Portage Island National Wildlife Area Management Plan: chapter 9


9 Plan Implementation

This management plan will be implemented over a 10-year period. Annual work plans will be developed in accordance with priorities and budgets, and the details of management plan implementation will be developed through Environment Canada’s annual work planning process and implemented as human and financial resources allow. An adaptive management approach will be favoured for the implementation of the management plan. The implementation of the plan will be evaluated 5 years after its publication, on the basis of the actions identified in Table 8.

A priority for Portage Island National Wildlife Area (NWA) will be a revised botanical survey (conducted by an external contractor) to augment the existing data and evaluate for any potential at risk species.

Table 8: Implementation strategy timeline for Portage Island NWA.
Activity 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Site inspection - x - x - x - x - x
Wildlife survey - x - x - x - x - x
Signage replacement and maintenance - x - x - x - x - x
Botanical survey (dune succession) - - - - x - - - - -
National Piping Plover census - - x - - - - - - -
NWA poster - - - - x - - - - -

9.1 Management Authorities and Mandates

Canadian Wildlife Service (CWS) Atlantic Region is responsible for site management of Portage Island NWA.

9.2 Management Plan Review

This management plan will be reviewed and updated 5 years after formal approval by Environment Canada, and every 10 years thereafter. Significant new information may be appended to the document as required, to aid in site management and decision making.

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