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Koocanusa officer included in funding announcement
Three projects in the Regional District of East Kootenay’s (RDEK) Central Subregion have received a big boost after being awarded funding through the Central East Kootenay Community Directed Funds (CEKCDF) Program.
“Our committee has been refining its focus, reviewing funding ideas and prioritizing possible projects. At our last meeting we made the first of what will hopefully be several funding decisions in 2015,” explained CEKCDF Committee Chair and Electoral Area C director Rob Gay. “The projects we have decided to fund will help sustain the economy and protect the environment in the Central Subregion.”
The three projects that the committee approved for funding include:
– East Kootenay Division of Family Practice’s ‘A GP for Me’ program –
$20,000 per year for two years;
– East Kootenay Invasive Plant Council – $50,000 per year for two years;
– Funding for a seasonal Natural Resource Officer for Koocanusa to help advance the implementation of the recently completed Koocanusa Area Situational Analysis and Recommendations for Crown Land Recreation report – up to $75,000 in 2015.
The CEKCDF Committee was formed in 2014 and is made up of six local elected officials, four members of the public, and two First Nation representatives and is a standing committee of the Regional District of East Kootenay.
The CEKCDF Program is supported by the Columbia Basin Trust with $200,000 per year over three years to fund area-wide priorities.
Lead image: An example of the bad behaviour that can occur along the Koocanusa Reservoir. A squatter’s cabin lies in ruins after a ‘squatter’s community’ near Roosville was completely trashed in August 2011. Ian Cobb/e-KNOW
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