2018 – PEI Wildlife Convservation Fund

The Stanley G. Bryant Nature Reserve

Successful Applicant: Nature Conservancy of Canada Award:$3,000 Project Title:The Stanley G. Bryant Nature Reserve Project Gallery: Project Summary: The Nature Conservancy of Canada’s (NCC) PEI Program protects sensitive ecosystems, providing […]

Understanding Functionality of Forest Bird Habitat

Successful Applicant: Island Nature Trust Award:$5,361 Project Title:Understanding Functionality of Forest Bird Habitat Project Gallery: Project Summary: This two-year research initiative seeks to determine what key variables drive habitat use […]

Determining Life History Traits of Genetically Distinct Atlantic Salmon

Successful Applicant: Canadian Rivers Institute Award:$10,350 Project Title:Determining Life History Traits of Genetically Distinct Atlantic Salmon Project Gallery: Project Summary: Recently, a large study of salmon genetics identified a unique […]

Microphones versus Ears: Testing Songmeter Ability to Detect Marshbirds

Successful Applicant: Bird Studies Canada Award:$2,800 Project Title:Microphones versus Ears: Testing Songmeter Ability to Detect Marshbirds Project Gallery: Project Summary: Wetlands provide key ecosystem functions and rich habitats for a […]

The Biology, Impacts and Management of Invasive Oriental Bittersweet

Successful Applicant: PEI Invasive Species Council Award:$3,600 Project Title:The Biology, Impacts and Management of Invasive Oriental Bittersweet Project Gallery: Project Summary: The primary goal of this project was to investigate […]

Wildlife Status Ranking for Prince Edward Island

Successful Applicant: Atlantic Canada Conservation Data Center Award:$5,000 Project Title:Wildlife Status Ranking for Prince Edward Island Project Gallery: Project Summary: The Atlantic Canada Conservation Data Centre maintains provincial status ranks […]

Addressing Threats to Piping Plover and Other Coastal Wildlife

Successful Applicant: Island Nature Trust Award:$8,700 Project Title:Addressing Threats to Piping Plover and Other Coastal Wildlife Project Gallery: Project Summary: The Maritimes’ melodus subspecies of the endangered Piping Plover is […]

Abegweit Biodiversity Enhancement Hatchery PEI Wild Fish Stocking Program

Successful Applicant: Abegweit Conservation Society Award:$23,900 Project Title:Abegweit Biodiversity Enhancement Hatchery PEI Wild Fish Stocking Program Project Gallery: Project Summary: The goal of the Abegweit Biodiversity Enhancement Hatchery located on […]

WRIG Habitat Enhancement and Fish Passage Restoration

Successful Applicant: Wheatley River Improvement Group Award:$7,200 Project Title:WRIG Habitat Enhancement and Fish Passage Restoration Project Gallery: Project Summary: This project took place in the Wheatley River watershed and it’s […]

Found’s Mill River Habitat Restoration Project

Successful Applicant: Trout River Envorinmental Committee Award:$3,575 Project Title:Found’s Mill River Habitat Restoration Project Project Gallery: Project Summary: The Found’s Mill River Habitat Restoration Project has achieved substantial benefits for […]

Habitat Rehabilitation Multi-watersheds & Information Gathering Multi-species

Successful Applicant: Abegweit Conservation Society Award:$6,850 Project Title:Habitat Rehabilitation Multi-watersheds & Information Gathering Multi-species Project Gallery: Project Summary: GOALS The main goal of the “Habitat Rehabilitation in Multi-watersheds & Information […]

Watercress Control in Brook Trout Spawning Habitat

Successful Applicant: Ellen’s Creek Watershed Group Award:$1,050 Project Title:Watercress Control in Brook Trout Spawning Habitat Project Gallery: Project Summary: Watercress is a rapidly growing aquatic, green leafy edible non-native plant […]

Determining Restoration Options for MacPherson’s Mill (Pinette River) and Implementing General Stream Restoration Techniques within the Watershed Area

Successful Applicant: Belfast Area Watershed Group Inc. Award:$6,000 Project Title:Determining Restoration Options for MacPherson’s Mill (Pinette River) and Implementing General Stream Restoration Techniques within the Watershed Area Project Gallery: Project […]

2018 Wildlife Habitat Enhancement & Silt Management

Successful Applicant: Kensington North Watersheds Association Ltd. Award:$9,750 Project Title:2018 Wildlife Habitat Enhancement & Silt Management Project Gallery: Project Summary: Our project goals focused on habitat restoration for the benefit […]

Restoring Fish Habitat Within the Bedeque Bay Watershed

Successful Applicant: Bedeque Bay Environmental Management Association Award:$8,300 Project Title:Restoring Fish Habitat Within the Bedeque Bay Watershed Project Gallery: Project Summary: The goal of this project was to work with […]

Stream Enhancement and Fish Passage Monitoring in Three PEI Watersheds

Successful Applicant: Pisquid River Enhancement Project Award:$9,400 Project Title:Stream Enhancement and Fish Passage Monitoring in Three PEI Watersheds Project Gallery: Project Summary: The Pisquid river enhancement completed many projects over […]

