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October 2019

The Fish & Wildlife Compensation Program Why does BC Hydro fund the FWCP? is a partnership between BC Hydro, the • BC Hydro has water licence obligations in the Columbia Province of B.C., Fisheries and Oceans and Peace regions to address dam impacts. • In the Coastal Region, BC Hydro has made a voluntary Canada, First Nations and Public Stakeholders. commitment to address dam impacts. Together, the partners work to conserve • BC Hydro fulfills the applicable obligations through the and enhance fish and wildlife in watersheds work of the FWCP. • The FWCP directs its funding towards priority actions impacted by existing BC Hydro dams. across its three regions, to fulfill its mission and work towards its vision. The FWCP is funded annually by BC Hydro. Fish & Wildlife Compensation Program Regions Learn more at fwcp.ca How is the FWCPHow we’re structured? structured The FWCP works within 3 regions Legend Business Coordination & Communications Support Fort Nelson FWCP Regions Policy Independent Peace Region Committee Regional Boards Coastal Region Coastal Columbia Peace Columbia Region *# BC Hydro Dam Program Business Tsay Keh Dene Manager Coordination Fort St. John Regional and *#*# Fish and Wildlife Communications Hudson's Hope Technical Committees Regional Support Mackenzie Managers Terrace Peace Region Prince Rupert First Nations *# Prince George Wildlife Working Group Extension Proponents Area Delivering Projects Valemount

Bella Bella *# *# Williams Lake Grants available: For more information Golden Revelstoke*# *# about our fish and wildlife grants, visit: *# *# *#*# ³ Kamloops*#*# *# Kelowna *# fwcp.ca/apply-for-funding Campbell River*#*#*# *# Cranbrook*# *# *# *# *# *# *# *# *# *## Castlegar **#*# *# *#*# 0 100 200 300 400 500 Km Subscribe: Get project updates, news, *#*# Victoria and results in our annual newsletter and M:\Catalogue\_PSD\MD\_TOPOG\J1\FWCP\20190109_FWCP_ThreeRegionMap\FWCP_ThreeRegionMap_20190108_DRAFT_RevE.mxd regular e-letters. Peace Region Columbia Region Coastal Region fwcp.ca/subscribe SINCE 1988 SINCE 1993 SINCE 1999

Connect with us: LinkedIn fwcp.ca The Fish & Wildlife Compensation Program is a partnership between BC Hydro, the Province of B.C., Fisheries and Oceans Canada, First Nations and Public Stakeholders to conserve and enhance fish and wildlife in watersheds impacted by existing BC Hydro dams.

Rev E - 2019-03-11 FWCP IS WORKING IN WATERSHEDS IMPACTED BY BC HYDRO DAMS

of all power FWCP works in generated by BC Hydro 32 watersheds totalling 11,881 90% is , FWCP compensates for 2 mega watts of hydro power impacts from construction 190,000 km generated by BC Hydro dams. and of that is generated in the of 32 BC Hydro dams. almost 20% of . 80% Columbia and Peace regions.

5 PARTNERS 3 REGIONAL BOARDS 5 FULL-TIME STAFF FWCP funds 5 types of projects:

make up the FWCP include representatives from are based in BC Hydro and guide its work. each of our partners: offices in Prince George, 15 First Nations Castlegar, Nanaimo, and 1 Research & 9 Public Stakeholders . Information 5 Province of B.C. 5 BC Hydro Gathering 1 Fisheries & Oceans Canada 2 Habitat-based 3 Species-based $183 M 86% 4 Monitoring & Evaluation in annual funding from BC Hydro to FWCP, since 1988. of the 2019-2020 budget is going 5 Land Securement towards fish and wildlife projects.

We fund projects that Since 2015 align with our 25 regional watershed and ecosystem- invested in $7.7 M in our Peace Region based Action Plans. FWCP fish and $26.7 M in our Columbia Region* wildlife projects OUR PROJECT PROPONENTS $8.9 M in our Coastal Region The 90 FWCP-funded projects for 2019-2020 *Includes $2.8 M from the for the are being led by: Upper Kootenay Ecosystem Enhancement Plan (UKEEP).

STEWARDSHIP GROUPS approved across the three regions 40% GOVERNMENT AGENCIES 523 22% projects 140 215 168 Peace Columbia Coastal CONSULTANTS 19%

FIRST NATIONS* 1,853 FWCP project reports 19% *Includes First Nations-led fwcp.ca societies and businesses. available online.