Grant Amount: $400,000
Intake Year: 2024
Region: North & Central Coast
Project Theme: Watershed Collaboration, Planning & Governance, and Watershed & Ecosystems Restoration
Old Massett Village Council is partnering with Ecotrust Canada on this project to develop and implement a 2 year Environmental Restoration Program to support community members to return to and restore their lands. 6 community members per year will be supported through the project to participate as fully funded, full-time summer students for 17 weeks of field work and educational activities (a total of 12 community members) in partnership with the University of Victoria Environmental Restoration Program. Educational activities include learning how to identify, harvest, grow and nurture key species of native plants for restoration purposes. This project provides a framework of concrete activities required to move the community back to their lands where healing and restoration will begin.