practices in British Columbia. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 27 mo. | $501,102 | Feb. 2013 |
Purpose
To develop technical analyses and strategic communications in support of marine spatial planning and implementation. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 21 mo. | $315,430 | May 2011 |
Purpose
This grant to David Suzuki Foundation supports developing technical analyses in support of Marine Spatial Planning and the Pacific North Coast Integrated Management Area (PNCIMA) Initiative. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 18 mo. | $339,287 | Aug. 2010 |
Purpose
To increase the incentives for industry leaders and governments to improve salmon aquaculture and fisheries management practices in British Columbia. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 12 mo. | $132,249 | Aug. 2009 |
Purpose
To maintain a targeted constituency in British Columbia that is supportive of a marine spatial planning process in the Pacific North Coast Integrated Management Area that includes a spatial management plan and network of marine protected areas. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 24 mo. | $471,972 | Nov. 2006 |
Purpose
The David Suzuki Foundation is using this grant to address the need for elevated awareness and better management of British Columbia’s marine ecosystems through reframing marine conservation issues. The outcomes of this grant include increased understanding of key stakeholders’ views on marine conservation, the state of marine ecosystems, and preferred management solutions in British Columbia. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 36 mo. | $450,000 | Dec. 2003 |
Purpose
This grant to the David Suzuki Foundation supports an integrated approach to protecting wild salmon populations along the British Columbia coast. Outcomes for this grant include conversion of the Wild Salmon Policy to an ecosystem-based management regime, establishment of the Salmon Stewardship Network as an effective self-sustaining entity, as well as modeling and a report of sea lice dispersal. | | Alaska Conservation Foundation
Fish, People, Place – Southeast Alaska | $805,000 | Oct. 2012 | | | | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 24 mo. | $805,000 | Oct. 2012 |
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Purpose
To advance the conservation of wild salmon ecosystems in Southeast Alaska. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 12 mo. | $268,750 | Oct. 2011 |
Purpose
The Alaska Conservation Foundation will use this grant to advance the conservation of wild salmon ecosystems in Southeast Alaska. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 7 mo. | $148,348 | Nov. 2010 |
Purpose
This grant to the Alaska Conservation Foundation is in support of the Bristol Bay Regional Vision project. Funding will be used to help articulate the shared economic, social, and cultural aspirations of the residents of the Bristol Bay region of Alaska. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 36 mo. | $1,500,000 | Apr. 2004 |
Purpose This grant to Alaska Conservation Foundation (1) lays the groundwork for the permanent protection of Southeast Alaska's critical salmon habitat by supporting efforts to organize the sport fishing/hunting community, mobilize national constituencies, and shed light on the real drivers of the regional economy and (2) incubates efforts to organize support for salmon habitat conservation in Bristol Bay. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 12 mo. | $350,000 | Feb. 2003 |
Purpose
This grant supports near-term defense against efforts to expand destructive habitat use/roll-back of existing habitat protections. | | Tides Canada Foundation
Gitanyow Land Use and Salmon Recovery Plan Implementation | $2,239,000 | Oct. 2012 | | | | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 24 mo. | $2,239,000 | Oct. 2012 |
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Purpose
To support implementation of the Gitanyow First Nation Land Use Plan and the Kitwanga Sockeye Salmon Recovery Plan. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 32 mo. | $981,200 | Apr. 2012 |
Purpose
This grant to Tides Canada Foundation will support an agile mechanism for timely small scale investments in local, community-driven activities aimed at protecting wild salmon in British Columbia. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 36 mo. | $2,327,325 | Oct. 2011 |
Purpose
In support of the Salmon Aquaculture Innovation Fund. Funding will be used in conjunction with public and private sources to support early stage research, development, and demonstration of closed containment systems in British Columbia. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 24 mo. | $2,496,506 | Feb. 2011 |
Purpose
This grant to Tides Canada Foundation’s "Tlatsini Conservation Fund" will support the Taku Tlinget First Nation in implementing wild salmon conservation provisions of the Atlin-Taku Land Use Plan and the associated government-to-government shared decision-making agreement. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 20 mo. | $8,413,822 | Nov. 2010 |
Purpose
To support the Marine Planning Partnership for the North Pacific Coast to produce four sub-regional marine use plans and a common regional marine use plan. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 38 mo. | $893,881 | Nov. 2010 |
Purpose
For an agile mechanism for timely, small-scale investments in activities aimed at securing resilient and productive marine ecosystems in British Columbia. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 36 mo. | $2,418,405 | Oct. 2010 |
Purpose
In support of the Salmon Aquaculture Innovation Fund. Funding will be used in conjunction with public and private sources to support early stage research, development and demonstration of on-land closed containment systems in British Columbia. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 18 mo. | $858,576 | Jun. 2010 |
Purpose
In support an agile mechanism for timely small scale investments in grassroots activities aimed at protecting wild salmon in British Columbia. The goal is to capitalize on time-limited opportunities to advance identified strategic outcomes of the Wild Salmon Ecosystems Initiative. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 24 mo. | $477,179 | Oct. 2009 |
Purpose
To establish a Finfish Aquaculture Innovation Fund to enable the transition from open-net pens to closed containment technology. Funding will also support increased strategic coordination between the business community, ENGOs and government in advancing aquaculture solutions which protect wild salmon. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 12 mo. | $736,132 | Sep. 2009 |
Purpose
For development of a multi-sector partnership in support of a marine spatial planning process in the Pacific North Coast Integrated Management Area. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 6 mo. | $162,785 | Jun. 2009 |
Purpose
This grant will support Tides Canada Foundation in redesigning and rebuilding its service delivery model to ensure robust and sustainable support to environmental philanthropy in British Columbia’s wild salmon and marine ecosystems. Specifically, it will help fund a comprehensive business planning initiative to guide future organizational development and growth. This planning will help ensure regional capacity to enhance the durability of the conservation outcomes for the Wild Salmon Ecosystems Initiative and the Marine Conservation Initiative. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 18 mo. | $395,910 | Mar. 2009 |
Purpose
This grant to Tides Canada Foundation will provide an agile mechanism for timely small scale investments in grassroots activities aimed at protecting wild salmon in British Columbia. The intention is to capitalize on time-limited opportunities to advance identified strategic outcomes of the Wild Salmon Ecosystem Initiative. Areas of focus include habitat protection in the Taku and Skeena watersheds, as well as harvest and aquaculture reform. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 24 mo. | $1,811,939 | Aug. 2008 |
Purpose
The purpose of this grant to Tides Canada Foundation (Tides Canada) is to facilitate the move towards more sustainable salmon harvest and habitat protection practices in the Skeena watershed of Northwest British Columbia. The overall goal of the project is to strengthen the in-region campaign to ensure implementation of Canada’s new Wild Salmon Policy consistent with the May 2008 recommendations of the Skeena Independent Science Review Panel. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 8 mo. | $1,241,635 | Aug. 2008 |
Purpose
This grant supports the Tides Canada Foundation to elevate and secure the Pacific North Coast Integrated Management Area (PNCIMA) Area-Based Management process. Tides Canada will also facilitate marine conservation Environmental Non-Governmental Organization (ENGO) coordination by partnering with the BC Marine Planning Network, a consortium of five ENGOs, to implement their joint strategic plan. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 14 mo. | $655,000 | Oct. 2007 |
Purpose
Tides Canada will use this grant to make a strategic acquisition of a guide outfitter business operating in the Taku Watershed in order to advance overall ecosystem conservation and sustainable development goals in the region. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 12 mo. | $529,629 | Aug. 2007 |
Purpose
The Tides Canada Foundation will use this grant to complete and implement a conservation financing deal for the protection of Great Bear Rainforest, and to launch two new organizations (known collectively as the Coast Opportunities Funds) that will manage conservation investments in the region. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 36 mo. | $1,212,150 | Nov. 2006 |
Purpose
Tides Canada Foundation is using this grant to establish a Donor Advised Fund devoted to increasing and sustaining Environmental Non-Governmental Organization (ENGO) capacity, strategic planning, and coordination for British Columbia’s Area-Based Management processes. The key outcome of this grant includes marine conservation ENGO capacity to effectively advance a science-based, stakeholder-driven Pacific North Coast Integrated Management Area (PNCIMA) process. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 36 mo. | $469,227 | Nov. 2006 |
Purpose
TWA will work with the Taku River Tlingit First Nation to build community support for ratifying a long-term conservation vision that will help secure the watershed’s valuable salmon resources. Additionally, TWA will conduct education and outreach to government officials and other important stakeholders in order to build support for protecting the Taku watershed from threats posed by the Tulsequah Chief mine and the associated road project. There are two primary outcomes for this project: 1) the Tulsequah Chief mine and associated road are mitigated to maintain salmon ecosystem integrity; and 2) a comprehensive Land Use plan for the Taku River Watershed is ratified. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 36 mo. | $600,000 | Sep. 2006 |
Purpose
Based on the geographic and strategic priorities identified by the Foundation, Tides Canada will reach into key communities, and identify smaller organizations and individuals that are critical to the success of executing these priorities. This will increase local community support and conservation capacity to generate and sustain effective salmon protection in priority watersheds - Skeena, Stikine, and Taku. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 24 mo. | $500,000 | Mar. 2006 |
Purpose
Tides Canada Foundation is using this grant to support organizational development, facilitation, and strategic coordination for ENGOs, First Nations, anglers, and commercial fisherman concerned with threats to wild salmon ecosystems in Skeena and Stikine watersheds in British Columbia. Outcomes for this grant include expansion of Stikine Conservation Network, development of Tahltan land use vision, and increased capacity of Tahltan and Iskut First Nations to assert a land use vision. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 12 mo. | $5,842,736 | Mar. 2006 |
Purpose
