Provincial funding to help monitoring of at-risk bat species in Matawa territory Matawa First Nations Management will expand monitoring of at-risk bat species in northern Ontario with help from some provincial funding. Social Sharing CBC Music · Posted: Jan 14, 2021 7:00 AM ET | Last Updated: January 14 New provincial funding will help Matawa First Nations Management expand its research of at-risk bat species in the region, including the Little Brown Bat.(Peter Thomson/Associated Press) Matawa First Nations Management will expand monitoring of at-risk bat species in northern Ontario with help from some provincial funding. The organization, through its Four Rivers environmental services department, has been approved for a total of $115,000 in funding over two years from Ontario's Species at Risk Stewardship Program.