BoFEP Welcomes New Chair
Peter Wells, Chair of BoFEP for many years,
tendered his resignation in
early November. Peter Fenety, of St. Andrews NB, has agreed to assume
the role of Chair as recommended by the Nominations Committee. Peter Fenety
has long been active in BoFEP and a member of the Steering Committee for
many years. He has extensive experience in consulting, business and working
with a variety of organizations. His expertise and leadership skills will be
useful as he guides BoFEP in the implementation of its new 5-year
Strategic Plan .
In addition, Peter has a dynamic and dedicated
Management
Committee to assist him in moving forward.
Request for Proposals
for BoFEP Projects
BoFEP invites expressions of interest in
carrying out either of the two following projects.
1. Municipal Planners Project
RFP details and Terms of
Reference
2. Ecological
Risk Assessment Project
RFP details and Terms of Reference
Deadline for
submission: December 15, 2011
BoFEP 2011 AGM (October 27, 2011)
Report of Chair
BoFEP Strategic Plan
2011-2015
Renew
Membership for 2011-12
Membership form
BoFEP
Ambassadors Program
Terms of Reference
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BoFEP Partners
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Atlantic Coastal Zone Information
Steering
Committee (ACZISC)
Bay of Fundy Tourism Partnership
Gulf of Maine Council
on the Marine
Environment
Southern Gulf of St. Lawrence
Coalition on Sustainability |
New Tidal Energy Institute Launched at
Acadia University
On September 1, 2011
Acadia University announced the formation of the
Acadia Tidal Energy Institute. This Institute is the only research
institute in North America focused solely on assessing tidal energy
resources and the associated environmental challenges and socio-economic
opportunities.
Press release.
Presentations from Corophium and Mudflat
Ecology
Working Group Meeting
Mount Allison University, Sackville, NB. May 25, 2011
http://www.unb.ca/fredericton/science/biology/Faculty/barbeau/mfe2011.html
Threats to the Health of the Bay of Fundy:
Potential Problems Posed by Pollutants
Proceedings
of a workshop organized under the auspices of
BoFEP's Working Group on Stress and Cumulative Effects,
Fairmont Algonquin Hotel, St. Andrews, New Brunswick
30th April 2010. Editors
M.D.B. Burt and P.G. Wells
BoFEP Technical Report No. 5, 72 pages, December 2010
Reports from BoFEP/EAC Planners' Workshops (March 16, 23, 24, 2011)
"Tools for Healthy Watersheds"
A
series of Workshops jointly organized by BoFEP and the Ecology Action
Centre for Municipal and Regional Planners from all around the Bay of
Fundy.
The purpose of the workshops was to increase municipal and
regional planners' awareness of the many complex linkages between
land-based activities within their municipalities and the health of
coastal habitats and watersheds, as well as to provide information on
tools for watershed protection.
Workshop presentations
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