Tintamarre National Wildlife Area Management Plan: chapter 10

10 Collaborators

There are no formal arrangements pertaining to the overall management or administration of Tintamarre National Wildlife Area (NWA). However, a number of informal collaborators have a presence in Tintamarre NWA.

The controlled water-level impoundments within the NWA are managed by Ducks Unlimited Canada, in collaboration with Environment and Climate Change Canada's Canadian Wildlife Service, under a land use agreement. Ducks Unlimited Canada is responsible for the maintenance of these impoundments. In collaboration with Ducks Unlimited Canada, an annual work plan for the maintenance of infrastructure (dykes, water control structures and access roads) for habitat management within controlled water-level impoundments will be developed.

The Jolicure Lakes Field Station is frequented by volunteers from the Holland College School of Resource Management. These students participate in various aspects of wildlife research and monitoring within the NWA (Figure 15).

The abandoned farm sites within the NWA, and associated orchards and hedge rows, have been the focus of past upland habitat management projects in collaboration with the Ruffed Grouse Society of Canada and the Sackville Rod and Gun Club. This work has been directed towards maximizing habitat benefits for a diversity of species that prefer early succession and edge habitat. Although no projects are currently under way, the study site in the vicinity of the field station is still periodically maintained as a demonstration area.

Members of the Chignecto Naturalist Club frequent the area, and the club has expressed the desire of its members to be kept advised of rare or uncommon bird sightings.