Trout Unlimited Canada Receives RBC Blue Water Leadership Grant for Qualicum Bay Enhancement Project
For Imediate Release-Trout Unlimited Canada is once again the proud recipient of a Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) Blue Water Project Leadership Grant for $125,000 spread over two years in support of its ongoing Nile Creek-Qualicum Bay Enhancement project.
RBC's Blue Water Project is a 10-year, $50 million grant program to support projects dedicated to water conservation, watershed protection, access to clean drinking water, and other fresh water-related issues in Canada and around the world. Since 2007, RBC has pledged over $27 million to more than 350 not-for-profit organizations worldwide that protect watersheds or ensure access to clean drinking water.
The Nile Creek-Qualicum Bay Enhancement Program is a comprehensive habitat restoration and enhancement initiative being undertaken by the Nile Creek Enhancement Society (NCES), Trout Unlimited Canada (TUC) and Vancouver Island University (VIU) to restore the water resources of the area and to rebuild anadromous cutthroat populations in the Qualicum Bay area. This ongoing project intends to rebuild sea-run cutthroat trout in creeks and streams flowing into Qualicum Bay on Vancouver Island by restoring degraded habitat and re-establishing and improving access to restored and productive anadromous cutthroat trout habitat from the intertidal region through to the headwaters of six streams.
RBC Blue Water Leadership Grant funds will be used over two years to build upon the work that has already been completed as a result of an initial $75,000 in October 2009.
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