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WHAT THE ELK IS GOING ON OUT THERE?

Ha-ma-yas Stewardship Network Guardians, ecosystem biologists from the B.C. Ministry of Water, Land and Resource Stewardship (WLRS), and Nanwakolas Council staff are working together to study the habitat and behaviour of Roosevelt elk in the Nanwakolas member First Nations’ territories, in an effort to improve forestry and resource management that affects this important Vancouver Island...
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First Nations are vital to BC’s Forestry Economy
“Bringing our stewardship values and responsibilities to the land for resource management into forest operations is vital to providing the stability that everyone wants, and confidence that we all can enjoy balanced and responsible long-term…
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Loxiwe – Clam Gardens
The Indigenous-led work of loxiwe restoration and reintegration of Indigenous-led science and maricultural practices into coastal management policy and practice is a growing movement on the west coast, from Alaska to Vancouver Island and the…
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Na̱max̱sa̱la – Making New History
The creation of a xwax’wana, a traditional canoe, using traditional methods, from a windfall cedar tree high in H’kusam Forest for the first time in more than one hundred years by carvers from We Wai…
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HAPPY AS A CLAM AT…. WELL, ANY TIDE
First Nations-led, Nanwakolas Council-supported revitalization of ancient loxiwe (clam gardens) is leading to cultural connection and establishment of sustainable and predictable food sources.   “I’m very traditional with my clams. I like them boiled with…
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Prosperous Communities and Stewardship
On June 25, we celebrated with Coastal First Nations, Canada, and British Columbia the historic announcement of $335 million of funding for Indigenous-led collaborative conservation in the Great Bear Sea. Covering two-thirds of the coast…
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