Our Projects
The SRSS has primary focuses on restoration and stewardship initiatives. We support and collaborate with our communities and partners.
The SRSS takes pride in our collective approach to managing and accomplishing project objectives.
2BT Planting & Nursery Expansion
SRSS is participating in the 2 billion Trees (2bt) program to motivate and support new tree planting projects. Over a period of 10 years, by 2031, up to $3.2 billion will be invested in tree planting efforts to help provinces, territories, third-party organizations (for-profit and not for profit) and Indigenous organizations to plant two billion…
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Seed School and Collection
SRSS is participating in the 2 billion Trees (2bt) program to motivate and support new tree planting projects. Over a period of 10 years, by 2031, up to $3.2 billion will be invested in tree planting efforts to help provinces, territories, third-party organizations (for-profit and not for profit) and Indigenous organizations to plant two billion…
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Natural Capital Valuation
NATURAL CAPITAL OF THE ELEPHANT HILL WILDFIRE AREA The Elephant Hill Wildfire of 2017 was hugely destructive and disruptive to SRSS communities. It also affected the natural capital of the area, including valuable ecosystem services that the SRSS communities rely upon. There is increasing recognition that losses of ecosystem services represent tangible economic impacts. SRSS…
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Elephant Hill: Secwépemc leadership and lessons learned
In the summer of 2017, wildfires burned a record-breaking 1.2 million hectares throughout British Columbia, driven by the combined impacts of climate change and the legacy of past fire suppression and industrial forest management over the past century. Amongst the largest was the ‘Elephant Hill’ fire, which burned close to 200,000 hectares throughout the heartland of the Secwépemc Nation….
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Carbon Monitor Training
In British Columbia, WWF-Canada is supporting the Secwepemcúl’ecw Restoration and Stewardship Society in its long-term commitment to restore fire-impacted forests in the traditional territories of the Secwepemc people. By planting 500,000 seedlings over three years through an approach grounded in Indigenous rights and leadership, this project will yield a cumulative net emissions equal to -13,142…
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Secwépemc FREP Culture and Heritage Monitoring Protocol Evaluation Project
The Secwépemc Cultural Heritage Evaluation project is a collaborative pilot project with the Forest Range Evaluation Program (FREP). This project is to evaluate and create a Secwépemc Cultural Heritage (CHR) Monitoring Protocol. The last update to the Protocol was in 2016. There have been challenges with the current Protocol, as it has not met the…
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Morel Mushroom Harvestings Program
The Morel Mushroom Harvest Program was part of a multi-stage Emergency Land Management Program run by the Secwépemc Territorial Patrol (the “Program”). The Elephant Hill Wildfire Recovery Joint Leadership Council (EHWRJLC) is to develop management strategies and coordinate the delivery of the Program as part of a broader network of Secwépemc-led initiatives. The Secwépemc Territorial…
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BCSRIF Elephant Hill Wildfire Riparian Restoration Project
The Elephant Hill Fire Riparian Restoration Project is over 4 years and funded through the BC Salmon Restoration Innovation Fund in the amount of $2.6 million. The Elephant Hill Fire Riparian Restoration project will enhance habitat and riparian conditions for salmonid species in the Thompson Watershed. The project’s goals are to improve water quality and…
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