Together with commitments from the Hewlett, Packard, Wilburforce and Rockerfeller Brothers Fund foundations, GBMF’s pledge will seed a US $100 million fund that will be used as conservation investments and incentives to influence the outcome of land use planning efforts in the Great Bear Rainforest (GBR) region. The results of these land use plans will determine the level of protection in the GBR and ensure suitable habitat for salmon long into the future. There are two primary outcomes associated with this grant: 1) four million acres of pristine temperate rainforest, including approximately 100 pristine lower-elevation valleys, permanently protected on the coast of British Columbia; and 2) an ecosystem-based resource management regime established on the entire 21 million acres of the Great Bear Rainforest. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 12 mo. | $400,481 | Dec. 2004 |
Purpose
Tides Canada used this grant to complete the formation of the Rainforest Solutions Project and finalize land use planning processes in the Great Bear Rainforest, which encompasses critical habitat for conserving wild salmon in the region. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 24 mo. | $277,525 | Nov. 2004 |
Purpose
Through this grant, the Tides Canada Foundation supports the Transboundary Watershed Alliance's efforts to preserve wild salmon and wild salmon ecosystems in British Columbia's Taku River watershed. Outcomes for this grant include increased Tlingit First Nation conservation profile and capacity to negotiate with other governments and the immobilization of the Tulsequah Chief mine and road development proposal. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 24 mo. | $600,000 | May 2004 |
Purpose
This grant marks the Foundation's continued and increased support for Tides Canada's Donor Advised Fund. Outcomes for this grant include execution of 12 to 15 additional grants per year, supporting small-scale NGOs focused on salmon habitat protection. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 12 mo. | $350,000 | May 2003 |
Purpose
With this grant, Tides Canada facilitates grantmaking to local NGOs working to conserve wild salmon and protect pristine watersheds in British Columbia. Outcomes for this grant include establishment of a donor advised fund to support wild salmon conservation work. | | Pacific Salmon Foundation
BC Run-of-River Hydro Project Audit | $147,540 | Oct. 2012 | | | | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 12 mo. | $147,540 | Oct. 2012 |
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Purpose
To support an independent audit of run-of-river hydro projects and their impacts on salmonid species in British Columbia. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 37 mo. | $505,962 | Mar. 2011 |
Purpose
This grant to Pacific Salmon Foundation supports increased coordination of the commercial fishing industry, conservation organizations, and regulating agencies in addressing Marine Stewardship Council’s certification conditions for wild salmon fisheries in British Columbia. It will also support these stakeholders in advancing the refinements to the overall approach to the certification of anadromous fisheries. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 22 mo. | $873,424 | May 2010 |
Purpose
For enhancement of the scientific baseline information available to Skeena watershed stakeholders in developing recommendations for implementation of the harvest reform provisions in Canada's new Wild Salmon Policy. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 12 mo. | $408,957 | Jun. 2009 |
Purpose
This grant supports the full implementation in the Skeena watershed of the harvest reform provisions in Canada’s new Wild Salmon Policy. It will do this by enhancing scientific baseline information available to Skeena watershed stakeholders in developing recommendations to government agencies regarding wild salmon assessment, monitoring and management. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 36 mo. | $1,359,652 | Oct. 2008 |
Purpose
For operation of the Skeena Watershed Congress and its harvest and habitat subcommittees in order to enable full implementation of the Pacific Wild Salmon Policy consistent with the recommendations of the Skeena Independent Science Panel. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 10 mo. | $276,961 | Aug. 2008 |
Purpose
This grant supports the full implementation in the Skeena watershed of the harvest reform and habitat protection provisions of Canada’s new Wild Salmon Policy. It will do this by enhancing scientific baseline information available for assessment, monitoring and decision-making by the Skeena Watershed Congress multi-stakeholder process. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 8 mo. | $288,109 | Feb. 2008 |
Purpose
The purpose of this grant to the Pacific Salmon Foundation is to develop an Independent Science Review Panel for the Skeena River fishery in British Columbia. The primary output of this project will be a report that describes the strengths and weaknesses of current fisheries practice and makes recommendations for fisheries reform. | | Simon Fraser University
Shared Decision-Making Governance Learning Project | $249,408 | Aug. 2012 | | | | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 20 mo. | $249,408 | Aug. 2012 |
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Purpose
To support and inform the development and effective implementation of First Nations Shared Decision-Making governance arrangements in British Columbia. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 24 mo. | $611,715 | Jul. 2012 |
Purpose
To support the development and application of a practical decision-making tool for spatial planning of small-scale hydro projects in British Columbia, to optimize the development of renewable energy while minimizing cumulative impacts on ecosystems and biodiversity conservation. | | The Nature Conservancy - Alaska
Salmon Decision Support Tool | $1,619,436 | Aug. 2012 | | | | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 24 mo. | $1,619,436 | Aug. 2012 |
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Purpose
In support of the development of decision support tools that assist Alaskans in the responsible development of natural resources in wild salmon systems. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 32 mo. | $2,063,554 | Oct. 2011 |
Purpose
The Nature Conservancy, Alaska Chapter will use this grant to advance the conservation of wild salmon ecosystems in Southeast Alaska. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 24 mo. | $251,465 | Oct. 2011 |
Purpose
To support efforts to protect the wild salmon ecosystems of Alaska’s Bristol Bay region. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 36 mo. | $1,742,090 | Nov. 2007 |
Purpose
To advance the conservation of wild salmon ecosystems in Southeast Alaska by supporting the Tongass Futures Roundtable process and associated efforts to develop collaborative multi-stakeholder solutions. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 36 mo. | $1,025,035 | Dec. 2004 |
Purpose
This grant supports The Nature Conservancy's partnership with the Alaska Department of Fish & Game. The two organizations are sharing resources to expand and enhance Alaska's framework for salmon conservation. Outcomes for this grant include completion of the Nushagak Watershed conservation strategy, expansion of Alaska's Anadromous Waters Catalog to include endangered watersheds, integration of ecosystem role of salmon into salmon management, and establishment of state policy for natural-flow regimes for anadromous fish bearing waters. | | British Columbia First Nations Fisheries Council
First Nations Engagement in Freshwater Stewardship | $261,929 | Jul. 2012 | | | | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 12 mo. | $261,929 | Jul. 2012 |
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Purpose
To support BC First Nations to increase knowledge of freshwater management issues and develop a common strategy to address them. | | University of British Columbia, Faculty of Science
Water Quality Optimization for Closed Containment Aquaculture | $276,686 | Jul. 2012 | | | | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 30 mo. | $276,686 | Jul. 2012 |
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Purpose
To support research aimed at identifying optimal water quality conditions for growing salmon in recirculating aquaculture systems. | | BC Spaces for Nature Society
Rebuilding Traditional BC Conservation Alliances | $295,229 | Jul. 2012 | | | | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 36 mo. | $295,229 | Jul. 2012 |
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Purpose
To rebuild recreational, cultural and economic sector alliances for conservation in British Columbia. | | Simon Fraser University
Cumulative Impacts of Small Scale Hydro in British Columbia | $611,715 | Jul. 2012 | | | | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 24 mo. | $611,715 | Jul. 2012 |
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Purpose
To support the development and application of a practical decision-making tool for spatial planning of small-scale hydro projects in British Columbia, to optimize the development of renewable energy while minimizing cumulative impacts on ecosystems and biodiversity conservation. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 20 mo. | $249,408 | Aug. 2012 |
Purpose
To support and inform the development and effective implementation of First Nations Shared Decision-Making governance arrangements in British Columbia. | | Sage Centre
Protecting Ecological Flows in BC | $600,313 | Jun. 2012 | | | | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 36 mo. | $600,313 | Jun. 2012 |
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Purpose
To support Tides Canada Initiative’s Canadian Freshwater Alliance Project in increasing community understanding of standards and practices for protecting ecological flows and groundwater. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 24 mo. | $455,120 | Jun. 2011 |
Purpose
This grant enables the Tides Canada Initiatives to administer the British Columbia Marine Conservation Analysis (BCMCA) Project. The BCMCA Project will share its collaborative, peer-reviewed, and expert-driven products with Marine Spatial Planning processes. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 25 mo. | $889,946 | Nov. 2007 |
Purpose
This grant enables the Sage Centre to manage and administer the British Columbia Marine Conservation Analysis (BCMCA) to synthesize available ecological, biological, oceanographic, and human use spatial data in British Columbia. The BCMCA will engage multi-sector experts to collect the data and ensure an iterative Marxan spatial analysis, biophysical and human use digital atlas, and associated data repository is available to support Area-Based Management (ABM) in the Pacific North Coast Integrated Management Area (PNCIMA) and other resource management processes. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 16 mo. | $250,000 | Nov. 2007 |
Purpose
This grant to the Sage Centre will support the continued development of a groundbreaking test case related to aboriginal rights and title to the lands and water of Haida Gwaii. The legal framework for aboriginal rights and title in Canada has the potential to have a significant impact on land and natural resource conservation in affected regions. | | University of Alaska, Fairbanks School of Fisheries and Ocean Science
Multi-University Wild Pacific Salmon Institute | $287,301 | Jun. 2012 | | | | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 12 mo. | $287,301 | Jun. 2012 |
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Purpose
To design a wild salmon center of excellence | | Earth Economics
Mat-Su ecosystem valuation and statewide scoping | $263,348 | Jun. 2012 | | | | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 24 mo. | $263,348 | Jun. 2012 |
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Purpose
In support of an economic analysis of green infrastructure and ecosystem services provided within the Matanuska-Susitna Basin. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 18 mo. | $382,705 | Nov. 2011 |
Purpose
This grant will better position ecosystem service valuation in order to inform decision making, correct economic incentives and improve public and private investment among conservation organizations, federal agencies and municipalities. | | Conservation Fund
