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Coastal Region
Applications can include purchase costs, transaction costs, land management start-up costs, and endowment costs, and will be considered on a case-by-case basis.
Partnerships and co-funders are important. Our Coastal Region grants are limited to no more than 33% of the total purchase price.
The board may consider land securement outside our Coastal Region watershed boundaries if management objectives are clearly aligned with FWCP objectives, and land securement opportunities within the watersheds are exhausted.
Columbia Region
Land securement grant applications can include budget items for property purchase costs, legal costs, and upfront stewardship costs that are deemed urgent to address within six months of land purchase (please clearly describe and provide rationale).
Long-term endowment costs are not eligible.
A land securement grant application for FWCP funding to support land acquisition for conservation can include immediate stewardship costs—no more than 5% of the funding requested.
Requests to fund stewardship activities on existing conservation properties must be received during the annual grant intake.
Collaboration with and support from the Kootenay Conservation Program’s land securement team is recommended.
It’s important to have early and meaningful engagement with partner First Nations. Please contact our Columbia Region manager for more information.
Peace Region
Please refer to the Peace Region Cross-Ecosystem Action Plan. Actions #3 and #4 provide grant applicants with information on the preferred approach on how to apply for a land securement project.
Use our Seed Grant to grow your idea. Seed Grants are aimed at helping you explore the feasibility of your project idea and could be the first step towards developing a larger project. Up to a maximum of $5,000 is available from the FWCP for project ideas that align with our regional action plans.

Seed Grants are intended to offset costs to fill information gaps, explore project feasibility, and prepare technical information to support a Large Grant application in a subsequent year.