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https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/cambell-creek-nashwaak-watershed-dam-salmon-1.5654028
100-year-old dam in Marysville will be removed to restore fish passageway
The dam has made it difficult for migratory species to travel from the creek to the Nashwaak River
· CBC News · Posted: Jul 19, 2020 8:00 AM AT
The century-old Campbell Creek dam in Marysville will be removed next year to allow a fish passage from the creek to the Nashwaak River. (Nashwaak Watershed Association)
A century-old dam used to service a former cotton mill in Marysville will be removed to restore a fish passage in a stream that flows into the Nashwaak River.
The dam, which is owned by the City of Fredericton, sits at the mouth of Campbell Creek and has made it impossible for migratory species to travel through. This includes Atlantic salmon, which have been stuck below the dam in Campbell Creek since the facility was built.
"This is an important reason to take out the dam, as salmon is of course a species at risk," said Jillian Hudgins, project co-coordinator for the Nashwaak Watershed Association.
Another species having difficulty is the American eel, which sometimes crawls up a water bank and slides to the other side of the dam
"Certainly the dam would pose an issue for getting around but they can do it if they want to," she said.
A beaver is blocking the culvert upstream from the dam, which could be affecting water flow and quality. (Nashwaak Watershed Association)
A little history
The dam was built in 1919 and is made of concrete. It's about eight metres high and 75 metres long.Hudgins said the dam was repaired in 1948 but its condition has deteriorated over the last several decades.
"Concrete does have a lifespan. There has been significant cracking of the concrete, which causes seepage of water," Hudgins said.
"And eventually, if that's left in place, the dam could fail, causing flooding downstream or cause flooding to adjacent land owners' properties."
In 2014, the dam was evaluated under an engineering assessment, which deemed it structurally unsafe and a public safety liability. The assessment advised that the dam needed to be demolished and for stream restoration to take place.
The dam was built in 1919 to help run the cotton mill in Marysville. (Nashwaak Watershed Association)
Restoring an ecosystem
The project is being handled by The Maliseet Nation Conservation Council, Wolastoqey Nation in New Brunswick, St. Mary's First Nation, environmental groups and the City of Fredericton.The four-phase project started in 2019 to perform environmental assessments and find project funding. This year will focus on community engagement. Then, the dam is expected to be removed next year.
The project will be completed in 2022 with partners planting native trees, grasses, shrubs and stabilizing soils in the former head pond to restore the ecosystem to what it was.
Hudgins also noted Campbell Creek holds "high quality cold-water" habitat for these at-risk species.
"This is a cold water stream," she said. "It's one of the first that fish would encounter on their way up to the Nashwaak, so it's really important that it's accessible for fish."
Kaleb Zelman, project lead for the Maliseet Nation Conservation Council, said he's hopeful this is the beginning of many dam removals to help improve ecosystems and the life of different species.
"This is simply one of many dam removals starting to take place across the country and across North America after we realize the longer-term impacts of putting these structures in," he said.
One of the examples is the removal of dams in communities throughout Maine, which has restored native fish like alewives.
The groups will hold an information session with St. Mary's First Nation on July 22. On July 23, they will host a public session through an online webinar hosted by the Nashwaak Watershed Association.
A heritage display will also be created in the town of Marysville to honour Wolastoqiyik settlers to the Nashwaak watershed and Campbell Creek.
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David Amos
Methinks the crickets enjoyed the circus far more than the straw man and Higgy did N'esy Pas?
John Grail
What's the point? Bring the salmon back so people can fish them to oblivion?
Ray Oliver
Reply to @John Grail:
Properly maintained hunting and fishing quotas is a population control
effort as well. You want deer and moose all over the roads to the point
you see them invading communities like Quispamsis?
