New Brunswick Environmental Network Newsletter-Elements |
Communities of people work together for all sorts of reasons, sometimes
to plan a community park, sometimes to build a children's baseball team. The goal is
usually improvement and the consequence is often people working together to accomplish
what individuals cannot do alone.
The concept of the community working together toward a common goal is well illustrated by a relatively new sector of community involvement, the watershed group. Watershed groups in some form have been in existence ever since the first group of cottage owners around a lake began to meet to plan a summer BBQ and the first group of anglers held meetings to discuss improvements to trout habitat in their favorite fishing stream. As time has passed, many of these groups have evolved, taking on more comprehensive mandates. New groups have also formed, their primary purpose the protection of a particular river system and the associated watershed. Presently, there are more than 50 organized watershed groups in New Brunswick. |