Bridgewater Watershed Protection Alliance

We are an interdisciplinary group of citizens concerned with the proposed logging in the Bridgewater Watershed, an area which is also the habitat of the critically endangered Atlantic Whitefish. It is a beautiful, mature forest that provides abundant ecological and recreational value, and is home to other at-risk species, too.

This territory is covered by the “Treaties of Peace and Friendship” which Mi’kmaq and Wolastoqiyik (Maliseet) people first signed with the British Crown in 1725. The Bridgewater watershed is in the Sipekne’katik district.

Photo by Paul Newton
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“We’re under siege here.
“It’s so clear now that the actions that we are taking are really just band aids on gushers, when behind the scenes there are people working both inside and outside governments to undo it all.
“So, all of these permanencies that people affix to protections — everything is on the table.
“So that’s what I would say about the forestry on the Minamkeak Lake: what is protected is what you are prepared to fight for. That’s really what it boils down to.
“If you’re not prepared to fight, it’s gone.” [Source close to the process]

How to help

1. Help spread the word by inviting your facebook friends to join the Bridgewater Watershed Protection Alliance Group – on the top right of the page click on the blue, rectangular “+ invite” button and select people to invite.

2. Write or call your politicians about your concerns, and ask that this area is designated a wilderness area. Details

3. Print and post our pdf
Protect Bridgewater Watershed mini-sign

4. Using our hashtags when posting / sharing / tweeting / RT to social media: #SaveWetlands | #ProtectWatersheds | #SaveTheAtlanticWhitefish

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Map of the Bridgewater (Nova Scotia) Watershed. The Designated Area is highlighted in orange and the Natural Watershed in blue.
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Bridgewater Watershed in the news

  • Indefinite hold on logging!
    The Department of Natural Resources and Renewables has placed an “indefinite hold on a proposed harvest plan, consisting of three areas of Crown land, near Minamkeak Lake, Lunenburg County.”
    Quaking Swamp Journal – Linda Pannozzo – May 9, 2022
  • The Atlantic Whitefish Whitewash
    Part 3: Missing water quality science says logging has “severe implications for surface water quality” the “effect on migratory fish may be permanent.”
    Quaking Swamp Journal – Linda Pannozzo – May 3, 2022
  • The Atlantic Whitefish Whitewash
    Part 2: The case of the missing water quality science gets even murkier
    Quaking Swamp Journal – Linda Pannozzo – April 27, 2022
  • The Atlantic Whitefish Whitewash
    Part 1: Proposed logging operations on crown land threaten the last remaining wild population of Atlantic whitefish. The question is, what happened to the science that says so?
    Quaking Swamp Journal – Linda Pannozzo – April 21, 2022

For more information, contact or follow Bridgewater Watershed Protection Alliance

For more information, contact or follow Bridgewater Watershed Protection Alliance

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