The BWARE Initiative began as a “simple” idea nearly a decade ago while Dr. Brendan Murphy was working as a postdoctoral researcher at Utah State University with Dr. Patrick Belmont. That idea continued to grow, and today, the BWARE Initiative represents an extension of Dr. Murphy’s watershed sciences research program as an Assistant Professor in the School of Environmental Science at Simon Fraser University.

Dr. Murphy continues to lead the BWARE Initiative, but its achievements are far from his alone. Rather, they reflect a shared vision and the collective effort by a collaborative group of researchers (faculty, postdocs, and students) dedicatedly working across multiple institutions. Our success has also been thanks to ongoing support from funding agencies and government partners in both Canada and the United States, as well as active engagement by numerous stakeholder groups, whose keen insights and feedback have helped shape our trajectory and greatly extend both the reach and impact of our work.