Fishing Line/Lead Collectors
Dispose Your Fishing Line & Lead Here! Keep our waterways tangle-free and lead-free. Monofilament fishing line persists in the environment for 600 years. Fishing line and hooks can cause injuries or...
pH Monitoring
Interest in pH monitoring on the Miramichi River and tributaries is based on a concern primarily for fish habitat, Many waterways with lower pH levels (e.g. Nova Scotia’s southeast shore) due to “acid rain” and low buffering capacities have...
SeagrassNet
"SeagrassNet is an expanding, worldwide ecological monitoring program that investigates and documents the status of seagrass resources and the threats to this important and imperilled marine ecosystem."
Ice Observation
As part of the New Brunswick "River Watch" program, ice observation is a provincial initiative that monitors the potential for flooding along New Brunswick’s river systems in late winter and during the spring freshet.
Atlantic Salmon Habitat Assessment
Over the past eleven years MREAC, with FCAS support, has completed Atlantic salmon habitat assessments on the Tomogonops, Bay du Vin, Bartibogue, Barnaby, Bartholomew, Black River, and other drainage basins.
Lake Monitoring
MREAC with the support of the New Brunswick Department of Environment and Local Government (DELG) staff have been actively involved in lake monitoring on the Miramichi watershed.
Real-Time Monitoring
Real-time monitoring is an increasingly popular technology that is being used across the world. This technology allows users to have up-to-date results on various parameters and at specified intervals.
CABIN
The Canadian Aquatic Biomonitoring Network (CABIN) protocol, as developed by Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC), is now a nationally accepted and applied technique for assessing the biological condition...
Snow Course Monitoring
MREAC established a partnership with the New Brunswick Department of Environment and Local Government (DELG) in 2009-10 to begin conducting snow and ice studies in the Miramichi River watershed.
Napan River & Whites Brook
The Napan River valley is one of the few sub-watersheds on the Miramichi drainage that is highly developed with significant active agricultural lands, industrial and municipal development.
Swim Watch Program
Through the Swim Watch Program, MREAC monitors water quality at predetermined sites throughout the Miramichi River watershed. Beginning in 1993, 100 mL surface water samples have been collected during...
River & Air Watch
River Watch / Air Watch are MREAC's community flagship program. Each year, citizens and stakeholders from the Miramichi address environmental concerns through this program. MREAC press releases...