11 community projects have benefited from the 2018 Loblaw Water Fund, managed by WWF-Canada. The communities have been awarded with $250,000 to improve freshwater health in ecosystems across Canada. During the last four years, Loblaw Water Fund projects have engaged more than 9,000 volunteers and 50 organizations to restore more than 200 hectares of habitat for freshwater species, plant 21,000 trees and wetland plants and collect more than 1,000 water samples.
WWF-Canada’s Vice-President of Freshwater Conservation, Elizabeth Hendriks said, “The Loblaw Water Fund provides essential financial support to help local conservation and community groups take action to right the course of Canada’s freshwater future for people and wildlife. The projects WWF selected will help address threats identified in WWF’s Watershed Reports and contribute to a better understanding of the health of our waters where data isn’t available. Ensuring healthy waters across Canada is an enormous task, but one we can accomplish together.”
The 2018 Loblaw Water Fund grant recipient projects are: Abbotsford B.C. (Fraser-Lower Mainland watershed); Coquitlam, B.C. (Fraser-Lower Mainland watershed); Fort Nelson, B.C. (Lower Mackenzie watershed); Yorkton, Sask. (Assiniboine-Red watershed); Alton, Ont. (Great Lakes watershed); Spring Bay, Ont. (Great Lakes watershed); Utopia, Ont. (Great Lakes watershed); Cornwall, Ont. (St. Lawrence watershed); Quebec City (North Shore-Gaspé and Ottawa watersheds); Fredericton (Saint John – St. Croix watershed); Moncton, N.B. (Maritime Coastal watershed).
WWF-Canada creates solutions to the environmental challenges that matter most for Canadians. We work in places that are unique and ecologically important, so that nature, wildlife and people thrive together