Funded Projects

Splitrock Environmental Sekw’el’was is leading a project to restore watershed health and support Land healing across Sekw’el’was’ Area of Responsibility (AOR) in response to the compounding impacts of climate change, industrial activity, and biodiversity loss. The project’s goals are to enhance understanding of ecosystem degradation, revitalize cultural relationships to Land and water, and improve climate resiliency within St’át’imc Territory.

Key objectives include engaging with community leadership and Traditional Knowledge Keepers to identify priority areas for monitoring and restoration, sharing and documenting ecological knowledge and observations of change, and strengthening stewardship capacity through a joint Land Guardian Program. Activities will include knowledge-sharing workshops, field visits to harvesting areas, hydrometric and water quality monitoring in 2–3 watersheds, and deployment of permanent weather stations to support long-term climate modeling.

Outcomes will inform a comprehensive watershed monitoring and restoration framework, grounded in Indigenous knowledge and scientific data, and guide Land Use planning and climate adaptation strategies for generations to come.

“Our work is developed in affirmation of Sekw’el’was Title and Jurisdiction and Inherent Rights as outlined in UNDRIP and DRIPA. Our Land has been cumulatively degraded by industrial resource development, unregulated recreational use, and anthropogenic-driven climate change resulting in flooding, erosion, diminished water quality, diminished water retention and degradation of aquatic habitat. This project is inclusive of important initiatives that will contribute to the recovery and health of watersheds within the Sekw’el’was Area of Responsibility in St’at’imc Territory, home to the critically endangered Stein Nahatlatch Grizzly bears.”—Project team