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Involvement By Creating Awareness The Souris, PEI Experience. Environment: . A Presentation by Fred Cheverie. PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND. Management Area. Souris & Area Wildlife Federation. Prince Edward Island .

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  1. Involvement By Creating Awareness The Souris, PEI Experience Environment: A Presentation by Fred Cheverie

  2. PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND

  3. Management Area Souris & Area Wildlife Federation

  4. Prince Edward Island The Island’s three largest industries are: Agriculture, Fisheries, and Tourism

  5. Agriculture

  6. Fisheries

  7. Tourism

  8. Land Usage in Eastern PEI

  9. Souris & Area Wildlife Branch • Operatingsince 1954 • 9 volunteer board of directors (various levels of education) • Approximately 200 active members • Considered the “go to” environmental organization in eastern Prince Edward Island

  10. Souris & Area Wildlife Branch Goals • Protection & enhancement of fish/wildlife habitat • Watershed planning, protection and restoration • Education of the general public on environmental issues, wildlife and wildlife habitat • Promotion of outdoor recreational sports and activities • Improved communication with our stakeholders

  11. Success Stories • Some recent major accomplishments of Souris Area & Branch include: • HADD (Harmful Alteration, Disruption, Destruction) • Watershed Planning • WEB`s (Watershed Evaluation of Beneficial Management Practices) • EG&S (Ecological Goods And Services)

  12. HADD (Harmful alteration, disruption, destruction) Work completed through HADD was a success, shown in this picture by the new growth of grass in the brush matting (which was placed to cover a large mudflat)

  13. Additional brush matting was done this past summer Finished project with brush matting installed on both sides of the Souris River

  14. Watershed Planning • Community Developed and Driven

  15. EG&S (PEI Ecological Goods & Services Project) The project was conducted by specific research on producer costs and the public’s willingness to pay for Ecological Goods and Services (EG&S) in small agricultural watersheds. The project delivered a Comprehensive Land Management Package This Comprehensive Land Management Package encouraged the adoption and implementation of practices that address watershed environmental priorities established through a watershed planning process (watershed planning, nitrate issue, etc)

  16. Comprehensive Land Management Package • Terraces, grassed waterways, berms • Increased headlands • Hedgerows • Retirement of sensitive lands • Enhanced buffers • Spring ploughing, cover crops, mulching • Pesticide risk reduction • Cattle fencing

  17. Watershed Evaluation of Beneficial Management Practices

  18. Objectives • Principle purpose is to evaluate at the watershed scale the effects nitrate leaching by utilizing spring ploughing verses fall ploughing following a potato-grain-hay rotation.

  19. How do you engage community? • Education • Communication • Involvement • Leadership

  20. Education • Presentations to: • elementary, junior and high school students (appropriate environmental material) • adults in the community (at community school, service groups) • Individual conversations: • tailboard meetings • grocery cart meetings • legion discussions • Watershed coordinator should attend seminars that provide information that is beneficial to resource based industries (agriculture, aquaculture, etc)

  21. Communication • Select small projects in highly visible areas where success is easily attainable • Celebrate these successes through media such as newspaper, newsletters, Facebook, email, fliers, and website • Express interest in resource based industries by individual visits showing true interest in their livelihood • Always communicate to the level of your audience

  22. Involvement • Ensure that educational presentations to public schools are paired with “hands on activities.” • Watershed planning should involve all stakeholders, where everyone has opportunity for input (this takes time) • Bring major landholders on side (farmers). Start with the committed, celebrate their involvement, and others will follow

  23. Leadership • Success within watersheds is directly correlated with good leadership • Leadership usually has a direct relationship to funding • Individuals involved in leadership roles must have people skills • Leadership is measured by the community through success stories and work ethic

  24. Recognition follows success within watersheds Provincially recognized in 2006 Municipally recognized 2009

  25. Recognition follows success within watersheds 2012 Canada Recreational Fisheries Award

  26. Questions? www.souriswl.ca

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