Summit Agenda 2019_FINAL

Wəlastəkw / Saint-Jean / Saint John River Summit
Celebrating the International Year of the Salmon
September 18-19, 2019
Day 1: Freshwater Restoration Tour and Field Day
10:00am - Meet at Burton Park, Leonard Drive, Sussex
• Participant sign in and registration
10:30am - Restoration Site Tour
• Site 1: Ward’s Creek Bioengineering Restoration Site
• Site 2: DeForest Reach riparian enhancement site
Lunch break (lunch provided)
• Site 3: Pleasant Ridge Demo Site
2:00pm – Getting to know the watershed
Options:
• Voyageur Canoe with guide in Hampton
• Individual Kayak / Canoe / Paddle Boarding in Hampton
• Hike the Bluff in Sussex
5:00pm
• Hotel sign in
• Dinner on your own
7:00pm – Reception and networking at Sussex Ale Works

Day 2: Workshop
Hammond River Angling Centre, 5 Porter Lane, Nauwigewauk, NB
9:30 - Sign in and registration - Coffee and snacks provided
10:00 - Traditional Welcome and Celebration of the International Year of the Salmon
11:00 - Atlantic Salmon Federation and the International Year of the Salmon
Dr. Steve Sutton, Coordinator of Community Outreach and Engagement, ASF
12:00 - Lunch break (lunch provided)
12:45 - Salmon and freshwater habitat restoration at work: Examples from the
Kennebecasis (Ben Whalen, Executive Director), Nashwaak (Jillian Hudgins,
Coordinator) and Saint John Rivers (Graeme Stewart-Robertson, Executive
Director)
1:45 - Mapping activity – placing ourselves and our activities in the watershed
2:15 - Nutritional break
2:30 - Regional breakout groups – getting to know the small pond
3:30 - Broader networking and engagement – jumping from the small pond into the
big pond
4:00 - Closing remarks