Habitat Conservation Trust Foundation

Scholarship Highlight: Johanna Griggs
She is one of 2025's T4W Scholarship Recipients
Investigating the impacts of industrial logging in the Heiltsuk Territory, Johanna and Heiltsuk land managers seek to understand how industrial logging could be impacting interactions between wolves and their prey.

HCTF’s Education Grants help bring outdoor learning to students across BC.
GO Grants support K–12 classes to get outside to explore forests, ponds, and other outdoor spaces.
LEAP Grants back mini conservation projects by middle and HS students, helping them explore future careers in conservation.

Scholarship highlight: Olivier Jumeau

Olivier is one of the 2025 Al Martin Scholarship Recipients

His research, working alongside Ulkatcho First Nation, aims to provide a baseline of information to inform indigenous management of caribou habitat.

Action Grant Applications Are Still Open!
Action Grants fund projects that actively engage people and communities in changing behaviors and practices to achieve measurable conservation results in BC.
The deadline to apply is Feb 28 @ 4:30pm (PST)!
https://hctf.ca/grants/action-grants/#overview

Happy World Marmot Day!

Marmots play a big role in healthy ecosystems. HCTF has funded habitat restoration across BC, including work supporting the Vancouver Island marmot, a true conservation success story close to home. 💚 #WorldMarmotDay #BCWildlife

📷 Project 1-693

Don't forget to get your GO Grant applications in before it's too late!

Applications are due TODAY!

Educators, apply today at: https://hctf-grants.smapply.ca/prog/go_grants/

A big thank-you to the BC Parks Foundation for supporting GO Grants!

Tlell Schreiner: Tlell is studying wildlife and fisheries at the UNBC. The thesis explores the larval winter tick abundance in different forest age stands in the Southern PG area. She is also hoping to dive into the idea of subalpine fir needles and their effects on the winter tick larval survival.

Emma Richardson: Emma is a fourth-year undergraduate student at UVic. Their research is examining the genetic diversity of the Pacific marten across coastal B.C. to better understand the connections between populations in different areas in relation to the availability of old growth forest.

Johanna Marshall: Johanna is a 4th year student in Combined Honours Biology and Oceanography at the University of British Columbia. Her project uses stable isotope analysis to study the trophic interactions of the invasive freshwater jellyfish Craspedacusta sowerbii in BC lakes.

Robin Jans: Robin is currently studying Natural Resource Science at Thompson Rivers University. As an honours student at TRU, her research focuses on understanding how the presence of invasive cheatgrass affects the foraging behaviour of California bighorn sheep.

Caio Nicholson de Figueiroa: Caio is an undergraduate student at the University of the Fraser Valley studying how rainbow trout muscle cells respond to ammonia stress. He focuses on lysosomes and the vacuoles that form when these lysosomes are disrupted.

Scholarship Highlight: Don McCubbing Recipients

These scholarships are awarded annually to undergraduate students who are pursuing studies in fish and/or wildlife conservation.

Did you know HCTF has a whole suite of grants geared towards education!? HCTF Education offers grants, resources, and programs to help educators and students learn about and experience BC's beautiful natural areas!

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✨ Happy New Year from HCTF! ✨

Whether you’re starting the year in the field, in the classroom, or out exploring your favourite trail, we hope it’s filled with inspiration, connection, and time outdoors.

Here’s to another year of conservation in action.
Happy New Year, B.C.!

Wishing you and your loved ones a Happy Holiday season!

We extend our heartfelt gratitude to all our supporters for their dedication to conserving BCs fish, wildlife, and habitats for future generations.

🎄 Holiday Office Closure 🎄

As we wrap up another year of supporting conservation projects across British Columbia, our team will be taking a short winter break to rest, recharge, and enjoy the season.

✨ Please note: The HCTF office will be closed from December 20th to 29th.

Temperatures may be falling but that doesn't mean the field work stops!

A huge shout-out to the biologists, technicians, community partners, and project leaders who bundle up, head out, and make these projects possible.

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If you’re looking for a meaningful way to give back today, consider supporting conservation efforts in your community. You can donate directly to HCTF at hctf.ca/donate or explore local organizations working hard to keep BC’s ecosystems thriving.

Happy Giving Tuesday!

Today’s a great reminder that every act of giving, big or small, helps protect the wild places and wildlife that make British Columbia extraordinary. Whether it’s donating funds or your time, every contribution supports healthier habitats across the BC

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Colourful patterns aren’t just for the birds! Fish also have a wide variety of patterns and colours, they’re just a little harder to see being in the water and everything!

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Here’s something cool you might not know: a big chunk of HCTF’s funding comes from the surcharge on B.C.’s freshwater fishing, hunting, trapping, and guide outfitting licences.

For freshwater fishing licences, 100% stays in B.C. The surcharge goes to HCTF, and the fee portion supports the FFSBC.

The Rainbow Trout is one of BC’s most iconic freshwater fish and a favourite among anglers across the province! 🎣

Through HCTF-funded habitat restoration and fish research, we’re helping ensure these waters and the trout that call them home remain healthy for generations of anglers to come.

Breathing Life Into Logan Lake Discover how Habitat Conservation Trust Foundation is restoring Logan Lake’s oxygen levels and revitalizing fish populations, wildlife, and the local community.

Freshwater fish. Clean rivers. Thriving ecosystems.

See how the @hctfbc.bsky.social is protecting nature in British Columbia in #TomorrowsCatch:

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Today is the last day to submit applications for our Fish and Wildlife AND CHRF grants!

Application deadline: November 7, 2025, at 4:30 PM (PT)

📷 Project 0-567 - TJ Gooliaff

Applications are closing soon for HCTF’s Land Stewardship Grant!

Applications close November 7, 2025 @ 4:30pm.
Learn more and apply https://hctf.ca/grants/land-stewardship-grants/

As white-nose syndrome threatens bats nationwide, this scientist's probiotic ‘cocktail’ could save them | CBC News Canadian research scientist Cori Lausen is studying probiotics as a treatment for white-nose syndrome, which is caused by a fungus called Pseudogymnoascus destructans.

HCTF is glad to be supporting Cori and WCS Canada in their work to protect BC's bats! www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Northern B.C. Ecosystem Restoration Community of Practice Workshop - Habitat Conservation Trust Foundation A Community of Practice (CoP) for ecosystem restoration in Northern BC is taking shape, comprised of SERNbc, HCTF, FWCP, and BCWF.

Join the Northern BC Ecosystem Restoration Community of Practice Workshop! 🌿

📅 Nov 25–27, 2025 | Prince George & online

This year’s event is organized in partnership with SERNbc, FWCP, BCWF, and HCTF’s CHRF.

🔗 hctf.ca/restoration-community-of-practice-workshop

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Proud to support future environmental professionals like these students!

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Thanks to GO Grants, students across BC are exploring wetlands, forests, and shorelines this fall! 🚌

These grants help fund hands-on learning experiences that bring conservation to life. Applications for our February intake of GO Grants are open now, so don’t miss out on this great opportunity!

Applications are now open for HCTF’s Land Stewardship Grant!

This grant provides 3 years of funding for operations and management activities on lands owned OR managed by non-governmental organizations.

Applications close Nov 7 @ 4:30pm.
Learn more: https://hctf.ca/grants/land-stewardship-grants/