Stabilized Fording Sites
Since crop and pasture lands often straddle watercourses, providing safe crossings for livestock and equipment with reduced potential for negative water quality effects is critical. Additionally, watering livestock at rivers is often the only practical option for agricultural producers. The KWRC has used stable fording sites as both watering locations for livestock as well as crossings for farm equipment. The approaches are properly aligned and hardened, and the stream bottom is stabilized with hard rock to prevent erosion and rutting. Since 1994 the KWRC has installed 85 stabilized fording sites in the watershed.
Kennebecasis Watershed Restoration Committee
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About Us
Our Mission
The Kennebecasis Watershed Restoration Committee is a non-profit organization whose mission is to restore the Kennebecasis River Watershed back to a sustainable ecosystem.
The Kennebecasis Watershed Restoration Committee wants to acknowledge that the land on which we gather is the traditional unceded territory of the Wolastoqiyik Wahsipekuk (Maliseet), Wabanaki and Mi’kma’ki Peoples.
Our Goals
The Kennebecasis Watershed Restoration Committee’s goals are to undertake strategic habitat restoration, educational and advisory initiatives, to promote public awareness and participation in the restoration of the Kennebecasis River Watershed.
We work to support 3 main pillars that make up our organization - restoration, monitoring and education. You can learn more about our efforts in each of these categories by clicking on the drop-down tabs at the top of this page.
Our History
The Kennebecasis Watershed Restoration Committee began in 1994 as the Trout Creek Model Watershed Committee. We have a strong history so we want to share some of it with you.
The KWRC is composed of representatives from various provincial and federal departments, municipalities of the area, and local interest groups. These stakeholders have been planning, securing funding for, and implementing restoration activities within the Kennebecasis Watershed since 1994. The initiative began with a comprehensive habitat assessment of 285.5 km of stream. It was found elevated stream temperatures and degraded riparian zones were limiting the overall health of our watershed. Based on the findings from this assessment, a prioritized list of impacted sites was compiled for the watershed to provide a clear direction for restoration efforts by the Committee.
Trout Creek was identified as one of the most heavily impacted of the significant tributaries to the Kennebecasis River and was of suitable size to provide an excellent test bed for restoration efforts. The smaller size of Trout Creek enabled the group to refine stream enhancement techniques, promote public participation and initiate an education and information campaign.
Since the first years of the Trout Creek Model Watershed Committee we have expanded and thus changed our name to the Kennebecasis Watershed Restoration Committee. This expansion has led to many more restoration projects, further research, and ongoing education and promotional activities. It has also allowed us to seek out greater funding and broader partnerships.
We have a rich, successful, history and a clear future based on priority based planning and strong partnerships.
