Funding Opportunity – Habitat Stewardship Program (Terrestrial)

January 21, 2021

Maximum funding amount: $25,000 – $100,000 (max. 2 years)

Statement of Interest due: February 3

The Habitat Stewardship Program (HSP) provides funding for projects that contribute directly to the recovery objectives and population goals of species at risk listed on Schedule 1 of the Species at Risk Act (SARA) and prevent others from becoming a conservation concern.

The objectives of this program are to:

• support habitat projects that benefit species at risk and prevent others from becoming a conservation concern;
• enable Canadians to become actively involved in stewardship projects for species at risk which will result in tangible and measurable conservation benefits; and
• improve the scientific, sociological and economic understanding of stewardship as a conservation tool.

In order to be eligible, proposed projects must target the following species:

• species listed on Schedule 1 of SARA (except those listed as extirpated), and/or
• species that have been assessed by the Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada (COSEWIC) as endangered, threatened, or of special concern but have not yet been listed on Schedule 1 of SARA

HSP’s program priorities for 2021 are as follows:

• Blanding’s Turtle, Great Lakes / St. Lawrence population
• Cerulean Warbler
• Monarch
• Piping Plover circumcinctus subspecies
• Red-headed Woodpecker
• Spiny Softshell
• Western Chorus Frog, Great Lakes / St. Lawrence – Canadian Shield population
• Whip-poor-will

Please note that 1:1 matching funding is required.

If you are interested in applying, please inform Max Smith (max.smith@trca.ca) as soon as possible to facilitate a phone call with an HSP coordinator to discuss your project’s alignment. Statements of Interest are due no later than February 3.