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Prix de la rivière Petitcodiac 2022

Moncton, 24 mai 2022 – Sentinelles Petitcodiac Riverkeeper décerne le prix de la rivière Petitcodiac 2022 à une autrice de la région de Dieppe, Cindy Roy. 

Chaque année, Sentinelles Petitcodiac Riverkeeper décerne cette distinction honorifique dans le but de reconnaître les personnes, les entreprises et les groupes qui ont fait une contribution remarquable à la protection, à la promotion et à la restauration de l’écosystème de la rivière Petitcodiac. 

Cette année, le prix 2022 de la rivière Petitcodiac a été décerné à Cindy Roy, pour son livre dans la série Féeli Tout ; À la rescousse de la rivière. Ce livre incite les gens à prendre soin des cours d’eau en racontant l’aventure d’une grande corvée de nettoyage pour le rivage de la rivière Petitcodiac. 

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2022 Petitcodiac River Award

Moncton, May 24, 2022 – Sentinelles Petitcodiac Riverkeeper presents the 2022 Petitcodiac River Award to Dieppe area author, Cindy Roy. 

Each year, Sentinelles Petitcodiac Riverkeeper presents this award to recognize individuals, businesses and groups who have made outstanding contributions to the protection, promotion and restoration of the Petitcodiac River system. 

This year, the 2022 Petitcodiac River Award was presented to Cindy Roy, for her book in the Féeli Tout series; À la rescousse de la rivière. This book encourages people to take care of the river by telling the story of a clean-up operation for the Petitcodiac River shoreline. 

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Lieutenant Governor’s Award for Excellence in Conservation

Moncton, Thursday, March 24, 2022 – It is with great pleasure that SPR accepts the Lieutenant-Governor’s Award for Excellence in Land Conservation in New Brunswick. The organization is honored to receive this recognition as SPR, its members, stakeholders and communities work together towards the conservation of our cultural and natural heritage. This award would not have been possible without the support of everyone involved.

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Welcoming our new Rural Environmental Coordinator

We are excited to welcome Kelcey to the team as our Rural Environmental Coordinator! Kelcey has experience with community engagement, environmental fieldwork, and data analysis. She has a strong passion for the environment and loves to hike, canoe, and play sports during her free time. She looks forward to sharing her experience and determination towards the restoration of the Memramcook River and removal of the Memramcook causeway. Help us welcome Kelcey to the team!

To learn more about the Memramcook River and Causeway project here.

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Fort Folly First Nation -Letter of Support for Pont Petigotiag Bridge

To Whom It May Concern:


Fort Folly First Nation fully supports the initiative to make “Pont Petigotiag Bridge” the name of the new bridge that is being built to replace the Petitcodiac Causeway between Moncton and Riverview. The Petitcodiac River lies at the heart of Fort Folly’s traditional territory. The name Petitcodiac comes from “Petigotiag”, the Mi’kmaq name for the river, which means “river that bends like a bow”. Our community has been here for over 7,000 years, with a summer settlement now known as Beaumont, near Folly Point, located at the tip of the narrow ridge of land separating the Memramcook and Petitcodiac Rivers where the two meet in Shepody Bay. Construction of the Petitcodiac Causeway in 1968 closed off the Petitcodiac River, excluding traditionally important species such as salmon and shad that the river was once known for, and contributing to their collapse regionally.


Our history is the root of Fort Folly First Nation’s long-standing interest in the Petitcodiac River, and what has motivated us to take an active role in shaping its future through the Fort Folly Habitat Recovery Program (FFHR), which has been active in the monitoring and recovery of species at risk since 1998. Fort Folly has led the way in the stewardship and restoration of aquatic habitat on the Petitcodiac focused on the recovery of the endangered inner Bay of Fundy Atlantic Salmon in partnership with the Department of Fisheries and Oceans, Parks Canada Fundy National Park, and Provincial partners as well as private industry and the wider community. Since the permanent opening of the Petitcodiac Causeway gates in April of 2010, and the return of free tidal flow, FFHR has worked with the Province to monitor the return of fish species to the river, with a focus on salmon, and interest in other traditionally significant species, such as eels and striped bass.

In 2021, we will see the christening of the new bridge along with the opening of the river channel flowing beneath it. This will mark the start of a new chapter in the history of the Petitcodiac River. Pont Petigotiag Bridge is a name fit for that future, as it respects tradition and geography, and works well in the languages of each of the three cultures that together, have formed a community along the river’s banks.

Sincerely,

Chief Rebecca Knockwood
Fort Folly First Nation

To sign the declaration of support click here.