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Phone: 902.367.3605 E-mail: [email protected] Facebook: Stratford Area Watershed Improvement Group Twitter: StratfordWater Kelley Arnold, Watershed Coordinator 234 Shakespeare Drive Stratford, P.E.I. C1B 2V8 Stratford Area Watershed Improvement Group (SAWIG) 2011 Board of Directors Paul MacCormack, President Dr. David McKenna, Past Presi- dent Doug Deacon, Secretary Mary Hughes, Treasurer Winston Maund Marie Ewing Matt MacEwen Memberships are $10 a year (individual), $100 (corporate) and are available from the Coordinator at 367-3605. Community Participation STRATFORD AREA WATERSHED IMPROVEMENT GROUP Upcoming Meetings and Events We still have birdhouses available ! The Charlottetown Rural High School Carpentry Program built over 50 houses for public distribution. If you’re interested in get- ting one, feel free to reach Kelley via phone, email, Face- book or Twitter! The group is proud to have hired their first summer crew. Conner St. Jean, Colin MacEwen and Erin Cudmore will be busy tree planting, working instream and cleaning up public areas during July and August. Welcome aboard! If you have an idea for an event and would like to talk to the watershed group about it, contact Kelley. SAWIG is always looking for new ideas for activities and funding, and are always happy to hear from members of the water- shed community. Watch the brochure, Facebook page and Twitter for up- coming meetings and events for summer and early fall! Great Blue Heron, Pondside Park (photo: Winston Maund) 2010 Activities
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Phone: 902.367.3605E-mail: [email protected]
Facebook: Stratford Area Watershed
Improvement Group
Twitter: StratfordWater
Kelley Arnold,Watershed Coordinator
234 Shakespeare DriveStratford, P.E.I.
C1B 2V8
Stratford Area Watershed
Improvement Group(SAWIG)2011 Board of Directors
Paul MacCormack, President
Dr. David McKenna, Past Presi-dent
Doug Deacon, Secretary
Mary Hughes, Treasurer
Winston Maund
Marie Ewing
Matt MacEwen
Memberships are $10 a year
(individual), $100 (corporate) and
are available from the Coordinator
at 367-3605.
CommunityParticipation
STRATFORD AREA WATERSHED
IMPROVEMENT GROUP
Upcoming Meetings andEvents
We still have birdhouses available! The Charlottetown
Rural High School Carpentry Program built over 50
houses for public distribution. If you’re interested in get-
ting one, feel free to reach Kelley via phone, email, Face-
book or Twitter!
The group is proud to have hired their first summer crew.
Conner St. Jean, Colin MacEwen and Erin Cudmore
will be busy tree planting, working instream and cleaning
up public areas during July and August. Welcome aboard!
If you have an idea for an event and would like to talk to
the watershed group about it, contact Kelley. SAWIG is
always looking for new ideas for activities and funding,
and are always happy to hear from members of the water-
shed community.
Watch the brochure, Facebook page and Twitter for up-
coming meetings and events for summer and early fall!
Great Blue Heron,
Pondside Park
(photo: Winston Maund)2010 Activities
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SAWIG
Vision Statement
“As a community working together toward the preservation and enhance-ment of Stratford’s diverse landscape and natural habitat, the Stratford and Area Watershed Improvement Groupwill foster interest and participation inwatershed planning. Stratford and Area Watershed Improvement Groupenvision that as a community, arearesidents will work together to sustainthe quality and quantity of fresh water
available for the benefit of future gen-erations.”.
Introduction
Stratford AreaWatershedImprovementGroup(SAWIG) wasincorporated in2009 when it
became evident a community or-ganization was required to man-age the region’s water resources.
It was formed by a group of com-munity members concerned withthe health and sustainability of the Stratford watershed area. Theprocess began with regularly heldmeetings among interest groups;these included members of the
agricultural sector, landowners, gov-ernment representatives, as well asvarious local organizations. The resultof both the executive council and pub-lic meetings is a list of concerns andgoals to be addressed by the water-shed. A Watershed Coordinator wassubsequently hired to develop theManagement Plan for the Town of Stratford and participating surround-ing areas.
Goals and Objectives, and
Various AccomplishmentsPublic Educatione.g. Education and InformationEvents, Public Participation
8 Public meetings have beenheld since October 2008
Several articles published inStratford Town Talk, TheBuzz, and the Guardian
Guided Nature Trail Walks,Bus Tours and Community
Expo Participation
Parks e.g. Pondside Park, Tea HillPark, Reddin Park
Plantings at Reddin Park, Cot-ton Park, Pondside Park andTea Hill Park 2008-2010
Various Cleanups and Volun-teer Days in 2008-2010
Partnership with Fox Meadows
Large Landscape Issues: Coastal,Agricultural and Forested
e.g. Buffer Zones, Wetland Preser-vation, Acadian Forest Restorationand Enhancement
Tree Planting in over 10kmof Buffer Zone (JenkinsPond, Reddin Springs, Bre-haut’s Creek) in 2009-2010
Forestry Professional hasdeveloped Forest Manage-ment Plans for members of watershed (ongoing)
Free Bathouses and Bird-
houses Distribution in 2010 Wetland Enhancement 2011
Baseline Ecosystem Informatione.g. Flora and Fauna Survey, Iden-tification of Critical Natural Habi-tat, Litter control
Over 32km of buffer zonehave been assessed to deter-mine areas in need of resto-ration 2010-2011
Nitrate Clinic, 2009
Identification of CandidateProtected Areas
Climate Change Adaptation
Water Lily
Wave Breaking at Kinlock