Salmon Recirculating Aquaculture Systems Optimization | $1,000,000 | May 2012 | | | | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 36 mo. | $1,000,000 | May 2012 |
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Purpose
In support of research to identify the conditions for optimal salmon production in environmentally secure recirculating aquaculture systems. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 36 mo. | $500,000 | Sep. 2010 |
Purpose
To undertake a 24-month research project growing Atlantic salmon to food size in an existing freshwater closed containment research facility, and to disseminate best practices and other findings to support improved decision-making about land-based aquaculture in British Columbia. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 36 mo. | $4,500,000 | May 2003 |
Purpose
The Conservation Fund received this grant to fund the acquisition and permanent protection of private lands located in sensitive parts of slamon producing watersheds contained within existing parks and refuges in Southwest Alaska. | | World Wildlife Fund
Kamchatka – Local Salmon Conservation Efforts | $1,994,781 | May 2012 | | | | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 36 mo. | $1,994,781 | May 2012 |
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Purpose
In support of conservation of wild salmon and wild salmon habitat in Kamchatka, Russia. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 4 mo. | $122,000 | Mar. 2013 |
Purpose
This grant will enable the newly established China Sustainable Growth Fund to deliver a sustainable growth strategy that leverages and accelerates global best practices and key partners in the effort to protect worldwide biodiversity and ecosystem services. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 15 mo. | $1,172,069 | Nov. 2012 |
Purpose
World Wildlife Fund-US and its partner World Wildlife Fund-Brazil will secure funder and government commitments in support of the financial sustainability of the Amazon Region Protected Areas Program and provide technical support to Brazilian protected area agencies in the refinement of management effectiveness indicators. Grant outputs include analyses of management effectiveness and contribution of protected areas to national and regional economies, communication and fundraising materials, design of fund structures, fund-raising, and coordination of a multi-stakeholder engagement process. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 22 mo. | $4,272,740 | May 2012 |
Purpose
WWF and its regional partners will complete implementation of protected area management strategies, monitoring, and sustainable finance tools in eight protected areas covering approximately 10.5 million hectares in the Amazon Headwaters region of Peru, Bolivia and Brazil. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 7 mo. | $495,000 | Mar. 2012 |
Purpose
World Wildlife Fund-US and its partner World Wildlife Fund-Brazil will use grant funds to secure funder and government commitments in support of the financial sustainability of the Amazon Region Protected Areas Program. Grant outputs include ecological analyses and dissemination materials. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 24 mo. | $1,050,000 | Nov. 2011 |
Purpose
This grant will support the launch of the TEEB for Business effort to create a common platform that recognizes the full impact of business actions on ecosystems and biodiversity, including standardizing how to measure these impacts and engaging the public on related policy reforms. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 24 mo. | $1,050,000 | Nov. 2011 |
Purpose
This grant will support the launch of the TEEB for Business effort to create a common platform that recognizes the full impact of business actions on ecosystems and biodiversity, including standardizing how to measure these impacts and engaging the public on related policy reforms. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 18 mo. | $250,846 | Nov. 2011 |
Purpose
This grant will support World Wildlife Fund’s participation in the Consumer Goods Forum, an effort to achieve zero deforestation through the concerted action of a consortium of the world’s largest consumer goods companies committed to removing deforestation from their supply chains by 2020. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 18 mo. | $250,846 | Nov. 2011 |
Purpose
This grant will support World Wildlife Fund’s participation in the Consumer Goods Forum, an effort to achieve zero deforestation through the concerted action of a consortium of the world’s largest consumer goods companies committed to removing deforestation from their supply chains by 2020. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 12 mo. | $1,523,939 | Mar. 2011 |
Purpose
For Phase III of the Amazon Headwaters Initiative aimed at protecting and effectively managing large blocks of protected areas in the southwestern headwaters of the Amazon Basin. Specifically, this grant will achieve the basic consolidation of 10 priority protected areas covering a total of 10.4 million hectares in Peru, Bolivia and Brazil; the creation of a new protected area in Brazil totaling 100,000 hectares, and the development of financial business plans for two sites in Bolivia totaling 182,000 hectares. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 21 mo. | $357,191 | Oct. 2010 |
Purpose
In support of analyzing the extent, patterns, trends, and causes of protected area downgrading, downsizing, and degazettement (PADDD), a widespread, but largely overlooked, trend in conservation. Exploring the conservation implications of PADDD will serve to better inform conservation practices and emerging conservation policies, ultimately resulting in more robust, resilient, and targeted strategies for climate change mitigation and biodiversity conservation. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 26 mo. | $169,896 | Oct. 2010 |
Purpose
To finalize data collection and publish manuscripts on the spatial and habitat needs of keystone vertebrate species in the southern Peruvian Amazon. This research will advance the scientific basis for the minimum area and habitat requirements necessary for establishing and maintaining functional protected areas and conservation landscapes in the Amazon. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 36 mo. | $2,665,166 | Mar. 2009 |
Purpose
To promote sustainable fisheries practices in Kamchatka. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 24 mo. | $225,000 | Nov. 2008 |
Purpose
To build an exemption into the Brazilian income tax system for contributions by individuals and corporations to qualifying environmental projects being implemented by national environmental funds, state environmental funds and non-governmental organizations. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 62 mo. | $1,461,357 | May 2008 |
Purpose
For the Education for Nature (EFN) program to establish permanent training capacity for park guards in four Andean countries and improve the skills of the existing park guard force in three Andean countries. It will increase the institutional capacity for protected area management in these countries by providing job placement assistance to former EFN? fellowship recipients and graduate fellowships in fields of study related to protected area management at preselected universities. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 25 mo. | $404,336 | Mar. 2008 |
Purpose
This project with the World Wildlife Fund will continue the collection of data on a number of important indicator species with large or complex habitat needs to advance the scientific justification for the minimum area and habitat requirements necessary for establishing and maintaining functional protected areas and conservation landscapes in the Amazon. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 3 mo. | $466,433 | Jan. 2008 |
Purpose
This grant serves to provide supplemental funding to complete the initial grant to World Wildlife Fund (to conserve the headwaters regions of the Southwest Amazon, while simultaneously investing in strategic scientific research and policy interventions), and to maintain the core project staff and local partners that are essential to a second-phase grant currently under development. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 24 mo. | $7,168,000 | Jan. 2007 |
Purpose
World Wildlife Fund will use this grant to support the collaborative endeavor known as the Amazon Region Protected Areas (ARPA) programme. Outcomes include 10-15 million hectares of new protected areas and strengthening the implementation of 6.3 million hectares of existing protected areas to the 50 million ha target of the ARPA program.. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 36 mo. | $2,422,984 | Dec. 2005 |
Purpose
This grant supports World Wildlife Fund's efforts to improve the framework for protecting Kamchatka's salmon in their marine environment by reforming salmon fishery policies, increasing local awareness of market-based sustainable salmon fisheries, creating the first Marine Fishery Protective Zone for critical salmon habitat, and strengthening antipoaching enforcement. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 24 mo. | $400,000 | Dec. 2005 |
Purpose
This grant supports World Wildlife Fund's 2006 and 2007 International Smart Gear Competitions and post-competition activities to catalyze new fishing gear technologies to reduce bycatch. Outcomes for this grant include implementation of strategies for winning technologies. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 60 mo. | $3,457,000 | Dec. 2004 |
Purpose
Through its Education for Nature program, World Wildlife Fund is using this grant to provide academic and applied training to graduate students and protected-area personnel throughout South America. Outcomes include protected area management training for 615 park guards and 54 two-year scholarships to individuals from the Andes-Amazon region for masters and doctoral degrees at universities in the region or abroad. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 36 mo. | $15,407,000 | Nov. 2004 |
Purpose
This renewal grant supports Phase II of World Wildlife Fund's Amazon Headwaters Initiative. Outcomes include protection and management of 1.3 million hectares in the Itenez-Mamore Block (Bolivia) and 6.9 million hectares in the Southern Amazon Block (Peru, Bolivia, Brazil), evaluation of Amazonia policy interventions, and expansion of science capacity for conservation of Amazon headwaters. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 24 mo. | $849,415 | Nov. 2003 |
Purpose
World Wildlife Fund used this grant to improve ecoregional conservation by raising management standards and practices for large-scale programs. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 12 mo. | $2,351,000 | Aug. 2003 |
Purpose
World Wildlife Fund used this grant to support the pilot phase of the Amazon Headwaters Initiative, a plan to maintain regional terrestrial and freshwater biodiversity. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 48 mo. | $15,581,000 | Aug. 2002 |
Purpose
This grant supports the collaborative endeavor known as the Amazon Region Protected Areas (ARPA) programme. In response to World Wildlife Fund's Forest for Life Campaign, the Brazilian government pledged to place 10% of its of biologically rich forest under conservation protection. ARPA was developed to help implement that commitment. Outcomes include creation, establishment, and management of 14 sustainable-use reserves covering nine million hectares in two large forested blocks. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 12 mo. | $2,400,000 | Jun. 2002 |
Purpose
World Wildlife Fund used this bridge grant to create new protected areas in the Brazilian Amazon, through the Amazon Region Protected Areas programme. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 12 mo. | $300,000 | Mar. 2002 |
Purpose
World wildlife Fund used this grant to design a marine conservation network and develop a project management plan for large-scale conservation in three specified ecoregions: the southwest Amazon, Mesoamerican Caribbean Reef, and the Terai Arc of India/Nepal. | | Tides Canada Foundation
Wild Salmon Ecosystem Small Grants Fund | $981,200 | Apr. 2012 | | | | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 32 mo. | $981,200 | Apr. 2012 |
