Previous Meetings & Meeting Summaries

2025 Annual Meeting Summary

The 2025 Annual Meeting of the Nechako Watershed Roundtable, entitled "Roots of Resilience: Forests and Water for a Sustainable Future" took place on October 14th from 9:00am to 12:30pm. The meeting was held online. 

2025 Spring Technical Meeting

On June 2nd and 3rd, 2025, the NWR held their Spring Technical Meeting entitled, "Action in the Nechako: Progress and Potential Across the Watershed". The event was held in partnership with Nak'azdli Whut'en on their traditional territory in Fort St. James. 50 participants attended the two-day event including government representatives, academics and NGO's. We are grateful to have been able to spend time on-the-water and at the Nak'azdli Hatchery with members of the community. Thank you again to Nak'azdli Whut'en for co-hosting this years event and to all of our speakers and participants.

2024 NWR Climate Adaptation and Resilience Workshop: The Water that Connects Us

The Nechako Watershed Roundtable held their 2024 Climate Change Adaptation & Resilience in the Nechako Watershed workshop on November 29, 2024. The workshop was in person held on Lheidli T'enneh Traditional Territory at the Sandman Signature Hotel, Prince George. The event, entitled "The Water that Connects Us" was expertly facilitated by Dan George, Four Directions Management Services (FDMS). The morning featured a variety of speakers covering environmental, social, health and economic forecasts for the region with increasing climate impacts. In the afternoon, facilitated dialogue clarified priorities and the need for collaboration, reaffirming the collective commitment to action.

We are grateful to all the presenters and everyone who joined us in person! Please enjoy the report that highlights key information that was discussed throughout the day.

2024 Annual Meeting

British Columbia Watershed Governance: Celebrations, Considerations and the Path Forward

2023 Annual Meeting

Fire, Flood & Drought: Climate Adaptation in the Nechako Watershed

2023 Spring Technical Meeting

Digital Dimensions of the Nechako: Data Storage, Access and Ownership

The Nechako Watershed Roundtable is grateful to the Lheidli T'enneh First Nation for the opportunity to host the 2023 Spring Technical Meeting on their Traditional Territory. This meeting was an opportunity to connect and collaborate through a hybrid event held at the Prince George Conference and Civic Centre. 

2022 Annual Meeting

Reconnecting: Collaboration Across the Watershed

The 2022 Annual Meeting of the Nechako Watershed Roundtable in October was an opportunity to connect in-person at the House of Ancestors “Uda Dune Baiyoh” Conference Centre in Prince George.

NWR Meetings

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2021 Annual Meeting

Theme: A New Phase of Collaboration and Partnership

On November 21 the Nechako Watershed Roundtable hosted its 5th Annual Meeting, which celebrated the development of a new strategic plan, themed Better Together: A New Phase of Collaboration and Partnership.

2021 Spring Technical Meeting

Theme: On the Land, in the Water

On May 26 the Nechako Watershed Roundtable hosted its Spring Technical Meeting, which included updates on the Water Sustainability Act, modernization of land use planning, youth engagement, lakes monitoring and work on the NWR Strategic Planning Process.

ANNUAL MEETING (2020 rescheduled to early 2021)

Theme: Water is Land is Water: Connecting water and land-use planning

The annual meeting of the Nechako Watershed Roundtable took place February 24, 2021 (having been rescheduled from October, 2020 due to the provincial election).

2019 Annual Meeting

Theme: Forests, Fish, Future

The Nechako Watershed Roundtable’s annual meeting was held October 30, 2019 in the home of the Nak’azdli Whut’en in Fort St. James.

2018 Annual Meeting

Theme: Impacts of Wildfire

The annual meeting of the Nechako Watershed Roundtable took place in the gymnasium of Nadleh Whut’en administration building in Nautley, B.C.

2017 Annual Meeting

The Nechako Watershed Roundtable (NWR) annual meeting was co-hosted by the Nechako Watershed Roundtable and the Integrated Watershed Research Group at UNBC on October 12, 2017 at the Village Inn in Vanderhoof, BC. 

2016 Strategy Update

The Fraser Basin Council, in partnership with the Nechako Watershed Roundtable (NWR), hosted two public open house sessions on June 23, 2016 for people to learn about the development of the Nechako Watershed Strategy and to share their ideas.

2016 COMMUNITY MEETINGS

FBC and the Nechako Watershed Roundtable hosted three other community meetings about the Nechako Watershed in May 2016 at Fraser Lake (May 9), Fort St. James (May 10) and Burns Lake (May 11). A big thank-you to all participants!