Fish and wildlife projects in the Cheakamus River watershed and Clowhom Lake area this week received more than $175,000 through the B.C. government’s Fish and Wildlife Compensation Program (FWCP).
The Squamish River Watershed Society will use the $100,827 to create spawning and rearing habitat for coho, Chinook, pink and chum salmon, as well as cutthroat and steelhead trout as part of the Cheakamus River Floodplain Restoration Project on Evans Creek, B.C. government officials said in a statement issued on Monday (May 5).
The Clowhom Lake project, which received $75,000, will help conserve western screech owls, northern goshawks, bats and wetlands.
Projects funded in Squamish area watersheds must start this spring and conclude by early 2015. They are among 31 fish and wildlife projects approved for more than $1.7 million this year in the FWCP’s Coastal Region, which includes the Squamish area.
For a full list and descriptions of all 2014 projects funded by the FWCP across the province, and information on applying for funding next year, visit fwcp.ca.
