Project title: Connecting Protected Areas: Ecological Corridor Creation Through Private Land Steward Engagement in Kespukwitk/Southwest Nova Scotia Priority Place and Southwest Nova Biosphere Reserve
Recipient: Mersey Tobeatic Research Institute
Funding Amount: $495,000
Matching Funds: $300,500
Total Project Amount: $795,500
Project description: Develop a strategic plan with a variety of partners, including Indigenous governments and organizations; engage with private land stewards to conserve at least 300 acres of lands through voluntary stewardship mechanisms, community easements, or private land acquisition by a project partner; and identify the impacts of harvesting practices on connectivity to develop best practices for forestry organizations and private landowners.
NEW BRUNSWICK
Project title: Connecting Chignecto: Ecological corridor protection, improvement and stewardship between Sa' qewi-ilnuwey Awti (Big Salmon River IPCA) and Chignecto Isthmus Wilderness Area
Recipient: Birds Canada
Funding Amount: $826,142
Matching Funds: $496,346
Total Project Funding: $1,322,488
Project Description: This project will build capacity and leverage a network of partners to improve ecological connectivity from Sa' qewi-ilnuwey Awti (Big Salmon River IPCA) to the Chignecto Isthmus Wilderness Area. Improvements to species monitoring and Indigenous Land Use and Guidance will expand knowledge of wildlife movement to determine the effectiveness of current actions and prioritization of future ones. There is a dual focus on land acquisition and community and landowner engagement to strengthen stewardship.
QUEBEC
Project title : Pérennisation du plan de connectivité du corridor Plaisance-Tremblant
Recipient: Canards Illimités Canada
Funding Amount: $977,943
Matching Funds: $909,891
Total Project Amount: $1,887,834
Project description: Expand the protected and conserved areas within the corridor by at least 75 hectares of land, gather scientific knowledge of wildlife use, road mortality rates, and ecosystem services to equip stakeholders, such as municipalities, with the knowledge to integrate connectivity into practices and policies.
ONTARIO
Project title: Restoring Ecological Connectivity within the Frontenac Arch Region through Ethical Space and Co-governance
Recipient: Frontenac Arch Biosphere Reserve Network
Funding Amount: $369,528
Matching Funds: $144,016
Total Project Amount: $513,544
Project description: Advance work and conservation planning underway in the Algonquin to Adirondack transboundary corridor through Indigenous to non-Indigenous relationship-building, collaborative stewardship, corridor mapping, and road ecology research in the region, and advance co-management using Two-Eyed Seeing and Ethical Space.
Project title: Building the Highlands Corridor to connect three provincial parks in Central Ontario
Recipient: Haliburton Highlands Land Trust
Funding Amount: $822,809
Matching Funds: $2,387,686
Total Project Amount: $3,210,495
Project description: Advance the protection of 8,500 hectares of ecologically significant lands and waters within the Highlands Corridor and 121 hectares of private land acquisition, while increasing private land stewardship through the Haliburton Highlands Land Trust "Partners in Conservation" program.
Project title: Activating Big Picture Ecological Corridor Opportunities in Ethical Space
Recipient: Carolinian Canada Coalition
Funding Amount: $990,000
Matching Funds: $1,535,700
Total Project Amount: $2,525,700
Project description: Using Ethical Space and Two-Eyed Seeing, advance a regional collaborative approach to conservation and stewardship, including an Indigenous-led approach to healing the land, support diverse stewards and communities to enhance 200 hectares of corridor lands through activities such as securement, healthy landscape planning, habitat restoration, zoning, stewardship agreements, easements, band council resolutions and more.
Project title: Delineation and Connectivity Enhancements of an Ecological Corridor in the Sault Ste. Marie and Garden River National Priority Area
Recipient: Ontario Nature
Funding Amount: $358,600
Matching Funds: $75,825
Total Project Amount: $434,425
Project description: In collaboration with Indigenous communities and regional partners, identify and assess gaps in ecological connectivity to delineate an ecological corridor, and develop draft governance and management approaches reflective of Indigenous and regional partner priorities.
SASKATCHEWAN AND ALBERTA
Project title: Pronghorn Xing and the Assessment of Functional Ecological Corridors in the Grasslands of Alberta and Saskatchewan
Recipient: Alberta Conservation Association
Funding Amount: $ 498,578
Matching Funds: $ 501,914
Total Project Amount: $1,000,492
Project description: Informed by scientific evidence and Indigenous knowledge, maintain the pronghorn's core seasonal migration routes between summer and winter ranges by identifying corridors between remaining tracts of native prairie, through continued research on pronghorn movement using GPS collar data to inform final placement of wildlife crossing structures across the Trans-Canada Highway.
ALBERTA
Project title: Advancing Ecological Connectivity, Corridors and Crossings in the Canadian Rockies of southwestern Alberta
Recipient: Miistakis Institute
Funding Amount: $447,205
Matching Funds: $293,600
Total Project Amount: $740,805
Project description: Collaboratively delineate corridors, improve the integration of ecological connectivity into government planning and policy, and expand road ecology research to monitor effectiveness of a road mitigation system recently announced for Highway 3. Expand, update, and socialize a unique Connectivity Risk Assessment tool which can be used to inform impacts of a development to specific corridors.
BRITISH COLUMBIA
Project title: The North Cascades One River Grizzly Bear-Salmon Project
Recipient: Okanagan Nation Alliance
Funding Amount: $456,750
Matching Funds: $135,465
Total Project Amount: $592,215
Project description: Identify critical corridors for salmon and grizzly bears using a Two-Eyed seeing approach, create restoration action plans for the critical corridors and leverage the Nation Guardian programs for corridor monitoring and management.
Project title: Indigenous-led Cultural and Ecological Corridor from Southern to Central Vancouver Island
Recipient: IISAAK OLAM Foundation
Funding Amount: $797,500
Matching Funds: $630,000
Total Project Amount: $1,427,500
Project description: Enhance both ecological connectivity and cultural connectivity, through knowledge sharing, coordination of Indigenous-led conservation efforts, capacity building, and restoration to improve numerous habitats including rearing and spawning habitat for Pacific salmon.
