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RBC Blue Water Project Members
2009 Leadership Grant Recipients
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CANADA/US CROSS-BORDER PROGRAMS
- National Geographic Missions Program: A grant of
US$200,000 (CDN$230,920) will fund the conservation and
research work of a Fresh Water Fellow (an international
water expert) for two years. RBC will also extend its relationship
with the National Geographic Society by sponsoring additional
public outreach throughout 2010.
- Institute for Journalism and Natural Resources:
A grant of US$150,000 (CDN$172,380) will support a program
to help mid-career journalists explain and report on water
issues in the Great Lakes region.
- Atlantic Salmon Federation: A grant of CDN$150,000
will support "Fish Friends", a program for students
in grades 4 to 6 throughout Atlantic Canada, Quebec and
New England. This education program currently engages over
20,000 students in over 600 schools.
CANADA-WIDE PROGRAMS
- Water on the Ground: A grant of $500,000 will help
Polis Institute and Sierra Club Canada to build capacity
in sustainable water management by equipping local governments
with tools that support water security across Canada.
- Kids Can Free the Children: A grant of $300,000
will help launch the "H2O for U" speaking tour,
which will visit 100 communities across Canada to educate
youth about global water issues and inspire them to conserve
and protect water.
- Society Environment Energy Development Studies Foundation:
A grant of $100,000 fund the creation of the POW Program
(Preserving our Water), a water-themed curriculum for after-school
programs. RBC has supported after-school programs since
1999 and currently funds 90 programs across Canada.
- Ducks Unlimited: A grant of $55,000 will support
a wetland education program that has engaged over 300,000
students from inner city schools across Canada since 1997.
CANADA- REGIONAL PROGRAMS
Atlantic Canada
- Discovery Centre: A grant of $300,000 will support
"Water and our World", an on-site exhibit about
Atlantic Canada's water resources as well as an outreach
program to increase student awareness of environmental and
scientific issues.
- City of Bathurst: A grant of $80,000 will help
the City mitigate the impact of watershed effluent in the
Nepisiguit Drainage Basin by connecting government, business
and the community, and encouraging residents to get involved.
- Nova Scotia Nature Trust: A grant of $70,000 will
support a landowner education and community outreach program,
raising awareness of threats to the St. Mary's River and
the importance of watershed protection.
- Island Nature Trust: A grant of $45,000 will help
protect a network of forest bogs, marsh, riparian areas
and swamp lands in Cable Head, Morell, O'Leary and Charlottetown,
Prince Edward Island.
- Quidi Vidi Rennie's River Development: A grant
of $30,000 will help fund a water quality monitoring program
in the Nova Central district, involving 66 local elementary
and secondary schools.
Quebec
- Union Saint-Laurent Grands Lacs: A grant of $100,000
will help create a water education project for 200 CEGEPs
(pre-university institutions) in Quebec, starting with eight
located along the St. Lawrence River. Students will explore
new ideas to change their usage and daily water practices.
Ontario
- Lake Simcoe Conservation Foundation: A grant of
$100,000 will help improve the quality of water draining
into Lake Simcoe, through the East Holland Restoration Project,
addressing the most degraded and populated water course
in this watershed.
- Grand River Conservation Foundation: A grant of
$100,000 will support two rural watershed protection programs
in the Grand River area. One will help farmers with projects
such as well-decommissioning and watercourse fencing, and
the other will help non-farmers with projects like well-upgrades
and stream bank stabilizations.
- GBA Foundation: A grant of $100,000 will fund detailed
assessments of wetland conditions on the east and north
coasts of Georgian Bay, in order to protect wetlands and
the habitats that depend on them.
- Couchiching Conservancy: A grant of $25,000 will
help the conservancy quantify the water quality of lakes
between Georgian Bay and the Frontenac Arch as demonstrated
through the production of algae.
- Peterborough Green Up - Lakeland Alliance: A grant
of $65,000 will support a Shoreline Advisor Program, where
trained and qualified advisors meet with shoreline property
owners in Haliburton, Bancroft and Peterborough to provide
suggestions and positive water stewardship actions specific
to each property.
- Ontario Federation of Anglers and Hunters: A grant
of $55,000 will help the Federation engage private landowners
to conduct coordinated stewardship activities along streams
in the Oak Ridge Moraine, Peterborough County, Lake Simcoe
watershed and Northumberland County.
Manitoba
- International Institute for Sustainable Development:
A grant of $300,000 will help the Water Innovation Centre
reach out to the Prairie agricultural community about sustainable
water management in the Lake Winnipeg Basin.
- Friends of the Earth: A grant of $100,000 will
fund an intensive "soft path" process for Manitoba's
Pembina Valley Conservation District, in which several municipalities
have identified water constraints.
- Lake Winnipeg Research Consortium: A grant of $80,000
will fund a floating ecology program for students in grades
6 -12, with hands-on activities taking place on-board a
research boat.
Alberta
- Alberta Conservation Association: A grant of $75,000
will fund conservation efforts in a watershed where there
has been a decline in fisheries and riparian conditions,
involving watershed protection advisory councils for the
Red Deer River and Lesser Slave Lake.
- Friends of Fish Creek Provincial Park Society:
A grant of $50,000 will help the Society test water-quality,
monitor wildlife and undertake initiatives to keep the riparian
zone clean and weed-free.
British Columbia
- Pacific Salmon Foundation: A grant of $80,000 will
help River Wise BC develop certification standards to evaluate
and rectify unsustainable land management practices that
negatively affect salmon and their habitat. This project
will be done in partnership with environmental groups, government,
First Nations and other stewardship organizations.
- Trout Unlimited Canada: A grant of $75,000 will
help fund the restoration of six watersheds around Bowser
and Qualicum Bay.
CANADA-ABORIGINAL
- Trent University: A grant of $500,000 will help
enhance technical and lay expertise for the protection of
drinking water in northern indigenous communities.
- Nipissing First Nation: A grant of $50,000 will
fund a source water protection plan that will be socially
and economically sustainable, culturally sensitive, independent
and self-governed.
UNITED STATES
- James River Association: A grant of US$100,000
(CDN $115,460) will help the Association build awareness
and rally citizens from Richmond, Virginia to the Allegheny
Mountains to protect their watershed from polluted runoff.
- Upper Chattahoochee Riverkeeper: A grant of US$75,000
(CDN $86,500) will fund "Tapped Out: The Drying up
of Atlanta", an outreach campaign that will educate
citizens about the causes of North Georgia's water crisis,
while promoting sustainable land use, water and energy efficiency.
BRITISH ISLES
- Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust: A grant of £55,000
(CA$104,340) will help the Trust create a sustainable garden
at the London Wetland Centre that will demonstrate practical
low-water gardening ideas, and encourage visitors to minimize
their own environmental footprint.
Note: Financial references in Canadian dollars unless
otherwise indicated.
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