NEW BRUNSWICK WILDLIFE TRUST FUND LIST OF PROJECTS APPROVED 2003

Gestion du saumon de la Restigouche et ses tributaires MSRT Hatchery Facility $7,000.

Charlo Salmonid Enhancement Centre Inc. Charlo Salmonid Enhancement Centre $35,000.

Nepisiguit Salmon Association Nepisiguit Salmon Assessment & Enhancement $14,000.

Le Club Chasse et Pêche Grande Rivière Inc. Restoration of the Clearwater Stream, Phase II $15,000.

Eel River Bar First Nation Eel River Bar First Nation Upsalquitch River Salmon Smolt Wheel $11,000.

Eel River Bar First Nation $6,000. Upsalquitch River Caretaker Development Program (Conditional)

Miramichi Salmon Association Inc. Miramichi Salmon Association Electrofishing Program $6,700.

Miramichi Watershed Management Committee Inc. Miramichi River Salmon Restoration – Stocking 2003 $35,000.

Northumberland Salmon Protection Association Atlantic Salmon Smolt Production from the Northwest Miramichi River $9,500.

Richibucto River Association Richibucto River Water Quality Improvement 2003 $17,660.

Les Ami(e)s de la Kouchibouguacis Improvement and Conservation of Riparian Zones and the Habitat of Salmonids on the Kouchibouguacis $3,800.

Dr. Matthew K. Litvak, University of New Brunswick Ecology and status of the Atlantic and Shortnose Sturgeon on the Saint John River System $11,000.

Atlantic Salmon Federation Feasibility of using Landlocked Salmon in Anadromous salmon recovery program $20,000.

Nashwaak Watershed Association Inc. Further investigating the In-River Factors that Affect the Migration Success and Survival Rates of Nashwaak River Smolts $26,000.

Miramichi Headwaters Salmon Federation Inc. Satellite Rearing Operation $9,500.

NB Aquatic Resources Data Warehouse Compiling and Preserving WTF Fisheries Project Data $12,000.

Belledune Regional Environment Association Inc. Jacquet River Atlantic Salmon Conservation Project $25,000.

Comité de gestion environnementale de la Rivière Pokemouche Inc. The Recovery of Riverside Buffer Zones and Raising Awareness of the Users about the Importance of the Biological Diversity ;and the Natural Habitats of the Pokemouche River Watershed $9,000.

Aaron Spares, Acadia University Using Cs-137 to Track the Ocean Migration of Atlantic Salmon $7,500.

Dr. Allen Curry, NB Cooperative Fish and Widllife Research Unit Enhancing the Sea-run Brook Trout Populations of NB: (A) Compiling Existing Data to Generate Critical Questions; and (B) Spatial and Temporal Habitats of Sea-run Brook Trout in the Miramichi River $18,000.

2 Southeastern Anglers Association Phase I: Integrated Ecological Study of the Chockpish River $5,000.

Dr. Jim Kieffer, UNB Saint John Evaluation of Simple Field Instruments for the Measurement of Blood Variables as Stress Indications in Fish $5,000.

ACAP Saint John Fish Community Assemblages of the Saint John Harbour $10,000.

ACAP Saint John Urban Stream Restoration Program: Hazen Creek and Marsh Creek $10,000.

Tobique Salmon Protective Association Inc. Tobique and Saint John Wild Salmon Stabilization and Recovery $8,370.

Miramichi Watershed Management Committee Inc. Operation of the North Branch – Main Southwest Miramichi River Atlantic Salmon Barrier $20,000.

Sub-Total for these 21 Fisheries Projects $357,030

Kennebecasis Watershed Restoration Committee Millstream River Restoration Project 2003 $25,000.

New Brunswick Wildlife Federation Fish Habitat Restoration Project $ 6,000.

Canaan River Fish & Game Association Bank Restoration of the Canaan River – A Demonstration Project II $18,000.

Sub-Total for these 3 Fisheries Project Covered by MRDC Funds $49,000.

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TOTAL FOR THE 24 FISHERIES RELATED PROJECTS: $406,030..

Parc Écologique de la Péninsule Acadienne Nesting platforms for Ospreys $1,500

The Chigneto Soil and Crop Association Wildlife Habitat Conservation in the Agricultural Landscape of the Tantramar Dykelands $15,000.

Restigouche Naturalist Club Waterfowl Habitat Restoration – Tide Head Marsh $4,200.

Shawn Craik, McGill University Red-Breasted Merganser Brood Movements, Habitat Use, and Duckling Survival Rates in Kouchibouguac National Park $5,000.

Ducks Unlimited Canada. Small Marsh Project $15,000.

Sussex and Studholm Agricultural Society Gilbert Island Wildlife Conservation $5,000.

TOTAL FOR THESE 6 WILDLIFE RELATED PROJECTS: $45,700..

