Join East Coast Environmental Law and the Coalition for Protection of PEI Water for a discussion of the Water Act, looking forward to the release of regulations and another round of consultations. 
Lisa Mitchell from ECE Law will provide an overview of the Act.
Tuesday, October 2 at 6 pm at the PEI Farm Centre
Everyone welcome!
Not a lot of information in this article but we can safely assume that the contamination came from pesticides running off from the recent heavy rains.
The Department of Fisheries and Oceans has closed two areas of P.E.I. shoreline to shellfishing as a precautionary measure after fears of contamination from heavy rainfall.
On P.E.I.’s north shore, the closure runs east from Gillis Point to a point just east of Cavendish, and takes in the important shellfishing areas of both Malpeque Bay and New London Bay.
On the south side of the Island, the closure affects an area from the church in Mont Carmel east to just east of the Desable River.
The closure restricts harvesting of oysters, mussels, clams and any other bivalve mollusc in a three-kilometre band from shore.
The DFO has brought in similar closures in the past after heavy rains.
The Water Act Consultations are winding down – here is the schedule for the next few weeks. In each case start time is 7:00 p.m.
Tuesday, Nov. 24th
Kensington Legion
Kensington North Watersheds Association
Kensington Water Management
Southwest River Nitrate Group
Margaret MacKay (individual)
Thursday, Nov. 26th
Elmsdale, Westisle Composite
Coalition for the Protection of PEI Water (#2)
PEI Federation of Agriculture
PEI Federation of Municipalities
Cascumpec Bay Watershed Association
Wednesday, Dec. 2nd
Cornwall Civic Centre
Cornwall and Area Watershed Group
PEI Potato Board
PEI Shellfishers Association
Ellen’s Creek Protection and Planning Committee
Monday, Dec. 7th
Farm Centre, Charlottetown
CropLife Canada
Fertilizer Canada
Darcie Lanthier (individual)
Sandy MacKay (individual)
Are you interested in, studying, or working on water issues in PEI? Join your colleagues for informal networking at Blue Drinks! Where: The Gahan House, 126 Sydney St., Charlottetown
When: Tuesday, October 27th at 6pm
R.S.V.P: Blue Drinks PEI Tickets
Blue Drinks is a networking event hosted by the Canadian Water Network Student and Young Professional Committee (CWNSYPC) for members of the water community to discuss water-related challenges, developments, and opportunities for collaboration. Students, researchers, professionals, and interested members of the public are welcome to attend!
To be added to the PEI Blue Drinks distribution list, contact Erin at BlueDrinksPEI@gmail.com
Here are the dates and places for the upcoming Water Act Consultations (all are at 7 p.m.). These are all open to the public.
Charlottetown – October 6 – Murchison Centre
Charlottetown – October 8 – Farm Centre
Charlottetown – November 5 – Farm Centre
Summerside – October 13 – Credit Union Place
Souris – October 20 – Legion
Poole’s Corner – November 3 – Kaylee Hall
Wellington – November 17 – Legion
Kensington – Legion – November 24
Elmsdale – November 26 – Westisle School
Join us on Tuesday, April 21st at 7:00 p.m., Mackinnon Lecture Theatre, Holland College (Kent St entrance) for an all Party Leaders’ Forum on Environmental Issues.
Moderated by Dr Carolyn Peach-Brown, Director of UPEI Environmental Studies, the forum will feature the leaders of the Green, Liberal, Progressive Conservative and New Democratic Parties of PEI.
After answering a series of pre-set questions, there will be time for the leaders to respond to questions from the floor.
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DetailsFish Tales is a short documentary film shot on PEI in the summer of 2013. The film explores how rivers and waterways on Prince Edward Island influence Islanders’ views on social and environmental issues. We look at current realities and challenges in our rivers, including the human impact of catastrophic events like fish kills. Through interviews and storytelling with experts from all sides of the spectrum, Fish Tales captures how Islanders interact with these areas, and their perspectives on the future of our watershed heritage.
We want to highlight that many Islanders, from all walks of life, are interdependent with, and have a responsibility towards, the health of PEI’s historic waterways.
To view a trailer for the film, please visit www.vimeo.com/conorleggott/fishtalestrailer
Fish Tales was produced by a volunteer crew of Adnan Saciragic, Ashley Prince, Conor Leggott, and Hanna Hameline. The film was made possible by funding from the Environmental Coalition of PEI, and in-kind support from the Island Media Arts Co-op and the Holland College Photography and Digital Imaging Program.
Please feel free to share this invitation with anyone who you think might be interested in Fish Tales.
UPEI News Release
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Island Water Symposium at UPEI
Charlottetown, PEI (April 28, 2014)—The future of the Island’s water supply will be the subject of an upcoming public symposium at the University of Prince Edward Island. In light of recent concern about increased pressure on our groundwater resources by urban, industrial, and agricultural use, this event is a timely one.
Island Water Futures: Assessing the Science will take place in the Alex H. MacKinnon Auditorium, Room 242 of UPEI’s McDougall Hall, beginning at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday, May 20. The symposium is sponsored by the Institute of Island Studies in conjunction with UPEI Research Services.
This is a public-forum event with presentations by three speakers: Dr. Ryan O’Connor, Dr. Cathy Ryan, and Dr. Michael van den Heuvel.
Dr. O’Connor, a graduate of UPEI, is an environmental historian. His PhD thesis, written at the University of Western Ontario, will be published this year by UBC Press under the title The First Green Wave. His talk will provide a general overview of research done so far relating to the Island’s groundwater resources; he will review the various scientific papers, reports, and theses produced about the Island’s water supply.
Dr. Ryan is a professor cross-appointed to Geoscience and Environmental Sciences at the University of Calgary with a long interest in agricultural impacts on water quality. She leads a team of hydrogeologists working with agricultural scientists to understand groundwater in the fractured sandstone on Prince Edward Island and Nova Scotia as part of the Canadian Water Network’s Secure Source Water Network.
Dr. van den Heuvel is the Canada Research Chair in Watershed Ecological Integrity at UPEI. He studies the effects of agriculture and chemical use on freshwater and coastal environments. His focus is the endocrine responses, immunotoxicology, and population health of fish. He is working to develop methods and solutions to best monitor environmental problems and better protect rivers in Prince Edward Island.
The symposium will be chaired by Diane Griffin, long-time councillor for the Town of Stratford and a former deputy minister of the provincial Department of the Environment. Last year, Dr. Griffin was awarded an honorary doctorate by UPEI.
Members of the public are cordially invited to attend this symposium. Admission is free. Following the three presentations, there will be ample time for discussion and questions from the floor.
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Media contact:
Dave Atkinson, Research Communications
(902) 620-5117, datkinson@upei.ca
From the Public Forum on “PEIs’ Water and Deep Water Wells on February 27th, 2014 in Charlottetown, PEI. In 2008/2009, Maude Barlow served as Senior Advisor on Water to the 63rd President of the United Nations General Assembly. She has authored and co-authored 16 books.
Coalition for the Protection of PEI Water 