John Lusby Marsh National Wildlife Area Management Plan, 2016: chapter 10

10 Collaborators

The John Lusby Marsh National Wildlife Area (NWA) provides a unique research opportunity to study the history and development of these wetlands. As the past history of these marshes is well documented, the biological mechanisms that resulted in a rapid change from dyked agricultural lands to wetlands are of interest. Thus, John Lusby Marsh NWA has been the ongoing focus of a collaborative study, with university researchers looking at these changes.

The Chignecto Naturalist Club has frequently expressed the desire of its members to be kept advised of rare or uncommon bird sightings. As an example, a Ruff (Philomachus pugnax), a rare Eurasian visitor, was observed within the Burgess Impoundment in 1984.

There are no formal arrangements pertaining to the overall management or administration of the John Lusby Marsh NWA. However, there are two controlled water level impoundments (Burges and Russell) within the NWA that are collaboratively managed by Ducks Unlimited Canada and Environment and Climate Change Canada's Canadian Wildlife Service under a land use agreement. Ducks Unlimited Canada is responsible for the maintenance of these two impoundments (Table 3). In collaboration with Ducks Unlimited Canada, within the next three years, a 30-year plan for the maintenance of infrastructure (dykes and water control structures) and for habitat management within controlled water level impoundments will be developed.