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This grant to Tides Canada Foundation will support an agile mechanism for timely small scale investments in local, community-driven activities aimed at protecting wild salmon in British Columbia. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 24 mo. | $2,239,000 | Oct. 2012 |
Purpose
To support implementation of the Gitanyow First Nation Land Use Plan and the Kitwanga Sockeye Salmon Recovery Plan. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 36 mo. | $2,327,325 | Oct. 2011 |
Purpose
In support of the Salmon Aquaculture Innovation Fund. Funding will be used in conjunction with public and private sources to support early stage research, development, and demonstration of closed containment systems in British Columbia. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 24 mo. | $2,496,506 | Feb. 2011 |
Purpose
This grant to Tides Canada Foundation’s "Tlatsini Conservation Fund" will support the Taku Tlinget First Nation in implementing wild salmon conservation provisions of the Atlin-Taku Land Use Plan and the associated government-to-government shared decision-making agreement. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 20 mo. | $8,413,822 | Nov. 2010 |
Purpose
To support the Marine Planning Partnership for the North Pacific Coast to produce four sub-regional marine use plans and a common regional marine use plan. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 38 mo. | $893,881 | Nov. 2010 |
Purpose
For an agile mechanism for timely, small-scale investments in activities aimed at securing resilient and productive marine ecosystems in British Columbia. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 36 mo. | $2,418,405 | Oct. 2010 |
Purpose
In support of the Salmon Aquaculture Innovation Fund. Funding will be used in conjunction with public and private sources to support early stage research, development and demonstration of on-land closed containment systems in British Columbia. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 18 mo. | $858,576 | Jun. 2010 |
Purpose
In support an agile mechanism for timely small scale investments in grassroots activities aimed at protecting wild salmon in British Columbia. The goal is to capitalize on time-limited opportunities to advance identified strategic outcomes of the Wild Salmon Ecosystems Initiative. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 24 mo. | $477,179 | Oct. 2009 |
Purpose
To establish a Finfish Aquaculture Innovation Fund to enable the transition from open-net pens to closed containment technology. Funding will also support increased strategic coordination between the business community, ENGOs and government in advancing aquaculture solutions which protect wild salmon. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 12 mo. | $736,132 | Sep. 2009 |
Purpose
For development of a multi-sector partnership in support of a marine spatial planning process in the Pacific North Coast Integrated Management Area. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 6 mo. | $162,785 | Jun. 2009 |
Purpose
This grant will support Tides Canada Foundation in redesigning and rebuilding its service delivery model to ensure robust and sustainable support to environmental philanthropy in British Columbia’s wild salmon and marine ecosystems. Specifically, it will help fund a comprehensive business planning initiative to guide future organizational development and growth. This planning will help ensure regional capacity to enhance the durability of the conservation outcomes for the Wild Salmon Ecosystems Initiative and the Marine Conservation Initiative. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 18 mo. | $395,910 | Mar. 2009 |
Purpose
This grant to Tides Canada Foundation will provide an agile mechanism for timely small scale investments in grassroots activities aimed at protecting wild salmon in British Columbia. The intention is to capitalize on time-limited opportunities to advance identified strategic outcomes of the Wild Salmon Ecosystem Initiative. Areas of focus include habitat protection in the Taku and Skeena watersheds, as well as harvest and aquaculture reform. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 8 mo. | $1,241,635 | Aug. 2008 |
Purpose
This grant supports the Tides Canada Foundation to elevate and secure the Pacific North Coast Integrated Management Area (PNCIMA) Area-Based Management process. Tides Canada will also facilitate marine conservation Environmental Non-Governmental Organization (ENGO) coordination by partnering with the BC Marine Planning Network, a consortium of five ENGOs, to implement their joint strategic plan. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 24 mo. | $1,811,939 | Aug. 2008 |
Purpose
The purpose of this grant to Tides Canada Foundation (Tides Canada) is to facilitate the move towards more sustainable salmon harvest and habitat protection practices in the Skeena watershed of Northwest British Columbia. The overall goal of the project is to strengthen the in-region campaign to ensure implementation of Canada’s new Wild Salmon Policy consistent with the May 2008 recommendations of the Skeena Independent Science Review Panel. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 14 mo. | $655,000 | Oct. 2007 |
Purpose
Tides Canada will use this grant to make a strategic acquisition of a guide outfitter business operating in the Taku Watershed in order to advance overall ecosystem conservation and sustainable development goals in the region. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 12 mo. | $529,629 | Aug. 2007 |
Purpose
The Tides Canada Foundation will use this grant to complete and implement a conservation financing deal for the protection of Great Bear Rainforest, and to launch two new organizations (known collectively as the Coast Opportunities Funds) that will manage conservation investments in the region. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 36 mo. | $1,212,150 | Nov. 2006 |
Purpose
Tides Canada Foundation is using this grant to establish a Donor Advised Fund devoted to increasing and sustaining Environmental Non-Governmental Organization (ENGO) capacity, strategic planning, and coordination for British Columbia’s Area-Based Management processes. The key outcome of this grant includes marine conservation ENGO capacity to effectively advance a science-based, stakeholder-driven Pacific North Coast Integrated Management Area (PNCIMA) process. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 36 mo. | $469,227 | Nov. 2006 |
Purpose
TWA will work with the Taku River Tlingit First Nation to build community support for ratifying a long-term conservation vision that will help secure the watershed’s valuable salmon resources. Additionally, TWA will conduct education and outreach to government officials and other important stakeholders in order to build support for protecting the Taku watershed from threats posed by the Tulsequah Chief mine and the associated road project. There are two primary outcomes for this project: 1) the Tulsequah Chief mine and associated road are mitigated to maintain salmon ecosystem integrity; and 2) a comprehensive Land Use plan for the Taku River Watershed is ratified. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 36 mo. | $600,000 | Sep. 2006 |
Purpose
Based on the geographic and strategic priorities identified by the Foundation, Tides Canada will reach into key communities, and identify smaller organizations and individuals that are critical to the success of executing these priorities. This will increase local community support and conservation capacity to generate and sustain effective salmon protection in priority watersheds - Skeena, Stikine, and Taku. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 24 mo. | $500,000 | Mar. 2006 |
Purpose
Tides Canada Foundation is using this grant to support organizational development, facilitation, and strategic coordination for ENGOs, First Nations, anglers, and commercial fisherman concerned with threats to wild salmon ecosystems in Skeena and Stikine watersheds in British Columbia. Outcomes for this grant include expansion of Stikine Conservation Network, development of Tahltan land use vision, and increased capacity of Tahltan and Iskut First Nations to assert a land use vision. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 12 mo. | $5,842,736 | Mar. 2006 |
Purpose
Together with commitments from the Hewlett, Packard, Wilburforce and Rockerfeller Brothers Fund foundations, GBMF’s pledge will seed a US $100 million fund that will be used as conservation investments and incentives to influence the outcome of land use planning efforts in the Great Bear Rainforest (GBR) region. The results of these land use plans will determine the level of protection in the GBR and ensure suitable habitat for salmon long into the future. There are two primary outcomes associated with this grant: 1) four million acres of pristine temperate rainforest, including approximately 100 pristine lower-elevation valleys, permanently protected on the coast of British Columbia; and 2) an ecosystem-based resource management regime established on the entire 21 million acres of the Great Bear Rainforest. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 12 mo. | $400,481 | Dec. 2004 |
Purpose
Tides Canada used this grant to complete the formation of the Rainforest Solutions Project and finalize land use planning processes in the Great Bear Rainforest, which encompasses critical habitat for conserving wild salmon in the region. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 24 mo. | $277,525 | Nov. 2004 |
Purpose
Through this grant, the Tides Canada Foundation supports the Transboundary Watershed Alliance's efforts to preserve wild salmon and wild salmon ecosystems in British Columbia's Taku River watershed. Outcomes for this grant include increased Tlingit First Nation conservation profile and capacity to negotiate with other governments and the immobilization of the Tulsequah Chief mine and road development proposal. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 24 mo. | $600,000 | May 2004 |
Purpose
This grant marks the Foundation's continued and increased support for Tides Canada's Donor Advised Fund. Outcomes for this grant include execution of 12 to 15 additional grants per year, supporting small-scale NGOs focused on salmon habitat protection. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 12 mo. | $350,000 | May 2003 |
Purpose
With this grant, Tides Canada facilitates grantmaking to local NGOs working to conserve wild salmon and protect pristine watersheds in British Columbia. Outcomes for this grant include establishment of a donor advised fund to support wild salmon conservation work. | | AquaSeed
SweetSpring Salmon Coho Salmon RAS Project - 2 | $650,000 | Nov. 2011 | | | | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 24 mo. | $650,000 | Nov. 2011 |
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The purpose of this grant is to demonstrate technical and financial feasibility of on-land closed containment aquaculture technology. The funds will support additional costs for construction of a commercial recirculation Coho salmon production system to enable research around production factors. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 36 mo. | $990,474 | Nov. 2010 |
Purpose
To demonstrate technical and financial feasibility of on-land closed containment aquaculture technology. The funds will support construction and operation of a recirculation Coho salmon production system in Rochester, Washington, and related research about production factors. | | Forest Ethics
Skeena Headwaters Strategic Negotiations Capacity 2 | $351,393 | Nov. 2011 | | | | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 36 mo. | $351,393 | Nov. 2011 |
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This grant supports Skeena communities in promoting a precautionary approach to coal bed methane development, including the establishment of no-go areas in the highly sensitive headwaters habitat. | | Alaska Conservation Foundation
Fish, People, Place – Southeast Alaska | $268,750 | Oct. 2011 | | | | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 12 mo. | $268,750 | Oct. 2011 |
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The Alaska Conservation Foundation will use this grant to advance the conservation of wild salmon ecosystems in Southeast Alaska. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 24 mo. | $805,000 | Oct. 2012 |
