Congratulations to the 2025 BIWS award project grant winners – School District 51, BC Wildlife Association, Boundary Forest Watershed Stewardship Society and the Okanagan Nation Alliance (Fisheries).

These winners are actively working to implement the goals of the Boundary Watershed Management Plan, which “envisions a healthy, resilient and sustainable Kettle River Watershed, which functions to meet the needs and values of its communities, who in turn act as stewards of the watershed”

Eligible applicants, from the following list, can apply for the BIWS grant by next year’s deadline of March 2026:

• Not-for-profit organizations
• Community coalitions or stewardship groups working under a not-for-profit “umbrella” organization that will administer the funds
• First Nations governments and organizations
• Schools or school districts