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Watercourse Protection Projects
Halls Creek
Rehabilitation Project
Stream
clean-ups |
Halls Creek Rehabilitation
Project
Sponsored by the
New Brunswick Environmental Trust Fund
The development
and expansion of greater Moncton and its hinterland has had a
substantial impact on the Halls Creek watershed. Through environmental
contamination, alteration, destruction, urban development and
human activities, such as recreation, have adversely affected
our lakes, rivers, brooks and wetlands. For examle, Seaman Brook
and sections of Rabbit Brook, have completely disappeared into
underground pipes. Others, such as first order tributaries of
Gorge Brook, are now dry.
Regardless of the
various impacts listed above, many areas of the watershed are
in relatively good shape and have a great potential for conservation
and rehabilitation. An initiative of the Petitcodiac Riverkeeper
and the Petitcodiac Watershed Monitoring Group, the Halls Creek
Rehabilitation Project's (HCRP) main objectives are to improve
water quality and the natural habitats of the watershed. The preject
was officially launched in the summer of 2001, with the financial
assistance of the New Brunswick Environmental Trust Fund (ETF).
Project Vision
An environmentally
healthy watershed for the benefit of all organisims that live
within its boundaries.
Project Mission
To asssess and inventory water pollution
and other watershed issues and to elaborate and initiate actions
whose ultimate goal is the restoration and the protection of the
Halls Creek watershed. The project also aims to educate and involve
local communities in addressing watrershed issues.
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