Purpose
To advance the conservation of wild salmon ecosystems in Southeast Alaska. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 7 mo. | $148,348 | Nov. 2010 |
Purpose
This grant to the Alaska Conservation Foundation is in support of the Bristol Bay Regional Vision project. Funding will be used to help articulate the shared economic, social, and cultural aspirations of the residents of the Bristol Bay region of Alaska. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 36 mo. | $1,500,000 | Apr. 2004 |
Purpose This grant to Alaska Conservation Foundation (1) lays the groundwork for the permanent protection of Southeast Alaska's critical salmon habitat by supporting efforts to organize the sport fishing/hunting community, mobilize national constituencies, and shed light on the real drivers of the regional economy and (2) incubates efforts to organize support for salmon habitat conservation in Bristol Bay. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 12 mo. | $350,000 | Feb. 2003 |
Purpose
This grant supports near-term defense against efforts to expand destructive habitat use/roll-back of existing habitat protections. | | Bulkley Valley Centre for Natural Resources Research and Management
Collaborative Assessment of Cumulative Impacts in Skeena Region | $358,150 | Oct. 2011 | | | | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 24 mo. | $358,150 | Oct. 2011 |
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This grant will support an assessment of the cumulative effects of alternative ecological and industrial scenarios on wild salmon ecosystems in Skeena Region of British Columbia. | | National Audubon Society, Alaska State Office
Fish, People, Place – Southeast Alaska | $362,142 | Oct. 2011 | | | | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 32 mo. | $362,142 | Oct. 2011 |
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The National Audubon Society, Alaska State Office will use this grant to advance the conservation of wild salmon ecosystems in Southeast Alaska. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 12 mo. | $75,000 | May 2007 |
Purpose
National Audubon Society's Alaska office received this grant in support of science-based public outreach, policy advocacy, and litigation on behalf of roadless areas within the Tongass National Forest. Outcomes for this grant include inventory and synthesis of data for the Tongass National Forest and the creation of a conservation strategy that enumerates watershed resource values and identifies priorities for protection. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 24 mo. | $120,000 | May 2004 |
Purpose
National Audubon Society's Alaska office is using this grant to enumerate the ecological resource values of the Tongass and to facilitate the identification of conservation priorities. | | Trout Unlimited
Fish, People, Place – Southeast Alaska | $879,096 | Oct. 2011 | | | | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 32 mo. | $879,096 | Oct. 2011 |
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Trout Unlimited’s Alaska Program will use this grant to advance the conservation of wild salmon ecosystems in Southeast Alaska. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 17 mo. | $1,029,542 | Nov. 2009 |
Purpose
The purpose of this grant is to develop and execute a paid media campaign that will educate residents of Alaska about the benefits of protecting renewable resources in Bristol Bay, and the risks associated with large-scale mining. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 12 mo. | $925,625 | Nov. 2006 |
Purpose
This grant will enable Trout Unlimited to invest in a statewide media campaign to build support for the permanent protection of the region’s valuable salmon resources. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 30 mo. | $379,817 | Sep. 2006 |
Purpose
Through this grant, Trout Unlimited will work with agencies and scientists to ensure that the best available science will be utilized for work hatchery/wild salmon interactions. The outcomes will be to minimize negative effects on wild salmon/steelhead. A second outcome will be to ensure best science is incorporated into salmon recovery plans. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 36 mo. | $1,291,700 | Nov. 2004 |
Purpose
This grant is to help relaunch Trout Unlimited's Alaska conservation program with a focus on: organizing the hunter and angler community, completing one community-based fish-passage restoration project, mobilizing support for Bristol Bay conservation, and influencing the reauthorization of the Pacific Salmon Treaty. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 24 mo. | $150,495 | Mar. 2004 |
Purpose
This grant supports Trout Unlimited's Hatchery Reform Project. Hatchery fish (bred and reared under artificial conditions) are more likely to be eaten by predators, go astray during migrations, and are less successful in spawning; approximately five billion hatchery smolts are released per year. Outcomes for this grant include creation of a diverse coalition for hatchery reform and protection of wild fish, early adoption of a landscape model for hatcheries management, the connection of public funding for hatcheries to a landscape model, and maintenance of legal safeguards for fish listed under Endangered Species Act protection. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 60 mo. | $2,000,000 | Mar. 2002 |
Purpose
Trout Unlimited established the Revolving Research Fund to support innovative watershed resource and protection models. The Revolving Research Fund is part of Trout Unlimited's Coldwater Conservation Fund, which supports scientific and economic research and analysis and science-based watershed restoration projects throughout the US. Outcomes for this grant include bridge funding for habitat restoration and conservation title/easement acquisitions. | | The Nature Conservancy - Alaska
Fish, People, Place – Southeast Alaska | $2,063,554 | Oct. 2011 | | | | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 32 mo. | $2,063,554 | Oct. 2011 |
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The Nature Conservancy, Alaska Chapter will use this grant to advance the conservation of wild salmon ecosystems in Southeast Alaska. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 24 mo. | $1,619,436 | Aug. 2012 |
Purpose
In support of the development of decision support tools that assist Alaskans in the responsible development of natural resources in wild salmon systems. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 24 mo. | $251,465 | Oct. 2011 |
Purpose
To support efforts to protect the wild salmon ecosystems of Alaska’s Bristol Bay region. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 36 mo. | $1,742,090 | Nov. 2007 |
Purpose
To advance the conservation of wild salmon ecosystems in Southeast Alaska by supporting the Tongass Futures Roundtable process and associated efforts to develop collaborative multi-stakeholder solutions. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 36 mo. | $1,025,035 | Dec. 2004 |
Purpose
This grant supports The Nature Conservancy's partnership with the Alaska Department of Fish & Game. The two organizations are sharing resources to expand and enhance Alaska's framework for salmon conservation. Outcomes for this grant include completion of the Nushagak Watershed conservation strategy, expansion of Alaska's Anadromous Waters Catalog to include endangered watersheds, integration of ecosystem role of salmon into salmon management, and establishment of state policy for natural-flow regimes for anadromous fish bearing waters. | | Ecotrust Canada
Skeena Fisheries Diversification | $431,796 | Oct. 2011 | | | | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 26 mo. | $431,796 | Oct. 2011 |
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This will support the development of a diversified and integrated regional fishery model to reduce dependence on Skeena wild salmon. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 24 mo. | $396,313 | Jul. 2009 |
Purpose
To facilitate discussion amongst British Columbia North Coast fishing communities and organizations about building diversity and adaptive capacity into their fisheries. Funding will also support regional collaboration on an alternative design for a diversified and integrated fishery that reduces singular dependence on ocean-based harvest of Skeena wild salmon. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 14 mo. | $422,924 | Nov. 2006 |
Purpose
Ecotrust-Canada is using this grant to facilitate a community-based fisheries management cooperative in British Columbia that abides by principles for sustainability. The key outcome of this grant is a community-held fisheries license trust that mitigates the negative ecological, social, and economic impacts of traditional economic rationalization programs on small boat fleets. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 24 mo. | $175,000 | Oct. 2006 |
Purpose
This grant will continue to support Ecotrust Canada's work with the Council of Haida Nations (CHN) to complete a comprehensive Land Plan and "roadmap" for the implementation of Ecosystem Based Management in the active forestry tenures remaining on the archipelago. Together, the Land Plan and EBM implementation road map will ensure that use of the region’s habitat is managed in a manner that will safeguard the productivity of key salmon systems. The outcome for this grant is that government-to-government negotiations for Haida Gwaii Land Use Vision are completed, protecting a significant portion of CHN’s traditional territory. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 36 mo. | $500,000 | Nov. 2003 |
Purpose
Ecotrust Canada received this grant to facilitate an integrated approach to salmon conservation in the Heiltsuk Nation traditional territory. Outcomes for this grant include draft versions of Heiltsuk land-use and marine-use plans, pilot shellfish aquaculture alternatives, implementation of four site-specific watershed plans, training for Heiltsuk in ecosystem-based forest management, and secured tenure for at least one forest in traditional territory. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 36 mo. | $550,000 | Feb. 2003 |
Purpose
Ecotrust Canada is using this grant to protect spawning habitat for wild Pacific salmon in Haida Gwaii—an archipelago located about 60 miles west of British Columbia. With Foundation support, Ecotrust Canada is working to create fundamental changes in the management of forest and marine resources within the archipelago. Outcomes for this grant include acquisition and deployment of the Haida GIS, identification of Haida Gwaii sustainable development opportunities, and a Haida Gwaii community fisheries development plan. | | The Nature Conservancy - Alaska
Bristol Bay Wild Salmon Ecosystem Conservation | $251,465 | Oct. 2011 | | | | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 24 mo. | $251,465 | Oct. 2011 |
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To support efforts to protect the wild salmon ecosystems of Alaska’s Bristol Bay region. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 24 mo. | $1,619,436 | Aug. 2012 |
Purpose
In support of the development of decision support tools that assist Alaskans in the responsible development of natural resources in wild salmon systems. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 32 mo. | $2,063,554 | Oct. 2011 |
Purpose
The Nature Conservancy, Alaska Chapter will use this grant to advance the conservation of wild salmon ecosystems in Southeast Alaska. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 36 mo. | $1,742,090 | Nov. 2007 |
Purpose
To advance the conservation of wild salmon ecosystems in Southeast Alaska by supporting the Tongass Futures Roundtable process and associated efforts to develop collaborative multi-stakeholder solutions. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 36 mo. | $1,025,035 | Dec. 2004 |
Purpose
This grant supports The Nature Conservancy's partnership with the Alaska Department of Fish & Game. The two organizations are sharing resources to expand and enhance Alaska's framework for salmon conservation. Outcomes for this grant include completion of the Nushagak Watershed conservation strategy, expansion of Alaska's Anadromous Waters Catalog to include endangered watersheds, integration of ecosystem role of salmon into salmon management, and establishment of state policy for natural-flow regimes for anadromous fish bearing waters. | | Tides Canada Foundation
