BC Nature Projects

BC Nature’s mission – to know nature and to keep nature worth knowing – means that we coordinate several stewardship projects, largely driven by the work of volunteers:

• Important Bird & Biodiversity Areas
• Seabird Survival
• Wildlife Viewing
• Wildlife Tree Stewardship
• Living by Water
• Nechako White Sturgeon Recovery Initiative
• Park Interpretation

Some of the projects receive much appreciated funding from outside organizations including:

• BC Hydro
• BC Ministry of Environment
• Environment Canada
• Habitat Conservation Trust Fund
• Nature Canada
• The McLean Foundation
• Mountain Equipment Cooperative
• Public Conservation Assistance Fund
• Real Estate Foundation
• TD Friends of the Environment
• The Mountaineers
• Vancouver Foundation
• Victoria Foundation

Recent IBA project funders in the Okanagan include:

• Habitat Conservation Trust Fund/Public Conservation Assistance Fund
• Lake Breeze Winery, Naramata
• Fortis BC Community Fund
• Penticton Rotary Club
• Environment Canada
• Rona Home Centre, Penticton
• Canadian Wildlife Service
• BC Nature Foundation