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BC needs a Watershed Security Fund with long-term sustained funding to restore our watersheds, protect clean drinking water, support thriving communities, ensure food security, and safeguard fish and wildlife for future generations

$1 Billion Watershed Security Fund

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BC is one of the only provinces without a system of local watershed boards. These boards equip communities to tackle droughts, floods, and wildfires, save money, reduce conflict, and ensure local people set the priorities for the health and security of their home watersheds

BC Needs Local Watershed Boards

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The watershed sector in BC supports 47,900 jobs and $5 billion in GDP, supporting diverse, local family-sustaining careers—from water monitoring technologists to heavy machinery operators and First Nation guardians to ecologists and software developers. As watershed disasters increase this sector is ready to expand, restoring and managing healthy watersheds and thriving communities.

Train And Grow BC's Watershed Workforce

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Rich and abundant watersheds such as the Fraser, Skeena, Peace, Columbia and Cowichan bring life, health, and prosperity to communities in every corner of BC. Our rivers and lakes are the cornerstone of our local economies, our forests, our fish & wildlife, our food crops, our quality of life and survival itself

Watershed Security looks like access to clean drinking water, healthy and sustainable fish populations, and thriving local economies with good jobs that allow people to stay in the local communities. It is also government-to-government partnerships that enable better watershed decision-making and healthy and resilient communities that result from these decisions.