Atlantic Water Network

03/23/2026

🌍 Happy World Water Day 2026! 🐟

Yesterday, March 22nd, was World Water Day, and AWN would like to celebrate the health of our rivers, lakes, wetlands, and coasts, as well as acknowledge the strength of our Atlantic community-based monitoring groups! 💧

At AWN, we are committed to providing the resources needed to protect watersheds. Do you know how to monitor or protect your local waterways?

📚 Explore our Knowledge Hub for all things water monitoring and stewardship!

https://learn.atlwaternetwork.ca/

Let’s ensure safe water for all! 💙

01/05/2026

Wishing you all a great start to 2026! We want to thank all our community partners, funders, and project partners for the support, collaboration, and dedication over the last year. We’re looking forward to another year of supporting community-based water monitoring in Atlantic Canada!

09/19/2025

We’re looking forward to joining the Otter Ponds iNaturalist Bioblitz on September 27th!

A great opportunity to learn from the ID experts! Stop by to test out some water quality equipment and learn about the new monitoring program in the Otter Ponds Demonstration Forest!

Love taking photos and walking in the woods? Join us and our partners on Saturday, Sept. 27th for our 2nd annual bioblitz and learn from experts on birds, lichens, herps, invertebrates, wetland species, and more!

The event will take place at Otter Ponds Demonstration Forest from 10am to 3pm, with a free BBQ lunch.

This family-friendly event will include tours by species experts as well as stations on critter dipping, water quality sampling, surveying herps, monitoring bird Species-at-Risk, and more.

For more info and to register, visit: otterponds.ca/2025bioblitz

Mersey Tobeatic Research Institute
Ducks Unlimited Canada - Atlantic
Atlantic Water Network
Ecology Action Centre
Nova Scotia Woodlot Owners and Operators Association

09/11/2025

⁣Building capacity for water quality monitoring is one of our favorite things to do!⠀ ⠀ ⠀

This week, we stopped by SMU’s third-year Aquatic Environments class for some hands-on YSI training. This group is more than ready for their field study at Sandy Lake, and we’re happy to hook them up with YSI units and other gear from our Halifax Equipment Bank.⠀

Thanks, Saint Mary's University Halifax, for having us back again this year, and good luck in the field!

08/05/2025

⁣Did you know that many watersheds in Nova Scotia are still considered data deficient when it comes to water quality? The lack of monitoring in these watersheds leaves a critical gap in our understanding of ecosystem health across the province.⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀

At AWN, we’re working to fill these gaps by supporting the development of new community-based water monitoring programs. By providing training, equipment, and lab analysis funding, we’ve empowered two groups to start monitoring programs in the Tangier River Watershed (Otter Ponds Demonstration Forest) and the Middle River Watershed (Larder Lake).⠀

Stay tuned to Atlantic DataStream to explore these two new datasets in Nova Scotia. Big thanks to our funders, the Government of Nova Scotia and the TD Friends of the Environment Foundation.