Salmon Aquaculture Innovation Fund 2 | $2,327,325 | Oct. 2011 | | | | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 36 mo. | $2,327,325 | Oct. 2011 |
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In support of the Salmon Aquaculture Innovation Fund. Funding will be used in conjunction with public and private sources to support early stage research, development, and demonstration of closed containment systems in British Columbia. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 24 mo. | $2,239,000 | Oct. 2012 |
Purpose
To support implementation of the Gitanyow First Nation Land Use Plan and the Kitwanga Sockeye Salmon Recovery Plan. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 32 mo. | $981,200 | Apr. 2012 |
Purpose
This grant to Tides Canada Foundation will support an agile mechanism for timely small scale investments in local, community-driven activities aimed at protecting wild salmon in British Columbia. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 24 mo. | $2,496,506 | Feb. 2011 |
Purpose
This grant to Tides Canada Foundation’s "Tlatsini Conservation Fund" will support the Taku Tlinget First Nation in implementing wild salmon conservation provisions of the Atlin-Taku Land Use Plan and the associated government-to-government shared decision-making agreement. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 20 mo. | $8,413,822 | Nov. 2010 |
Purpose
To support the Marine Planning Partnership for the North Pacific Coast to produce four sub-regional marine use plans and a common regional marine use plan. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 38 mo. | $893,881 | Nov. 2010 |
Purpose
For an agile mechanism for timely, small-scale investments in activities aimed at securing resilient and productive marine ecosystems in British Columbia. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 36 mo. | $2,418,405 | Oct. 2010 |
Purpose
In support of the Salmon Aquaculture Innovation Fund. Funding will be used in conjunction with public and private sources to support early stage research, development and demonstration of on-land closed containment systems in British Columbia. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 18 mo. | $858,576 | Jun. 2010 |
Purpose
In support an agile mechanism for timely small scale investments in grassroots activities aimed at protecting wild salmon in British Columbia. The goal is to capitalize on time-limited opportunities to advance identified strategic outcomes of the Wild Salmon Ecosystems Initiative. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 24 mo. | $477,179 | Oct. 2009 |
Purpose
To establish a Finfish Aquaculture Innovation Fund to enable the transition from open-net pens to closed containment technology. Funding will also support increased strategic coordination between the business community, ENGOs and government in advancing aquaculture solutions which protect wild salmon. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 12 mo. | $736,132 | Sep. 2009 |
Purpose
For development of a multi-sector partnership in support of a marine spatial planning process in the Pacific North Coast Integrated Management Area. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 6 mo. | $162,785 | Jun. 2009 |
Purpose
This grant will support Tides Canada Foundation in redesigning and rebuilding its service delivery model to ensure robust and sustainable support to environmental philanthropy in British Columbia’s wild salmon and marine ecosystems. Specifically, it will help fund a comprehensive business planning initiative to guide future organizational development and growth. This planning will help ensure regional capacity to enhance the durability of the conservation outcomes for the Wild Salmon Ecosystems Initiative and the Marine Conservation Initiative. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 18 mo. | $395,910 | Mar. 2009 |
Purpose
This grant to Tides Canada Foundation will provide an agile mechanism for timely small scale investments in grassroots activities aimed at protecting wild salmon in British Columbia. The intention is to capitalize on time-limited opportunities to advance identified strategic outcomes of the Wild Salmon Ecosystem Initiative. Areas of focus include habitat protection in the Taku and Skeena watersheds, as well as harvest and aquaculture reform. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 8 mo. | $1,241,635 | Aug. 2008 |
Purpose
This grant supports the Tides Canada Foundation to elevate and secure the Pacific North Coast Integrated Management Area (PNCIMA) Area-Based Management process. Tides Canada will also facilitate marine conservation Environmental Non-Governmental Organization (ENGO) coordination by partnering with the BC Marine Planning Network, a consortium of five ENGOs, to implement their joint strategic plan. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 24 mo. | $1,811,939 | Aug. 2008 |
Purpose
The purpose of this grant to Tides Canada Foundation (Tides Canada) is to facilitate the move towards more sustainable salmon harvest and habitat protection practices in the Skeena watershed of Northwest British Columbia. The overall goal of the project is to strengthen the in-region campaign to ensure implementation of Canada’s new Wild Salmon Policy consistent with the May 2008 recommendations of the Skeena Independent Science Review Panel. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 14 mo. | $655,000 | Oct. 2007 |
Purpose
Tides Canada will use this grant to make a strategic acquisition of a guide outfitter business operating in the Taku Watershed in order to advance overall ecosystem conservation and sustainable development goals in the region. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 12 mo. | $529,629 | Aug. 2007 |
Purpose
The Tides Canada Foundation will use this grant to complete and implement a conservation financing deal for the protection of Great Bear Rainforest, and to launch two new organizations (known collectively as the Coast Opportunities Funds) that will manage conservation investments in the region. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 36 mo. | $1,212,150 | Nov. 2006 |
Purpose
Tides Canada Foundation is using this grant to establish a Donor Advised Fund devoted to increasing and sustaining Environmental Non-Governmental Organization (ENGO) capacity, strategic planning, and coordination for British Columbia’s Area-Based Management processes. The key outcome of this grant includes marine conservation ENGO capacity to effectively advance a science-based, stakeholder-driven Pacific North Coast Integrated Management Area (PNCIMA) process. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 36 mo. | $469,227 | Nov. 2006 |
Purpose
TWA will work with the Taku River Tlingit First Nation to build community support for ratifying a long-term conservation vision that will help secure the watershed’s valuable salmon resources. Additionally, TWA will conduct education and outreach to government officials and other important stakeholders in order to build support for protecting the Taku watershed from threats posed by the Tulsequah Chief mine and the associated road project. There are two primary outcomes for this project: 1) the Tulsequah Chief mine and associated road are mitigated to maintain salmon ecosystem integrity; and 2) a comprehensive Land Use plan for the Taku River Watershed is ratified. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 36 mo. | $600,000 | Sep. 2006 |
Purpose
Based on the geographic and strategic priorities identified by the Foundation, Tides Canada will reach into key communities, and identify smaller organizations and individuals that are critical to the success of executing these priorities. This will increase local community support and conservation capacity to generate and sustain effective salmon protection in priority watersheds - Skeena, Stikine, and Taku. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 24 mo. | $500,000 | Mar. 2006 |
Purpose
Tides Canada Foundation is using this grant to support organizational development, facilitation, and strategic coordination for ENGOs, First Nations, anglers, and commercial fisherman concerned with threats to wild salmon ecosystems in Skeena and Stikine watersheds in British Columbia. Outcomes for this grant include expansion of Stikine Conservation Network, development of Tahltan land use vision, and increased capacity of Tahltan and Iskut First Nations to assert a land use vision. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 12 mo. | $5,842,736 | Mar. 2006 |
Purpose
Together with commitments from the Hewlett, Packard, Wilburforce and Rockerfeller Brothers Fund foundations, GBMF’s pledge will seed a US $100 million fund that will be used as conservation investments and incentives to influence the outcome of land use planning efforts in the Great Bear Rainforest (GBR) region. The results of these land use plans will determine the level of protection in the GBR and ensure suitable habitat for salmon long into the future. There are two primary outcomes associated with this grant: 1) four million acres of pristine temperate rainforest, including approximately 100 pristine lower-elevation valleys, permanently protected on the coast of British Columbia; and 2) an ecosystem-based resource management regime established on the entire 21 million acres of the Great Bear Rainforest. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 12 mo. | $400,481 | Dec. 2004 |
Purpose
Tides Canada used this grant to complete the formation of the Rainforest Solutions Project and finalize land use planning processes in the Great Bear Rainforest, which encompasses critical habitat for conserving wild salmon in the region. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 24 mo. | $277,525 | Nov. 2004 |
Purpose
Through this grant, the Tides Canada Foundation supports the Transboundary Watershed Alliance's efforts to preserve wild salmon and wild salmon ecosystems in British Columbia's Taku River watershed. Outcomes for this grant include increased Tlingit First Nation conservation profile and capacity to negotiate with other governments and the immobilization of the Tulsequah Chief mine and road development proposal. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 24 mo. | $600,000 | May 2004 |
Purpose
This grant marks the Foundation's continued and increased support for Tides Canada's Donor Advised Fund. Outcomes for this grant include execution of 12 to 15 additional grants per year, supporting small-scale NGOs focused on salmon habitat protection. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 12 mo. | $350,000 | May 2003 |
Purpose
With this grant, Tides Canada facilitates grantmaking to local NGOs working to conserve wild salmon and protect pristine watersheds in British Columbia. Outcomes for this grant include establishment of a donor advised fund to support wild salmon conservation work. | | Pacific Environment
Kamchatka – Local Salmon Conservation Efforts | $1,172,983 | Sep. 2011 | | | | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 36 mo. | $1,172,983 | Sep. 2011 |
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Purpose
This grant to Pacific Environment is in support of grassroots efforts to protect wild salmon and salmon habitat in Kamchatka, Russia. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 36 mo. | $1,203,900 | Jun. 2004 |
Purpose
Pacific Environment is using this grant to expand the capacity of Kamchatka-based NGOs working to protect wild salmon, focusing on key initiatives around: increased poacher interdictions, increased support (in Kamchatka and nationwide) for Kamchatka salmon conservation, and mitigation of critical development threats to Kamchatka salmon watersheds. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 12 mo. | $325,000 | Apr. 2003 |
Purpose
Pacific Environment used this grant to identify local ENGOs that can play a critical role in building support for salmon conservation in Kamchatka and launching initial efforts to strengthen their capacity. | | University of Victoria, POLIS Project on Ecological Governance
POLIS Water Sustainability Project | $501,782 | Aug. 2011 | | | | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 36 mo. | $501,782 | Aug. 2011 |
