What does it take to create a water quality dataset for one of Canada’s largest urban wilderness areas? In the spring of 2021, five volunteers from the Friends of Blue Mountain – Birch Cove Lakes (BMBCL) hit the area’s waters for the very…
*This position is now closed* Atlantic Water Network (AWN) seeks a Communications Specialist to lead our communications and build the communication capacity of our community partners. This is an exciting and unique opportunity to support va…
We recently caught up with The Nashwaak Watershed Association Inc. (NWAI), a New Brunswick-based organization that has been looking out for the Nashwaak River watershed since 1995! One of The NWAI’s primary focuses is the restoration of flo…
Autumn is nearly upon us and the Atlantic Water Network team is already feeling nostalgic about our favourite days spent outside and on the water. We can’t think of a better way to close out the season than by holding a photo contest to cel…
Happy 40th anniversary to the Cheticamp River Salmon Association (CRSA)! They were established in 1981, with the goal of enhancing the salmon fishing experience on the Cheticamp River. Since then, they have expanded and shifted their focus…
We are happy to announce a new collaboration with the Cheticamp River Salmon Association: as of this summer, a YSI is available at the brand new Cape Breton equipment hub! Community-based monitoring organizations, researchers, and citizen s…
This blog has been updated from an Impact Story published by Our Living Waters in April 2021 It’s no secret that Canada has a water data scarcity problem. On the east coast, communities play a big role in filling critical data and informati…
On Saturday, June 5, 30 participants, 5 guest speakers and the AWN team convened over Zoom for our very first Citizen Science Bootcamp! An intensive, all-day course designed to help any Nova Scotian get a head start on monitoring their loca…