Grant Amount: $150,000
Intake Year: 2024
Region: Columbia Basin
Project Theme: Watershed Collaboration, Planning & Governance, and Watersheds & Food Systems
Yaqan Nuʔkiy and Regional District of Central Kootenay (RDCK) are partnering to address their growing concerns regarding water and its availability in yaqan nuʔkiy ʔamakʔis -Creston Valley. Residents’ lives and their livelihoods are increasingly vulnerable to the cascading and compounding effects of the climate crisis, natural disasters and the pressures agriculture, industrial activity, development and recreational use have our watersheds. Together, they would like protect watersheds where consumptive water sources are at risk by creating the conditions for regional collaborative decision-making.