Claude Samson, UdeM - Edmundston Management of Plantations Aimed at Improving the Habitat of the American Marten $25,000.

TOTAL FOR THIS TRAPPING PROJECT: $25,000.

Tabusintac Watershed Association Biological Monitoring of the Tabusintac Watersehd $6,600.

Céline Bérubé, UdeM - Moncton Habitat Use by the River Otters – A study of the seasonal variations and the influence of protected and non-protected areas $12,000. 4

Association pour la protection des dunes du Beau Rivage Protection of Wildlife Habitat in Beau Rivage and Extending to Chemin Petite Côte $1,500.

Tom Herman, Acadia University Conserving our only endemic mammal: assessing the habitat associations and genetic diversity of the maritime shrew, Sorex maritimensis within a landscape mosaic 11,220.

Greater Fundy Ecosystem Research Group Habitat Requirements of Forest Birds $16,000.

Grand Manan Whale & Seabird Research Station Sheep Island Tern Restoration $10,000.

Saint John Naturalists’ Club Seaduck Migration Project Point Lepreau Bird Observatory $4,700.

NB Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, Allen Curry Defining the habitats of the threatened Dwarf Smelt of Lake Utopia $12,000.

Atlantic Canada Conservation Data Centre A comprehensive inventory of rare plants, dragonflies and mussels on the Eel River (Carleton – York Counties) $19,400

Claude Samson et Lucie Lavoie, Faculté de foresterie, UdeM - Edmundston The Effects of Commercial Forestry upon the Ecology of Amphibian Populations in the Venal Pools of Northwestern New Brunswick $10,000.

Denis Doucet, UdeM - Moncton Evaluating Wildlife Indicators of Ecological Integrity in a Managed Forest Landscape – Phase II $10,000.

Birds Studies Canada – Atlantic Region Citizen Science in New Brunswick: Monitoring Bird Populations Through Volunteers $15,000.

Tillmann Benfey, UNB Fredericton Spawning Status of Gulf St. Lawrence Striped Bass $1,920.

5 Connell Memorial Herbarium Completion of the Dicot Component of the Web Accessible Database of N.B. Plant Specimens Housed $11,000.

Huntsmen Marine Science Centre St. Andrews Banding Station Fall Migration Monitoring Project $5,000.

Dr. Don Stewart, Acadia University Conservation genetics of the yellow lampmussel, Lampsilis cariosa, in Atlantic Canada $9,000.

TOTAL FOR THESE 16 BIODIVERSITY RELATED PROJECTS: $155,340

Ducks Unlimited Canada DU Adopt-a-Class Wetland Field Trip Program $20,000.

New Brunswick Wildlife Federation Wildlife Education Program for High Schools $15,000.

New Brunswick Wildlife Federation Outdoor Heritage Camp Program $28,500.

NB Federation of Naturalists Species at Risk Curriculum Kit – Workshops for Teachers $10,000.

NB Federation of Naturalists Poster: Frogs of N.B./Grenouilles du N.-B. $7,000.

NB Federation of Naturalists Summer Youth Nature Camps-A Chance to Explore the World Around You $13,500.

Faculté de foresterie, UdeM – Edmundston Discovering our Wildlife : Our Riches, Our Responsibilities $43,200.

6 Shediac Bay Watershed Association Community Wetlands Atlas $10,000.

Cambridge-Narrow School “Fish Friends” Program $500.

Devon Middle School “Fish Friends” Program $500.

NB Bird Records Committee Publication of an Annotated Check List of the Birds of NB $3,660.

NB Federation of Naturalists Rare Orchids of New Brunswick Poster $5,000.

Saint John Naturalists’ Club Inc. Seaduck Educational Video Point Lepreau Bird Observatory $4,100.

NB Wildlife Trust Fund Province Wide Hunter Education Youth Program $17,150.

Club Chasse & Pêche Grande Rivière Tracadie Field Day $1,620.

Miramichi Salmon Association Fishing Courses for Youth and Guides $5,000.

Piper Project-Projet siffleur/NBFN Interpretative Posters for the Coastal Guardian Program on the Acadian Peninsula $3,830.

Tantramar Wetlands Centre Experience Wetlands Education $10,000

Atlantic Salmon Museum It’s Your River…Experience It’s Lure… $5,000.

7 Fundy Model Foreste Experiential Education – Ecosystem Awareness $2,500.

Communauté en Action pour la Protection de la Faune et de son Habitat Northwestern NB Awareness and Education Program about Multi-Resources Management and Poaching $8,000.

Miramichi Archery Club Inc. Canbow 3D Program $1,500.

Grand Manan Wildlife Association Sidney Guptill Shooting Range $2,500.

TOTAL FOR THESE 23EDUCATION RELATED PROJECTS: $218,060.

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