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Purpose
This grant is in support of the Water Sustainability Project at the University of Victoria’s POLIS Project on Ecological Governance. Funding will be used to develop and refine governance and policy reform options for sustainable water resource management in British Columbia. | | Wild Salmon Center
Kamchatka Wild Salmon Conservation | $2,014,758 | Aug. 2011 | | | | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 36 mo. | $2,014,758 | Aug. 2011 |
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Purpose
This grant to the Wild Salmon Center is in support of conservation of wild salmon and wild salmon habitat in Kamchatka, Russia. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 24 mo. | $2,341,318 | Jul. 2011 |
Purpose
This grant to the Wild Salmon Center is in support of the State of the Salmon program. Funding will be used to increase the transparency of salmon management decisions and to help build incentives for fisheries reform. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 14 mo. | $187,293 | Nov. 2010 |
Purpose
In support of a conference about salmon and climate change. Funding will be used to bring together thought leaders from academia, management agencies, business, and non-governmental organizations to look for practical ways to minimize the potential adverse effects of climate change on salmon ecosystems. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 12 mo. | $690,875 | May 2010 |
Purpose
To facilitate the transfer of information, encourage the use of best management practices, and introduce better tools to managers and other stakeholders in salmon ecosystems throughout the Pacific Rim. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 40 mo. | $6,840,589 | Mar. 2008 |
Purpose
To support the conservation of wild salmon and wild salmon habitat in Kamchatka, Russia. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 9 mo. | $354,448 | Jul. 2007 |
Purpose
The Wild Salmon Center will use this grant to conduct the 2007 field season at the Kamchatka bio-stations. The research program in 2007 will include important work on monitoring protocols for the region’s salmon refuges. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 30 mo. | $1,453,299 | May 2007 |
Purpose
This grant provides continuing support for State of the Salmon, a joint effort of the Wild Salmon Center and Ecotrust. With this grant, State of the Salmon aims to advance salmon management by developing a set of Principles of Wild Salmon Conservation and introducing innovative techniques for managers to track biodiversity and abundance for long-term sustainability. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 16 mo. | $2,080,349 | Nov. 2006 |
Purpose
This grant will enable the Wild Salmon Center (WSC) to build upon their previous success in advancing wild salmon conservation through the creation of salmon refuges in Kamchatka, Russia. WSC will work to establish 5 new watershed-scale salmon refuges. These proposed protected areas will encompass over 5 million acres and safeguard rivers producing over 13 million fish annually. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 12 mo. | $482,685 | Nov. 2005 |
Purpose
This renewal grant to the Wild Salmon Center provides support to the State of the Salmon program. State of the Salmon, a joint effort of the Wild Salmon Center and Ecotrust, is organized around four major components: Knowledge Systems, Status & Trends, Standards & Best Practices, and Consortium Development. Outcomes for this grant include web versions of the metadata inventory, 2006 Status & Trends, and Best Practices polyglot (in English, Russian & Japanese). Additional outcomes include the development and restructuring of the State of the Salmon consortium. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 36 mo. | $535,000 | Aug. 2004 |
Purpose
This grant is helping to build the Wild Salmon Center's capacity for fundraising development and conservation program management. Outcomes for this grant include diversification of the funding base and increased institutional capacity to manage conservation programs. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 36 mo. | $6,000,000 | Jan. 2004 |
Purpose
This renewal grant provides supplemental support for the Wild Salmon Center's science-based conservation program on the Kamchatka Peninsula, which is home to the world's most pristine, diverse, and productive salmon systems. Outcomes for this grant include creation and maintenance of protected areas, deepened salmon science, increased awareness of conservation, and a reduction in poaching. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 12 mo. | $1,425,000 | Feb. 2003 |
Purpose
The Wild Salmon Center used this grant to establish new protected areas in Kamchatka, conduct scientific research and monitoring, and establish infrastructure for sustainable protection of salmon biodiversity in the region. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 36 mo. | $1,475,000 | Aug. 2001 |
Purpose
This grant helped the Wild Salmon Center to establish two salmon refuges and two monitoring and research biostations in Kamchatka, Russia. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 12 mo. | $75,000 | Jul. 2001 |
Purpose
The Wild Salmon Center used this grant to publish a Pacific Rim survey on the status of wild salmon and to co-sponsor a symposium and press conference to announce survey findings. | | Pew Charitable Trusts
BC Mining Reform 2 | $1,300,000 | Aug. 2011 | | | | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 36 mo. | $1,300,000 | Aug. 2011 |
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Purpose
By supporting the direct engagement and participation of affected First Nations communities in key decisions, this grant to Pew Charitable Trusts (Canadian Boreal Initiative) is in support of advancesing more responsible approaches to mineral exploration and development that protect the freshwater habitat values of BC Columbia’s wild salmon watersheds. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 15 mo. | $710,000 | Sep. 2008 |
Purpose
The purpose of this grant is to reform the conventional approach to mining exploration and development to reduce the impacts on British Columbia's wild salmon ecosystems, including the Taku, Stikine and Skeena watersheds. This will be accomplished by assisting the senior First Nation leadership to obtain a public commitment from the BC government that development will be undertaken on aboriginal territories only with their fully informed consent and compelling evidence of environmental safety. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 12 mo. | $150,000 | Jun. 2005 |
Purpose
This grant supports the Pew Charitable Trust’s work in British Columbia's Stikine watershed, the region's third largest producer of salmon. Pew, working with a coalition of ENGOs, seeks to neutralize threats to key salmon habitat in the lower portion of the Stikine and Iskut Rivers. Outcomes for this grant include a secured agreement among key stakeholders to develop alternative route for Nova Gold-Galore Creek Mine access road. | | Northwest Institute for Bioregional Research Society
Skeena Water Quality Protection 2 | $634,481 | Jul. 2011 | | | | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 36 mo. | $634,481 | Jul. 2011 |
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Purpose
This grant to Northwest Institute for Bioregional Research Society will help ensure that environmental assessments processes for major energy development projects in the Skeena watershed give comprehensive consideration to cumulative impacts on wild salmon habitat. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 24 mo. | $235,391 | May 2009 |
Purpose
In support of strategic coordination and information support to the Friends of Wild Salmon coalition which is seeking improved salmon habitat protection measures in the Skeena watershed. The aim is that new decision-making processes will be put in place to enable communities to make a social choice about potential developments with full information about benefits, environmental safety and cumulative impacts. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 12 mo. | $150,000 | Nov. 2005 |
Purpose
The Northwest Institute for Bioregional Research Society is using this grant to provide technical, coordination, and research support to the Friends of Wild Salmon (FOWS) coalition. FOWS is pursuing a strategy for neutralizing threats from the expansion of fish farms in the Skeena River watershed. Outcomes for this grant include immobilization of further expansion of open net-pen salmon aquaculture on British Columbia's north coast. | | Wild Salmon Center
State of the Salmon | $2,341,318 | Jul. 2011 | | | | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 24 mo. | $2,341,318 | Jul. 2011 |
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Purpose
This grant to the Wild Salmon Center is in support of the State of the Salmon program. Funding will be used to increase the transparency of salmon management decisions and to help build incentives for fisheries reform. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 36 mo. | $2,014,758 | Aug. 2011 |
Purpose
This grant to the Wild Salmon Center is in support of conservation of wild salmon and wild salmon habitat in Kamchatka, Russia. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 14 mo. | $187,293 | Nov. 2010 |
Purpose
In support of a conference about salmon and climate change. Funding will be used to bring together thought leaders from academia, management agencies, business, and non-governmental organizations to look for practical ways to minimize the potential adverse effects of climate change on salmon ecosystems. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 12 mo. | $690,875 | May 2010 |
Purpose
To facilitate the transfer of information, encourage the use of best management practices, and introduce better tools to managers and other stakeholders in salmon ecosystems throughout the Pacific Rim. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 40 mo. | $6,840,589 | Mar. 2008 |
Purpose
To support the conservation of wild salmon and wild salmon habitat in Kamchatka, Russia. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 9 mo. | $354,448 | Jul. 2007 |
Purpose
The Wild Salmon Center will use this grant to conduct the 2007 field season at the Kamchatka bio-stations. The research program in 2007 will include important work on monitoring protocols for the region’s salmon refuges. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 30 mo. | $1,453,299 | May 2007 |
Purpose
This grant provides continuing support for State of the Salmon, a joint effort of the Wild Salmon Center and Ecotrust. With this grant, State of the Salmon aims to advance salmon management by developing a set of Principles of Wild Salmon Conservation and introducing innovative techniques for managers to track biodiversity and abundance for long-term sustainability. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 16 mo. | $2,080,349 | Nov. 2006 |
Purpose
This grant will enable the Wild Salmon Center (WSC) to build upon their previous success in advancing wild salmon conservation through the creation of salmon refuges in Kamchatka, Russia. WSC will work to establish 5 new watershed-scale salmon refuges. These proposed protected areas will encompass over 5 million acres and safeguard rivers producing over 13 million fish annually. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 12 mo. | $482,685 | Nov. 2005 |
Purpose
This renewal grant to the Wild Salmon Center provides support to the State of the Salmon program. State of the Salmon, a joint effort of the Wild Salmon Center and Ecotrust, is organized around four major components: Knowledge Systems, Status & Trends, Standards & Best Practices, and Consortium Development. Outcomes for this grant include web versions of the metadata inventory, 2006 Status & Trends, and Best Practices polyglot (in English, Russian & Japanese). Additional outcomes include the development and restructuring of the State of the Salmon consortium. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 36 mo. | $535,000 | Aug. 2004 |
Purpose
This grant is helping to build the Wild Salmon Center's capacity for fundraising development and conservation program management. Outcomes for this grant include diversification of the funding base and increased institutional capacity to manage conservation programs. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 36 mo. | $6,000,000 | Jan. 2004 |
