Applications are now being accepted to help the City of Nanaimo implement their goals of improving livability across the region.
Twenty thousand dollars in funding is available to organizations, environmental non-profits and individual residents to help with watershed projects, with a focus on urban stream and riparian restoration enhancement.
Also, the city says projects can also focus on park restoration, urban system and riparian enhancement, natural environment protection and climate change adaptation solutions.
Mayor Leonard Krog says providing funding for research into improving the environment can help increase livability in Nanaimo and across Vancouver Island.
“These grants are another step forward in improving our environment and reducing the effects of climate change,” he says. “Each step we take adds momentum and gives confidence for the next.
“By working together, we can collectively make a real difference to the health of our planet and within our surrounding community.”
In the past, the grants have helped fund invasive species removal, and restoration along Joseph and McGregor Creeks, water quality monitoring on Diver Lake and wetland restoration at a housing co-operative.
Applications are now open, and will close on Apr. 4 at 4 p.m.
