Fraser Valley Flood Mitigation Fund
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Working with Indigenous and local communities, the program will provide funding to agricultural producers at high-risk of flooding for solution-focused flood mitigation projects including riparian and ecosystems/habitat restoration.
The Fraser Valley Flood Mitigation Program (FVF) is a multi-year, up to $20M program funded by the Government of BC through the Ministry of Agriculture and Food (AF) and delivered by the Investment Agriculture Foundation of BC (IAF).
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Flooding is a common hazard on British Columbia farmland because of heavy rainfall, snowmelt, and/or ice jams. When a watercourse overflows its banks, floodplains store the water until it can move downstream or until it can be absorbed into the ground. Working with Indigenous and/or local communities, the program will provide funding to agricultural producers and/or organizations at high-risk of flooding for solution-focused flood mitigation projects including riparian and ecosystems/habitat restoration.
Program Objective
- To reduce farmers’ and community’s direct costs for infrastructure required for flood mitigation in the Fraser Valley.
- To restore riparian areas, ecosystems, and water quality as a co-benefit of flood mitigation.
- To encourage collaboration between Indigenous Groups, First Nations, local communities, and agricultural producers.
Program Goal
The goal of the program is to increase BC’s food security through environmental conservation and improved flood resiliency in the Fraser Valley.
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We gratefully acknowledge the financial support of the Province of British Columbia through the Ministry of Agriculture and Food.