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Environment:
A Presentation by Fred Cheverie
Involvement By Creating Awareness The Souris, PEI Experience
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PRINCE EDW
ARD ISLAND
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Management Area
Souris & Area Wildlife Federation
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Prince Edward Island
The Island’s three largest industries are: Agriculture, Fisheries, and Tourism
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Agriculture
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Fisheries
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Tourism
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Land Usage in Eastern PEI
Land Use in Basin Head Wa-tershed
Agriculture
Forest
Sand Dune
Residential/Comercial
Pond/Lagoon
Salt Marsh
Land Use in Souris River Watershed
Agriculture
Forest
Wetland
Other
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Souris & Area Wildlife Branch
• Operating since 1954• 9 volunteer board of directors
(various levels of education)• Approximately 200 active members• Considered the “go to” environmental
organization in eastern Prince Edward Island
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Souris & Area Wildlife Branch Goals
• Protection & enhancement of fish/wildlife habitat
• Watershed planning, protection and restoration• Education of the general public on
environmental issues, wildlife and wildlife habitat• Promotion of outdoor recreational sports and activities• Improved communication with our stakeholders
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Success Stories
• Some recent major accomplishments of Souris Area & Branch include:
• HADD (Harmful Alteration, Disruption, Destruction)• Watershed Planning• WEB`s (Watershed Evaluation of Beneficial
Management Practices)• EG&S (Ecological Goods And Services)
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HADD (Harmful alteration, disruption, destruction)
Work completed through HADD was a success, shown in this picture by the new growth of grass in the brush matting (which was placed to cover a large mudflat)
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Additional brush matting was done this past summer
Finished project with brush matting installed on both sides of the Souris River
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Watershed Planning
• Community Developed and Driven
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EG&S (PEI Ecological Goods & Services Project)
The project was conducted by specific research on producer costs and the public’s willingness to pay for Ecological Goods and Services (EG&S) in small agricultural watersheds.The project delivered a Comprehensive Land Management PackageThis Comprehensive Land Management Package encouraged the adoption and implementation of practices that address watershed environmental priorities established through a watershed planning process (watershed planning, nitrate issue, etc)
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Comprehensive Land Management Package
• Terraces, grassed waterways, berms• Increased headlands• Hedgerows• Retirement of sensitive lands• Enhanced buffers• Spring ploughing, cover crops, mulching• Pesticide risk reduction• Cattle fencing
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Watershed Evaluation of Beneficial Management Practices
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Objectives
• Principle purpose is to evaluate at the watershed scale the effects nitrate leaching by utilizing spring ploughing verses fall ploughing following a potato-grain-hay rotation. In Partnership with the following:
Agriculture And Agri - Food CanadaPEI Dept. of AgriculturePEI Dept. Of Environment, Justice & LabourCanadian Rivers InstituteNova Scotia Agricultural CollegeUniversity of Prince Edward IslandSouris & Area Branch of PEI Wildlife Federation
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How do you engage community?
• Education
• Communication
• Involvement
• Leadership
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Education
• Presentations to:– elementary, junior and high school students (appropriate
environmental material)– adults in the community (at community school, service
groups)
• Individual conversations:– tailboard meetings– grocery cart meetings – legion discussions
• Watershed coordinator should attend seminars that provide information that is beneficial to resource based industries (agriculture, aquaculture, etc)
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Communication
• Select small projects in highly visible areas where success is easily attainable
• Celebrate these successes through media such as newspaper, newsletters, Facebook, email, fliers, and website
• Express interest in resource based industries by individual visits showing true interest in their livelihood
• Always communicate to the level of your audience
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Involvement
• Ensure that educational presentations to public schools are paired with “hands on activities.”
• Watershed planning should involve all stakeholders, where everyone has opportunity for input (this takes time)
• Bring major landholders on side (farmers). Start with the committed, celebrate their involvement, and others will follow
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Leadership
• Success within watersheds is directly correlated with good leadership
• Leadership usually has a direct relationship to funding
• Individuals involved in leadership roles must have people skills
• Leadership is measured by the community through success stories and work ethic
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Recognition follows success within watersheds
Provincially recognized in 2006
Municipally recognized 2009
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Recognition follows success within watersheds
2012 Canada Recreational Fisheries Award
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Questions?www.souriswl.ca