Watershed Management in Urban and Rural NB: Fredericton Area Watersheds Association and CanaanWashad

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Watershed Management in Urban and Rural NB
Fredericton Area Watersheds Association and
Canaan-Washademoak Watershed Association

• Watershed Groups Institute
• Dr. Shawn Dalton
• November 23, 2005

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Goal Integrated Watershed Planning and
Management

• Integration of activities affecting air, land,
  and water
• Constrained/supported by what is defined as
  socially acceptable, economically viable, and
  ecologically possible
• Requires participation of a variety of actors,
  including public, private, corporate, and
  non-profit sectors

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Canaan-Washademoak Watershed (2160 sq. km)
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Canaan River
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Washademoak Lake
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Canaan
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Washademoak
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Canaan-Washademoak Watershed Association Goals

• to protect and enhance the ecological structure
  and function of the Canaan River, Washademoak
  Lake, and their tributaries
• in so doing, to (re)connect people in the region
  with these valuable aquatic resources

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CWWA Strategy

• We work toward these goals through a
  collaborative, community-based, ecosystem
  approach to watershed planning and management

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Canaan-Washademoak Watershed Association

• Group formed in May, 2002
• Participants have included
• Private citizens
• Washademoak Environmentalists
• Canaan-River Fish and Game Association
• Fundy Model Forest
• J.D. Irving, Ltd.
• NB Dept. of Environment and Local Government
• Ducks Unlimited Canada
• Royal District Planning Commission
• Agribusiness
• Canadian Community Monitoring Network
  Environment Canada and Canadian Nature Federation
• Southern NB Woodlot Owners Cooperative
• National Water Research Institute
• Canadian Rivers Institute
• University of New Brunswick, Environment and
  Sustainable Development Research Centre

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Canaan-Washademoak Watershed Association
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Activities of CWWA

• Integrated Planning Pilot Project Watershed
  Management Plan
• Atlas of Social and Ecological Resources
• Analysis of Trends in Agriculture
• Community-Based Ecological Monitoring Program
  (forest biodiversity, benthics, water quality,
  electrofishing, etc.)
• Social Ecological Studies
• Environmental History of Watershed
• Education and Outreach Program

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Watershed Management

• Integration of activities affecting air, land,
  and water
• Constrained/supported by what is defined as
  socially acceptable, economically viable, and
  ecologically possible
• Requires participation of a variety of actors,
  including public, private, corporate, and
  non-profit sectors

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An integrated approach to watershed planning and
management can provide a framework for
understanding

• biophysical conditions
• socioeconomic conditions
• reciprocal relationships between these

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Our Approach
Community Interests and Concerns (identify
and respond)
Decision-makers (collaborate)
Information (citizen science, social structure,
mapping, policy context)
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Riparian zone vegetation removal along
Washademoak Lake 7.2 or _at_8 km lt1 along the
Canaan River

• Increased growth of algae and sediment coatings
  on rocks
• Increased silt deposition is leading to infilling
  of coves

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While 7.6 of the total land parcels (or
approximately 6 of the area of the watershed)
are designated agricultural, a disproportionate
number of these are found along the main stem of
the Canaan River and Washademoak Lake.  Of the
1374 parcels of private land along the riparian
zone of the main stem, 134 (9.7) are assessed as
agricultural. This represents a full 25 of all
agricultural properties in the watershed.
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DRAFT
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Final thought