Deadline: 5-Nov-21
The Caribou Habitat Restoration Fund (CHRF) is managed by the Habitat Conservation Trust Foundation for the purpose of restoring high-value habitat for caribou in BC using functional and ecological restoration methods. The CHRF is made possible by contributions from the Province of British Columbia (BC) and Environment and Climate Change Canada.
Priorities
High-use and high-value caribou areas: areas used by caribou where development has resulted in increased use of the area by primary prey and their predators (overlap with telemetry/observed caribou locations, including knowledge of habitat use patterns based on TEK or telemetry data).
- Focus on areas that will improve core habitat, are adjacent to intact habitat or where another caribou habitat restoration project is planned. This will help create large contiguous areas of caribou habitat with minimal disturbance.
- Focus on areas already under some form of habitat protection.
- Focus on areas of high predation risk: movement corridors or known overlaps with predators in historical caribou refuge areas (e.g. peatlands or areas adjacent to peatlands).
- Focus on areas with low potential future industrial and recreational disturbance (areas with low tenure activity and low potential for future disturbance). It is the applicant’s responsibility to determine land status and constraints (e.g. overlapping tenures) and engage with affected stakeholders and Indigenous Nations.
- Focus on areas accessible for restoration.
- Focus on areas where a coordinated access management plan has been developed or is underway.
- Focus on sites that are available for treatment (i.e. not under active disposition or provincial designation, such as a designated recreational trail) and that are not permanent disturbance features.
- Focus on sites that are unlikely to regenerate naturally without intervention.
Priority Areas
The Province of BC requires a coordinated and strategic approach to restoring caribou habitat. The Province has identified the following high and medium-priority herd ranges for caribou habitat restoration proposals submitted for the 2021-22 funding cycle:
- High-priority herds for 2021-22 habitat restoration projects
- Barkerville
- Klinse-Za (Moberly)
- Narraway
- Narrow Lake
- North Cariboo
- Quintette
- Scott
- Telkwa
- Wells Gray North
- Medium-priority herds for 2021-22 habitat restoration projects
- Burnt Pine
- Calendar
- Central Selkirks (Nakusp and Duncan)
- Charlotte Alplands
- Chase
- Chinchaga
- Graham
- Groundhog
- Hart Ranges
- Itcha-Ilgachuz
- Maxhamish
- Muskwa
- Pink Mountain
- Rainbows
- Snake-Sahtahneh
- Takla
- Tweedsmuir – Entiako
- Wells Gray South
- Westside (formally Prophet and Parker)
- Wolverine
Who can apply?
- Any individual or organization capable of restoring habitat for caribou in British Columbia. In order to maximize the benefits for caribou using the funds available, the Province has identified priority herds and developed guidelines for selecting restoration areas and activities that will benefit these herds.
For more information, visit https://hctf.ca/grants/caribou-habitat-restoration-grants/#overview