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Publications

PROJECT REPORTS

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2024

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2023 

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Annapolis River Estuary Monitoring Project: Planning for the recovery of anadromous species in the Annapolis River estuary 

Fish Habitat Restoration and Enhancement: A project to address habitat fragmentation and degradation in the Annapolis River Watershed 

2022-2023 Year in Review

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2022

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Annapolis River Estuary Monitoring Project: planning for the recovery of anadramous species in the Annapolis River estuary

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2021

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Addressing the threat of invasive fish to at-risk Atlantic salmon and Atlantic whitefish populations in Nova Scotia

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2020-2021 Year in Review 

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2020

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2019-2020 Year in Review

Sand Barrens Mapping Report (Phase 1)

Fish Passage Restoration and Habitat Enhancement: Round Hill River and Fales River Subwatersheds

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2019

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2018-2019 Year in Review

Fish Passage Restoration and Habitat Enhancement: Fish Habitat Enhancement on the Fales River

A Project to Address Fish Habitat Fragmentation and Degradation in the Annapolis River Watershed

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2018

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2017-2018 Year in Review

2017-2018 Wood Turtle Monitoring & Stewardship (public version)

Fish Passage Restoration and Habitat Enhancement

Youth Leading Environmental Change

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2017

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2016-2017 Year in Review

Nictuax River Subwatershed Management Plan

2016 Annapolis River Report Card

Estuarine Monitoring

2017 Annapolis River Guardians Report Card

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2016

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Wood Turtle Monitoring & Stewardship 2016

2015-2016 Year in Review

Assessing Land-Based Impacts on the Annapolis River Estuary

Community Reforestation: Growing Ecological Health In the Annapolis River Watershed

Fish Passage Restoration and Habitat Enhancement

Nictaux River Subwatershed Management Plan

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2015

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Annapolis River Watershed: Agri-Stewardship

Annapolis Basin Estuary Report Card 2015

Striped Bass Monitoring in the Annapolis River, Bear River and Allains Creek, Nova Scotia 2015

Wood Turtle Monitoring & Stewardship 2015

2015 Annapolis Watershed Report Card

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2014

 

2014 Annnapolis Watershed Report Card

2014 River Guardians: Annual Water Quality Monitoring Report

Rural H20 Water Guardians, 2014

Year in Review (AGM)

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2013

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Broken Brooks 2013

Striped Bass Monitoring in the Annapolis River, Bear River and Allains Creek, Nova Scotia, 2013

Wood Turtle Monitoring and Stewardship, 2013

Ecological Monitoring of the Clementsport Dam Removal Project

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2012

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2012 Annapolis Watershed Report Card

2012 River Guardians: Annual Water Quality Monitoring Report

Broken Brooks 2012

2012 Clam Report

Town of Annapolis Royal: Partners for Climate Protection Milestone 5

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2011

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2011 Annapolis Watershed Report Card

2011 River Guardians: Annual Water Quality Monitoring Report

Broken Brooks 2011

Clementsport Dam Removal and Restoration Project Report: 2011 Season

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2010

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2010 Annapolis Watershed Report Card

2010 River Guardians: Annual Water Quality Monitoring Report

Broken Brooks 2010

Flooded Forests: ecosystem at risk, 2010

Managing Water Resources in a Climate Changed World: An Annapolis Pilot Project

Moose River Restoration Project Executive Summary: Feasibility Assessment, River Restoration at Clementsport Dam, 2010

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2009

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2009 Annapolis Watershed Report Card

2009 River Guardians: Annual Water Quality Monitoring Program

Annapolis Aquatic Habitat Enhancement Project, 2009

Green Heart of the Valley Project Report 2009

Monsters in the Marsh! Project Report Removing Glossy Buckthorn (Rhamnus frangula) from the Annapolis Royal Marsh, 2009

Municipal Water Use Pricing Structure Options, 2009

Summary of Pre-Restoration Monitoring Clementsport Dam Moose River, Nova Scotia, 2009

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2008

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2008 Annapolis Watershed Report Card

2008 River Guardians: Annual Water Quality Monitoring Program

Aquatic Habitat Restoration 2008

Broken Brooks 2008

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2007

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2007 Annapolis Watershed Report Card

2007 River Guardians: Annual Water Quality Monitoring Program

Aquatic Habitat Restoration 2007

A Population Survey and Resource Valuation of Soft-shell Clams (Mya arenaria) in the Annapolis Basin, NS, 2007

Digging Into the Past: Clam Harvesting in the Annapolis Basin, 2007

Invasive Alien Plants and You Better Management Practices (BMP) and Control Methods for Priority Invasive Plants in the Annapolis Valley, 2007

Report on the Investigation of Low Dissolved Oxygen Levels in the Annapolis River Estuary, 2007

Spreading the Word About Weeds Community Action on Invasive Alien Plants in Nova Scotia’s Annapolis Valley, 2007

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2006

 

2006 Annapolis Watershed Report Card

2006 River Guardians: Annual Water Quality Monitoring Program

Annapolis River Watershed Pesticide Risk Ranking

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2005

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2005 Annapolis Watershed Report Card

2005 River Guardians: Annual Water Quality Monitoring Program

Annapolis Watershed Salt Marsh Evaluation: Surveying Tidal Barriers Along the Annapolis Basin, 2005

Habitat Friendly Farming Final Project Report, 2005

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2004

 

2004 Annapolis Watershed Report Card

2004 River Guardians: Annapolis Water Quality Monitoring Program

Ecological Monitoring in the Annapolis Valley:DND Granville Ferry Rifle Range and McGill Lake Wilderness Area

Evaluation of a Prototype Design Stock Sampler for Soft-Shell Clams, 2004

Meeting the One Tonne Challenge on Annapolis Farms Project Report, 2004

Microbial Source Tracking (MST): Towards Effective Identification of Fecal Pollution Sources

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2003

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2003 River Guardians: Annapolis Water Quality Monitoring Program

Aylesford East Water & Wastewater Management Survey

Engaging Ecological Monitoring in Atlantic Canada, 2003

Historical and Projected Temperature and Precipitation Trends in the Annapolis Valley, Nova Scotia, 2003

Moving Forward An Environmental Management Plan for the Annapolis Watershed, 2003

Operation SWIM Sub-Watershed Investigative Monitoring, 2003

Working by Water Project Report

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2002

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2002 River Guardians: Annapolis Water Quality Monitoring Program

RURALWASTEWATER: OPPORTUNITIES FOR BETTERMANAGEMENT OF ON-SITE SEPTIC SYSTEMS

 

2001

 

Annapolis Atmosfarm Outreach Pilot Project

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1997

 

Froglands Project Final Report, 1997

Waterstrider Newsletter

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Stormwater Educational Resource Kits

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Impacts of climate change (2019)

Stormwater management (2019)

Water conservation (2019)

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Town of Annapolis Royal- Alien invasive species resources

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Goutweed- Town of Annapolis Royal 

NBISC Invasive Species in Nova Scotia (2022) 

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Other

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2017 field season highlights

2016 Christmas Bird Count Results

Best Management Practices for Salmonids on Agricultural Land

Best Management Practices for Salmonids on Woodlots

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