David Amos
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Reply to @John Grail:
Methinks the RCMP's favourite conservative spindoctor knows there are
not that many salmon swimming by Quispamsis for him to brag about so he
baits you with a straw man argument, Hence I will respond to it. Trust
that the shill does not wish to admit that it is NOT properly maintained
hunting and fishing quotas that will answer your question about human
greed if the salmon were to be brought back. Feel free to disagree with
me. In my humble opinion industry has been the greatest threat to the fish just as this article attests. The companies owned and operated by the Irving Clan and their cohorts throughout New Brunswick prove my point in spades. Furthermore I don't think there are any dams on the Kennebecasis River to impede the salmon in their migration. However everybody also knows that its all the clear cutting that the conservatives promote are the cause of floods in Sussex and elsewhere that are sending all the moose and deer to snobby towns such as the one where Premier Higgy and his MP buddy Rob Moore live and represent N'esy Pas?
John Grail
Reply to @Ray Oliver:
I would rather them all over their natural habitats. Incursions like
roads, development, dams, and needless hunting are part of the problem
David Amos
Reply to @David Amos: BINGO
David Amos
Reply to @Ray Oliver: Methinks Higgy et al should have considered the ramifications of rampant clear cutting if you dudes didn't want moose in Quispamsis N'esy Pas?
George Smith
This type of action Dam removal is not Restoring an ecosystem It's destroying one. Nature has adapted and since 1919 has become nature's ecosystem for a hundred years. In Saint John a beautiful Red Head Marsh had a small barrier removed and the entire marsh is now a dead zone to life that flourished their for well over 70 years. Another mistake by the naturalists. Returning to the past just makes nature suffer twice for human actions.
Wayne Wright
Reply to @George
Smith: Don't forget the Causeway to Riverview! A "New Eco System" grew
over 40+ years but has been running free for a decade or more after
gates were opened but soon to be torn out and a new channel created
under the new 'under construction' 2nd bridge due to open in Fall of
2021.
Dan
Stewart
Reply to @George
Smith: It won't take long for the area above the dam to return to normal
and no one will be the worst for it. As for the barrier in the Redhead
Marsh..2as that not installed by Ducks Unlimited in the 1980'S AND
removed by them when shown to hsve been detrimental to fish and their
habitat?
James Hickey
Reply to @Dan
Stewart: they should have consulted and involved the local residents.
The province offered to repair the dam and build a fish ladder. The city
nor the groups are being totally honest.
David Amos
Reply to @James Hickey: Surprise Surprise Surprise
keith moore
The only species that will go up that creek, when the dam is removed, are lamprey eels to slaughter the existing trout that are plentiful there now.
Jeff LeBlanc
Reply to @keith moore: do you work for DFO or have a degree in marine biology? Because it not I don't want to hear it.
JoeBrown
Reply to @Jeff LeBlanc: He trusts his own science because it is easy to understand.
JoeBrown
Reply to @JoeBrown: He only trusts his own science because it is easier to understand.
keith moore
Reply to @Jeff
LeBlanc: I'm guessing you've never fished or swam in the Nashwaak. Or
maybe never have seen a Lamprey. They are an invasive species that kill
every thing. You don't need a degree, if you have experience.
David Amos
Reply to @keith moore: Well put
bert day
If you read an article like this and come across the word 'group' anywhere in it, expect delays and huge expense. It sounds simple enough, but, it won't be.
SarahRose
Werner
Reply to @bert day: You want one person to go out with a sledgehammer and take the dam down all by themselves?
bert day
Reply to @SarahRose
Werner: Sarah. The 'group' will argue for two years about where the
person with the hammer should start, what size hammer to use, whether
the person is qualified to swing a hammer, and, if she is carrying
enough insurance. Not to mention where to put the portapottie.
James Hickey
Reply to @SarahRose
Werner: I have lived next to the dam for decades and have dealt with the
city and I have no confidence in the folks at city hall this is from
experience. I am not totally against removing the dam but there are
issues that need resolving. ASF and Nathan Wilbur also want to poison
mirimachi lake. These folks are always eager to do something in someone
elses back yard but would howl if anyone touched their favorite spot
David Amos
Reply to @James Hickey: I concur
David Amos
Reply to @bert day: Everybody knows you are not joking
Norman Hall
Now that’s the real “progress of man”. Good stuff. As stated in the article, Maine is a great example to follow.
James Hickey
Reply to @Norman Hall: there are bigger bangs for the buck such as reducing clear cutting or topsoil mining along the nashwaak
David Amos
Reply to @James Hickey: Oh So True
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