That's an excellent question. Wildlife Habitat Canada has actually been funding the Brant goose festival for a number of years, and we've watched the number of participants increase. Our funding from Environment Canada is restricted under the contribution agreement we get. Of the money we get, 95% has to go to North American waterfowl management projects, and the focus is supposed to be on wetlands and waterfowl.
What we've done since I've arrived at Wildlife Habitat Canada is to put in a grant category of networking. It's a blanket kind of category where small and large groups such as the Brant festival that you have out there in B.C., such as the cows and fish folk in Alberta, and other groups that don't have a lot of cash can apply for a grant.... They don't have to put money in; they put in-kind activities in. It engages the community, and we've been tracking for the past few years the number of people who are involved in these kinds of community projects, and they're increasing. As the word is spreading, these groups are realizing that Wildlife Habitat Canada can assist them with the activities that are going on.
We fund—or did fund, for a time—the important bird areas work that Ian's conservation organization was doing, specifically with community works in important bird areas. We're seeing more and more individuals coming and setting up waterfowl heritage days for young kids. They're teaching them for a week. There's a marsh watch program down in Port Rowan. The kids are out there and they're learning about hunting, fishing, biodiversity, and interactions. It started with about 50 students, and they're close to 500 now. We encourage that. I think that's the way the message is going to spread.