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Volunteer Redd Survey of the Nashwaak River and Tributaries
February 4, 2025 - Description: The Nashwaak River is an index river for the Outer Bay of Fundy (OBoF) designatable unit of wild Atlantic salmon, which has been listed as endangered by COSEWIC since...
Restoring of Porters Brook and post-removal monitoring
February 4, 2025 - Description: Porters Brook is an important cold-water, spring-fed brook that lies within the Nashwaak watershed. Deposition of sediment is occurring in the pool at the mouth of the brook when...
Post-Removal monitoring and restoration of Campbell Creek Dam
February 4, 2025 - Description: This project seeks to build on the successful removal of the Campbell creek dam that was completed in 2021. The Campbell creek dam had previously impeded fish passage to...
Protecting aquatic habitat through bank restoration in the lower Nashwaak River
February 4, 2025 - Description: This project aims to contribute to the restoration and protection of Atlantic salmon habitat through the completion of a bio-engineered bank restoration project. The overarching goal of this project...
Assessing and Restoring Aquatic Connectivity in the Nashwaak Watershed
February 4, 2025 - Description: This project builds on our successes over the last seven years in assessing and improving fish passage in the Nashwaak watershed. Our strategy for improving aquatic connectivity employs a...
Dam removal on Campbell Creek 2021
September 13, 2021 - NWAI has identified major barriers to fish passage along the Nashwaak River, a DFO priority river. We recognize that the Campbell Creek Dam, property of the City of Fredericton, has...
Assessing and restoring aquatic connectivity in the central Nashwaak watershed
September 13, 2021 - One of the main goals of NWAI’s 10-year Strategic Plan is to increase the number of fish passable road-stream crossings to improve the aquatic connectivity within the Nashwaak Watershed. This...