About

The Miramichi River Environmental Assessment Committee (MREAC) has functioned as a community-based not-for-profit watershed organization since 1989.  MREAC’s primary objective is environmental stewardship and management of the Miramichi watershed.

Mission

Continual improvement of environmental quality of the Miramichi River ecosystem with emphasis on the Miramichi watershed.

MREAC will accomplish this by:

• Constructive consultation, cooperation and partnering with government, industry, municipalities and other stakeholders wherever possible
• Supporting the advancement and application of scientific knowledge
• Promoting and supporting an appropriate level of enforcement of environmental regulation
• Active involvement in independent environmental monitoring
• Promoting the responsible use of technology in environmental improvement
• Celebrating and promoting the Miramichi River’s environmental qualities and values as appropriate to sustain a healthy sense of pride and stewardship
• Venturing beyond our ecosystem boundary when needed to understand external factors impacting our watershed, to gain useful knowledge and promote sharing of information and technological exchange

Core Programs

The MREAC core programs include:

• Web-Based Satellite Telemetry Real-Time Water Quality Monitoring
• Atlantic Salmon Habitat Assessment
• Canadian Aquatic Biomonitoring Network (CABIN)
• Swim Watch Program
• Lake Monitoring
• SeagrassNet
• Species at Risk (Glyptemys insculpta), (Ophiogomphus howei), (Alasmidonta varicosa)
• Snow Course Monitoring
• Ice Observation