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Flood Mitigation & Community Resilience

Watch our series of free webinars and discussions hosted by some of the leading authorities on flood management within our province. The Flood Mitigation and Community Resilience Webinar Series took place in spring 2021.

This webinar series was hosted by the Nashwaak Watershed Association Inc., in partnership with the Conservation Council of New Brunswick.

Check out the entire series here:

Part 1: Flood Mapping with Jasmin Boisvert, Department of Environment and Local Government

Jasmin Boisvert is a Water Resource Specialist with the Department of Environment and Local Government’s Hydrology Centre. Jasmin primarily works on New Brunwsick’s flood hazard mapping initiatives, as well as updating the province’s flood modelling tools and providing advice and expertise related to water resources for a variety of other initiatives and projects in the province. 

In this webinar, Jasmin speaks on the province’s unique geography and the various types of flooding that this creates. He also discusses the costs associated with flooding, how the province’s Flood History Database is used, and expands on the flooding events that occurred in NB in 2018 and 2019.

Part 2: Adapting Fredericton’s Flood Response for the Future with Brittney MacLean, City of Fredericton

Brittany MacLean worked with the City of Fredericton as the Corporate and Environmental Performance Officer. Brittany is no longer with the the City of Fredericton, but had been with the city for three years, starting the role of the Environmental Coordinator. Through this position, she led the development of the City’s Climate Change Adaptation Plan. 

In this webinar, Brittany discusses the recent increase in flooding events in Fredericton and how the City has adapted its flooding response. She also speaks on future expectations around flooding in the Fredericton region, and how the Climate Change Adaptation Plan, Disaster Management and Adaptation Fund, and broad partnerships will help the City address flooding in the future.

Part 3: Reducing Flood Risk: Action Begins at Home with Cheryl Evans and Joanna Eyquem, Intact Centre on Climate Change

Cheryl Evans is the Director of the Home Flood Protection at the Intact Centre on Climate Adaptation at the University of Waterloo. She served as a technical committee member on CSA’s Guideline on Basement Flood Protection and Risk Reduction (CSA Z800) and was also a lead curriculum developer for the Ontario College’s Flood Risk Assessment Training Program. 

Joanna Eyquem is a Professional Geoscientist, Chartered Water and Environmental Manager and Chartered Environmentalist. Prior to joining the Intact Centre, she was the National Climate Change Lead at AECOM Canada and previously held roles at Parish Geomorphic LTD (now Matrix Solutions), Royal Haskoning DHV and Jacobs Engineering. 

In this webinar, Cheryl and Joanna give an overview of actions to reduce flood risk. The actions range from individual building maintenance and retrofits to watershed approaches that work with nature.

Part 4: The Link Between Natural Infrastructure and Flood Attenuation with Megan de Graaf and Simon Mitchell, WWF and Community Forests International

Simon J. Mitchell is the Vice President of Resilient Habitats of WWF-Canada. Megan de Graaf is the Acadian Forest Program Director for Community Forests International. Simon and Megan present jointly in this webinar on their natural infrastructure projects along the Wolastoq River.

In this webinar, Simon speaks about the role that natural infrastructure plays in flood mitigation in New Brunswick and what this looks like in a municipal context. Megan presents a similar analysis of forest property, modelled to arrive at an estimated value of water retention. This forest property analysis is compared to the construction of a holding pond with similar water-retention capacities, showing the effectiveness of forests in flood mitigation.

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A big thanks to everyone involved! On Tuesday a grateful Leo Hayes Envirothon Club received a Scott's Nursery gift card for their new pollinator garden project. The funds were raised at the recent Pollinator Gardening Workshop we hosted in partnership with Scott's and Nature NB. The group is so pleased with the donation and enthusiastically shared with us their many plans for a thriving native pollinator garden at the school. The space will benefit students and wildlife alike, incorporating native edibles and beautiful flowering plants to support local pollinators. These students are intelligent, considerate and inspiring and we can't wait to help out with the garden when they begin breaking ground. We foresee many fun collaborations in our future, stay tuned ! ##pollinatorgarden #youngleaders #community #MyNashwaak ... See MoreSee Less

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Want to learn how to manage your forest to benefit wildlife and species at risk? Join NWAI and instructors Gareth Davies and Julie Henderson (Maritime College of Forest Technology) to find out about best management practices for supporting wildlife habitat in actively managed forests. See eventbrite for details and to register: www.eventbrite.ca/e/managing-forests-for-wildlife-tickets-596772682157 The cost for this workshop is $20.00, which comes with a membership to the Nashwaak Watershed Association (members can attend for $10.00). Questions? Please contact Kate Turner - (506) 609-7000, forest@nashwaakwatershed.ca#forestcapitalofcanada #eauNBwater #forestmanagement #MyNashwaak ... See MoreSee Less

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Over the past few weeks, the NWAI has been gathering ice monitoring data for GNB’s River Watch Program. Since the first week of March, we have been monitoring conditions on the Nashwaak River twice weekly at 9 sites. This week, conditions varied along the river, with downstream sites remaining almost completely frozen over, while sites further upstream were around 90% open. Pictured above are our Stanley, Taymouth and Barker’s Point sites. As river ice continues to break-up, keep your eye on the helpful resources provided by GNB’s River Watch program and NB Emergency Measures Organization (NBEMO). #rivericemonitoring #riverwatch #nbflood ... See MoreSee Less

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Nashwaak Watershed Association Inc.
P.O. Box 314, Station “A”
Fredericton, NB
E3B 4Y2

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181 Westmorland Street
Fredericton, NB
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