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. 3 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. 8.