Funding Announcement – Community PEF projects 2026/2027
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We’re excited to share that 106 community-led projects across B.C. will receive funding through the 2026–27 Community Park Enhancement Fund (PEF). Each project can receive up to $5,000 to support conservation initiatives and recreation enhancements in parks and protected areas.
This funding is made possible by the BC Parks Licence Plate Program — thank you to everyone who supports parks by purchasing a plate!
A total of $350,000 will go toward a wide variety of projects that help:
- Restore, monitor or protect habitat and wildlife
- Improve accessibility
- Support cultural revitalization
- Create interpretive programs
And so much more!
The projects will be delivered in collaboration with more than 100 partners including First Nations, local non-profits, and passionate individuals.
This year, we will be working with:
South Coast Region
- Coastal Painted Turtle Project
- Fraser Valley Conservancy
- Keith Flavelle Memorial Hut Society
- Learn to be in Nature (BC Parks)
- Nature Squamish
- North Shore Mountain Bike Association
- Pemberton District Search & Rescue
- South Coast Conservation Program
- Sea Kayaking Association of BC
- Tsleil-Waututh Nation
- Squamish Adaptive Mountain Biking Association
- Squamish Newcomer Services
- Squamish Trails Society
- Tetrahedron Outdoor Club
- Tourism Pemberton
- Wildlife Conservation Society Canada
West Coast Region
- BC Marine Trails
- Cetus Research & Conservation Society
- Friends of Cortes
- Friends of Strathcona Park
- Gabriola Land and Trails Trust
- Galiano Conservancy Association
- Henry House Historical Volunteer Group
- Heron Rocks Friendship Centre Society
- Laskeek Bay Conservation Society
- Lester B. Pearson College UWC
- Mark Wunsch – Greencoast Media
- Pacific Megascops Research Alliance
- Quw’utsun Cultural Connections Society
- River City Cycle Club
- South Island Mountain Bike Society
- Surfrider Pacific Rim
- Tlell Watershed Society
- Vancouver Artillery Association
- Vancouver Island University
Thompson Okanagan Region
- Adams River Salmon Society
- Agrowest Consulting Scientists Ltd.
- BC Community Bat Program
- Boundary Invasive Species Society
- Coast to Cascades Grizzly Bear Initiative
- Columbia Shuswap Invasive Species Society
- Fat Dog 120 Management
- Friends of Fintry Park Society
- Friends of Manning Park
- Friends of the South Slopes
- Grasslands Conservation Council of BC
- Hope Mountain Centre for Outdoor Learning
- Kamloops Naturalist Club
- Kris Cu
- Lower Similkameen Indian Band
- Lycia
- Manning Park Resort
- North Okanagan Cycling Society
- Penticton Cycling Association
Kootenays Region
- Central Kootenay Invasive Species Society
- Columbia Basin Environmental Education Network
- Columbia Shuswap Invasive Species Society
- Elk River Watershed Alliance
- Fernie Trails Alliance
- Goldeneye Ecological Services
- Great Divide Trail Association
- Kokanee Creek Nature Centre Society
- Kootenay Native Plant Society
- Nelson Cycling Club
- RAD Recreation Adapted Society
- Trail Wildlife Association
Skeena North Coast Region
- Beaty Biodiversity Museum (UBC)
- Flores Ecological
- K’alii Aks Timber Corp
- Kitimat Valley Naturalists
- Lakelse Watershed Stewards Society
- LK Consultancy
- Moon Circles and Retreats for Youth
- North Coast Ecology Centre Society
- Sarah Belford Art
- Spinal Cord Injury BC
- Tahltan Nation
- Telkwa Outdoors For All Society
- Wonder Woods
Omineca Peace Region
- Blizzard Bike Club
- Caledonia Ramblers
- Kakwa Sherman Trail Society
- Minck Designs
- Prince George Backcountry Recreation Society
- Prince George Jet Boat Association
- Saulteau First Nation
- Spinal Cord Injury BC
- Swan City Snowmobile Club
- Whiskey Jack Nordic Ski Club
Cariboo Chilcotin Coast
- BC Parks – Yohetta/Tchaikazan Valley Loop
- Cedar Point Provincial Park Board
- Friends of Churn Creek Protected Area Society
- Interior Whitewater Expeditions
- Itcha Mountain Cabin Society
- Nuxalk Nation
- Royal Canadian Legion Branch 261
- Spinal Cord Injury BC
- Tina Alexis / Eco Plan Canada
- Tourism Wells Gray Association
- University of Victoria / Wuikinuxv Stewardship Department
Much appreciation goes to BC Parks plate holders and the dedicated partners who lead these projects. Your support is making a real difference!
Interested in Community PEF for a project for next year? Email BCParks.LicencePlates@gov.bc.ca and ask to be added to our email list.
Here are some pictures from a few of our wonderful Community PEF projects from 2025-26.
