Portage Island National Wildlife Area Management Plan: chapter 10

10 Collaborators

There are no formal arrangements pertaining to the management or administration of Portage Island National Wildlife Area (NWA).

Collaboration with local agencies and sector organizations to contribute to the protection and conservation of wildlife species and their habitats in the NWA will be favoured.

For instance, collaborations could be developed or pursued with universities and research centres to fill scientific knowledge gaps, with the province to implement species at risk recovery measures, particularly for species under provincial jurisdiction, and with non-governmental organizations and municipal authorities to increase public awareness of the objectives of the NWA. The main organizations likely to collaborate or to have a stake in the management of Portage Island NWA include:

• New Brunswick Department of Natural Resources and Energy, Fish and Wildlife Division (frequent data and information sharing)