Purpose
This renewal grant provides supplemental support for the Wild Salmon Center's science-based conservation program on the Kamchatka Peninsula, which is home to the world's most pristine, diverse, and productive salmon systems. Outcomes for this grant include creation and maintenance of protected areas, deepened salmon science, increased awareness of conservation, and a reduction in poaching. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 12 mo. | $1,425,000 | Feb. 2003 |
Purpose
The Wild Salmon Center used this grant to establish new protected areas in Kamchatka, conduct scientific research and monitoring, and establish infrastructure for sustainable protection of salmon biodiversity in the region. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 36 mo. | $1,475,000 | Aug. 2001 |
Purpose
This grant helped the Wild Salmon Center to establish two salmon refuges and two monitoring and research biostations in Kamchatka, Russia. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 12 mo. | $75,000 | Jul. 2001 |
Purpose
The Wild Salmon Center used this grant to publish a Pacific Rim survey on the status of wild salmon and to co-sponsor a symposium and press conference to announce survey findings. | | World Wildlife Fund Canada
BC Energy and Water Management | $378,130 | Jun. 2011 | | | | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 25 mo. | $378,130 | Jun. 2011 |
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This grant to World Wildlife Fund Canada supports efforts to improve protection of ecological flows to address the cumulative effects of water diversion on British Columbia’s wild salmon watersheds. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 27 mo. | $1,150,475 | Jan. 2013 |
Purpose
Technical support for marine spatial planning and implementation. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 36 mo. | $2,045,066 | Aug. 2012 |
Purpose
To advance conditions and relationships that facilitates healthy oceans and the use of Marine Spatial Planning in Canada. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 27 mo. | $729,613 | Oct. 2010 |
Purpose
For the development of science and management tools and business and economic solutions to advance Marine Spatial Planning in support of the Pacific North Coast Integrated Management Area Initiative. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 36 mo. | $2,105,625 | Nov. 2007 |
Purpose
This grant to World Wildlife Fund Canada enhances the effectiveness of Environmental Non-Governmental Organizations, industry representatives, and other influential Canadians to promote Area-Based Management (ABM) in areas like British Columbia’s Pacific North Coast Integrated Management Area. Through direct engagement, the grant also facilitates government commitment to policy, approaches (including ABM), and platforms that secure resilient and productive marine ecosystems. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 36 mo. | $1,656,083 | Nov. 2006 |
Purpose
World Wildlife Fund Canada (WWF-Canada) is using this grant to foster relationships with key stakeholders in the northern region of British Columbia’s Pacific North Coast Integrated Management Area (PNCIMA) process. WWF-Canada is also working to build the capacity for an objective marine science organization that provides a hub of marine ecosystem knowledge in British Columbia, the Pacific Marine Analysis and Research Association (PacMARA). Outcomes for this grant include regional stakeholder support and participation in the PNCIMA process, with PacMARA elevated to an independent, accessible, and multi-stakeholder science organization. | | Pacific Salmon Foundation
MSC Certification for BC Salmon | $505,962 | Mar. 2011 | | | | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 37 mo. | $505,962 | Mar. 2011 |
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Purpose
This grant to Pacific Salmon Foundation supports increased coordination of the commercial fishing industry, conservation organizations, and regulating agencies in addressing Marine Stewardship Council’s certification conditions for wild salmon fisheries in British Columbia. It will also support these stakeholders in advancing the refinements to the overall approach to the certification of anadromous fisheries. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 12 mo. | $147,540 | Oct. 2012 |
Purpose
To support an independent audit of run-of-river hydro projects and their impacts on salmonid species in British Columbia. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 22 mo. | $873,424 | May 2010 |
Purpose
For enhancement of the scientific baseline information available to Skeena watershed stakeholders in developing recommendations for implementation of the harvest reform provisions in Canada's new Wild Salmon Policy. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 12 mo. | $408,957 | Jun. 2009 |
Purpose
This grant supports the full implementation in the Skeena watershed of the harvest reform provisions in Canada’s new Wild Salmon Policy. It will do this by enhancing scientific baseline information available to Skeena watershed stakeholders in developing recommendations to government agencies regarding wild salmon assessment, monitoring and management. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 36 mo. | $1,359,652 | Oct. 2008 |
Purpose
For operation of the Skeena Watershed Congress and its harvest and habitat subcommittees in order to enable full implementation of the Pacific Wild Salmon Policy consistent with the recommendations of the Skeena Independent Science Panel. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 10 mo. | $276,961 | Aug. 2008 |
Purpose
This grant supports the full implementation in the Skeena watershed of the harvest reform and habitat protection provisions of Canada’s new Wild Salmon Policy. It will do this by enhancing scientific baseline information available for assessment, monitoring and decision-making by the Skeena Watershed Congress multi-stakeholder process. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 8 mo. | $288,109 | Feb. 2008 |
Purpose
The purpose of this grant to the Pacific Salmon Foundation is to develop an Independent Science Review Panel for the Skeena River fishery in British Columbia. The primary output of this project will be a report that describes the strengths and weaknesses of current fisheries practice and makes recommendations for fisheries reform. | | Tides Canada Foundation
Taku Tlatsini Conservation Fund | $2,496,506 | Feb. 2011 | | | | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 24 mo. | $2,496,506 | Feb. 2011 |
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This grant to Tides Canada Foundation’s "Tlatsini Conservation Fund" will support the Taku Tlinget First Nation in implementing wild salmon conservation provisions of the Atlin-Taku Land Use Plan and the associated government-to-government shared decision-making agreement. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 24 mo. | $2,239,000 | Oct. 2012 |
Purpose
To support implementation of the Gitanyow First Nation Land Use Plan and the Kitwanga Sockeye Salmon Recovery Plan. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 32 mo. | $981,200 | Apr. 2012 |
Purpose
This grant to Tides Canada Foundation will support an agile mechanism for timely small scale investments in local, community-driven activities aimed at protecting wild salmon in British Columbia. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 36 mo. | $2,327,325 | Oct. 2011 |
Purpose
In support of the Salmon Aquaculture Innovation Fund. Funding will be used in conjunction with public and private sources to support early stage research, development, and demonstration of closed containment systems in British Columbia. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 20 mo. | $8,413,822 | Nov. 2010 |
Purpose
To support the Marine Planning Partnership for the North Pacific Coast to produce four sub-regional marine use plans and a common regional marine use plan. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 38 mo. | $893,881 | Nov. 2010 |
Purpose
For an agile mechanism for timely, small-scale investments in activities aimed at securing resilient and productive marine ecosystems in British Columbia. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 36 mo. | $2,418,405 | Oct. 2010 |
Purpose
In support of the Salmon Aquaculture Innovation Fund. Funding will be used in conjunction with public and private sources to support early stage research, development and demonstration of on-land closed containment systems in British Columbia. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 18 mo. | $858,576 | Jun. 2010 |
Purpose
In support an agile mechanism for timely small scale investments in grassroots activities aimed at protecting wild salmon in British Columbia. The goal is to capitalize on time-limited opportunities to advance identified strategic outcomes of the Wild Salmon Ecosystems Initiative. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 24 mo. | $477,179 | Oct. 2009 |
Purpose
To establish a Finfish Aquaculture Innovation Fund to enable the transition from open-net pens to closed containment technology. Funding will also support increased strategic coordination between the business community, ENGOs and government in advancing aquaculture solutions which protect wild salmon. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 12 mo. | $736,132 | Sep. 2009 |
Purpose
For development of a multi-sector partnership in support of a marine spatial planning process in the Pacific North Coast Integrated Management Area. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 6 mo. | $162,785 | Jun. 2009 |
Purpose
This grant will support Tides Canada Foundation in redesigning and rebuilding its service delivery model to ensure robust and sustainable support to environmental philanthropy in British Columbia’s wild salmon and marine ecosystems. Specifically, it will help fund a comprehensive business planning initiative to guide future organizational development and growth. This planning will help ensure regional capacity to enhance the durability of the conservation outcomes for the Wild Salmon Ecosystems Initiative and the Marine Conservation Initiative. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 18 mo. | $395,910 | Mar. 2009 |
Purpose
This grant to Tides Canada Foundation will provide an agile mechanism for timely small scale investments in grassroots activities aimed at protecting wild salmon in British Columbia. The intention is to capitalize on time-limited opportunities to advance identified strategic outcomes of the Wild Salmon Ecosystem Initiative. Areas of focus include habitat protection in the Taku and Skeena watersheds, as well as harvest and aquaculture reform. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 24 mo. | $1,811,939 | Aug. 2008 |
Purpose
The purpose of this grant to Tides Canada Foundation (Tides Canada) is to facilitate the move towards more sustainable salmon harvest and habitat protection practices in the Skeena watershed of Northwest British Columbia. The overall goal of the project is to strengthen the in-region campaign to ensure implementation of Canada’s new Wild Salmon Policy consistent with the May 2008 recommendations of the Skeena Independent Science Review Panel. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 8 mo. | $1,241,635 | Aug. 2008 |
Purpose
This grant supports the Tides Canada Foundation to elevate and secure the Pacific North Coast Integrated Management Area (PNCIMA) Area-Based Management process. Tides Canada will also facilitate marine conservation Environmental Non-Governmental Organization (ENGO) coordination by partnering with the BC Marine Planning Network, a consortium of five ENGOs, to implement their joint strategic plan. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 14 mo. | $655,000 | Oct. 2007 |
Purpose
Tides Canada will use this grant to make a strategic acquisition of a guide outfitter business operating in the Taku Watershed in order to advance overall ecosystem conservation and sustainable development goals in the region. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 12 mo. | $529,629 | Aug. 2007 |
Purpose
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