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Coastal Restoration Fund: Projects in Nova Scotia

Northumberland Strait Saltwater Marsh Restoration

Recipient: Clean Foundation

Project achievements: Together with partners, the project team:

Restoration at Marshall's Crossing converted failing culverts into a bridge and restored the natural hydrology of the area.

At the Sitmu'k site of Pictou Landing First Nation they:

Contributions made to existing guidance documents and shareable, open-access data resources has expanded capacity for other groups wanting to complete similar restoration work.

Fund allocation: $2,414,173 over 5 years

Partners:

Media Announcement:

Government of Canada makes a significant Coastal Restoration Fund investment in Nova Scotia and the Arctic through the Oceans Protection Plan


Rehabilitating and Restoring a Unique Landscape

Recipient: Maritime Aboriginal Peoples Council

Project achievements: The project addressed issues of coastal erosion and physical barriers to fish passage in these watersheds located within the Cobequid Bay of the inner Bay of Fundy, NS:

Four of the 5 watersheds within the project scope were identified as critical habitat for the endangered inner Bay of Fundy Atlantic Salmon and contain the remaining native populations for this species.

Due to the collective efforts of the project team and partners, 25.8 linear km of aquatic habitat and fish passage were successfully restored.

Fund allocation: $1,259,303 over 5 years

Partners:

Media Announcement:

Government of Canada makes a significant Coastal Restoration Fund investment in Nova Scotia and the Arctic through the Oceans Protection Plan


Making Room for Wetlands: Implementation of Managed Realignment for Salt Marsh Restoration and Climate Change Adaptation in Nova Scotia

Recipient: Saint Mary's University

Project achievements: The project team managed dyke realignment and tidal wetland restoration at various sites in the Bay of Fundy, Nova Scotia.

The restoration approaches used in the project built upon 2 decades of collaboration and experience in tidal wetland restoration between Saint Mary's University, CBWES Inc. and the Province of Nova Scotia.

In total, 400 ha of restored tidal wetland habitat now increases the resiliency of the coastline by:

Fund allocation: $1,830,808 over 5 years

Partners:

Media Announcement:

Government of Canada makes a significant Coastal Restoration Fund investment in Nova Scotia and the Arctic through the Oceans Protection Plan


Strengthening Mi'kmaw Capacity in Coastal and Watershed Assessment and Restoration in the Northumberland Strait and the Bay of Fundy

Recipient: Confederacy of Mainland Mi'kmaq

Project achievements: Through community partnerships and capacity building activities with Mi'kmaw members along the Northumberland Strait and the Bay of Fundy watershed, the project team:

Fund allocation: $1,196,045 over 4 years

Partners:

Media Announcement:

Government of Canada makes a significant investment in the Confederacy of Mainland Mi'kmaq through the Oceans Protection Plan


Healthy rivers promote a healthy coastline: restoring Nova Scotia's Southern Upland rivers to promote a healthier coastal ecosystem

Recipient: The Nova Scotia Salmon Association

Project achievements: The project team used an integrated approach to restoring an aquatic ecosystem in coastal Nova Scotia. To do so, they restored water quality and physical habitat in the West River Sheet Harbour (West River) and its estuary. This benefits Atlantic Salmon and salmonids.

Together with partners, the restoration of the region integrated terrestrial, freshwater, estuarine and marine habitats and restored migratory corridors for fish through stream channels. Large-scale habitat structure installations:

Fund allocation: $668,275 over 3 years

Partners:

Media Announcement:

Government of Canada invests in aquatic habitat through the Oceans Protection Plan


St. Mary's River Restoration Project

Recipient: St. Mary's River Association

Project achievements: The project team:

Habitat restoration successfully added the installation of rock structures, such as rock sills and rock deflectors.

The immediate benefits of the instream restoration work created holding pools and improved spawning habitat in 7.0 km of stream.

The Nova Scotia Salmon Association, in co-operation with Fisheries and Oceans Canada and various non-government and academic partners (as part of the West River Sheet Harbour Acid Rain Mitigation Project) has restored 50,000 m2 total area of aquatic habitat in the region.

Fund allocation: $1,200,000 over 3 years

Partners:

Media Announcement:

Government of Canada invests in aquatic habitat through the Oceans Protection Plan

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