Stream Habitat Enhancement within the St. Peter’s Bay Area

Successful Applicant: Morell River Management Cooperative Award:$12,200 Project Title:Stream Habitat Enhancement within the St. Peter’s Bay Area Project Gallery: Project Summary: This habitat enhancement project took place within the St. […]

Naufrage Barn Swallow Nesting Structure

Successful Applicant: Friends of Shipwreck Point Lighthouse Award:$2,625 Project Title:Naufrage Barn Swallow Nesting Structure Project Gallery: Project Summary: The goal of this project was to further establish Naufrage Harbour as […]

Stream Enhancement on the Historic Hillsborough River

Successful Applicant: Hillsborough River Association Award:$1,400 Project Title:Stream Enhancement on the Historic Hillsborough River Project Gallery: Project Summary: Over the course of the summer months the Hillsborough River Association worked […]

Ecosystems at Risk, Adapting for Change

Successful Applicant: Richmond Bay Watershed Association Inc. Award:$10,000 Project Title:Ecosystems at Risk, Adapting for Change Project Gallery: Project Summary: This project involved implementing practical actions to improve degraded habitats that […]

Rehabilitating Brook Trout Habitat on the Headwater Streams of the Hunter River

Successful Applicant: Hunter-Clyde Watershed Group Award:$7,100 Project Title:Rehabilitating Brook Trout Habitat on the Headwater Streams of the Hunter River Project Gallery: Project Summary: The Hunter-Clyde Watershed Group was formed in […]

Rehabilitating Fish Migration Through Campbell’s Pond in the Hunter River Watershed

Successful Applicant: Hunter-Clyde Watershed Group Award:$5,730 Project Title:Rehabilitating Fish Migration Through Campbell’s Pond in the Hunter River Watershed Project Gallery: Project Summary: The Hunter-Clyde Watershed Group was formed in 1999 […]

Foxley River East Rehabilitation / Enhancement Project

Successful Applicant: Lot 11 & Area Watershed Management Group Award:$2,262 Project Title:Foxley River East Rehabilitation / Enhancement Project Project Gallery: Project Summary: For the past eight years, rehabilitation and enhancement […]

Miltonvale Reforestation & Wildlife Field Trip

Successful Applicant: City of Charlottetown Award:$980 Project Title:Miltonvale Reforestation & Wildlife Field Trip Project Gallery: Project Summary: On October 25, 2018, the City of Charlottetown hosted three Grade 8 classes […]

Fish Passage, Water & Forest Quality in WRTBWA

Successful Applicant: Winter River Tracadie Bay Watershed Association Award:$9,000 Project Title:Fish Passage, Water & Forest Quality in WRTBWA Project Gallery: Project Summary: Goal 1 – Improve Fish passage: Removed blockages […]

Watershed Activities

Successful Applicant: West Point & Area Watersheds Inc. Award:$4,936.65 Project Title:Watershed Activities Project Gallery: Project Summary: The project “Watershed Activities”, took place from May to September 2018 in West Prince, […]

Stratford Watershed Improvement 2018

Successful Applicant: Stratford Area Watershed Improvement Group Award:$2,800 Project Title:Stratford Watershed Improvement 2018 Project Gallery: Project Summary: The project Stratford Watershed Improvement 2018 took place from April to December 2018 […]

Improve Diadromous Fish Habitat in Fortune and Naufrage Streams

Successful Applicant: Souris & Area Branch PEI Wildlife Federation Award:$13,900 Project Title:Improve Diadromous Fish Habitat in Fortune and Naufrage Streams Project Gallery: Project Summary: Naufrage and Fortune streams are two […]

Restoration of Salmonid Habitat on Clyde River

Successful Applicant: Central Queens Wildlife Federation Award:$9,650 Project Title:Restoration of Salmonid Habitat on Clyde River Project Gallery: Project Summary: Central Queens Wildlife Federation (CQWF) carried out restoration activities in the […]

PEI Wild Child Forest School (Spring and Summer 2018)

Successful Applicant: Sierra Club Canada Award:$3,500 Project Title:PEI Wild Child Forest School (Spring and Summer 2018) Project Gallery: Project Summary: The PEI Wild Child Forest School is a program in […]

Prince Edward Island Project Webfoot 2018

Successful Applicant: Ducks Unlimited Award:$12,700 Project Title:Prince Edward Island Project Webfoot 2018 Project Gallery: Project Summary: Project Webfoot (PW) is a national wetland education program designed to increase awareness of […]

Abeqweit Salmon Friends Project

Successful Applicant: Abegweit Conservation Society Award:$7,200 Project Title:Abegweit Salmon Friends Project Project Gallery: Project Summary: “The Plamu (Salmon) is regarded as a sacred fish species amongst the Lnu’k of Epekwitk […]

SSWA Enhancement of Public Educational Areas for Wildlife Protection

Successful Applicant: SSWA South Shore Watershed Association Award:$4,375 Project Title:Enhancement of Public Educational Areas for Wildlife Protection Project Gallery: Project Summary: In 2018, the South Shore Watershed Association received funding […]

Annual PEI Youth Waterfowl Workshop

Successful Applicant: PEI Wildlife Federation Award:$6,935 Project Title: Annual PEI Youth Waterfowl Workshop Project Gallery: Project Summary: The Youth Waterfowl Workshop provides youth with the necessary skills and knowledge to […]