Indian Bay Ecosystem Corporation

08/24/2026

IBEC Youth Done For Another Year👋

Almost all of our youth finished their respective programs with us for another year last week. Mikey, Cooper, Gavin, Jasmine, and Mya spent eight weeks working on various projects with our staff and our long-term youth, Cameron. From cleanups, to putting up signage, lots of trail improvements, counting ducks, and everything in between, they completed a lot in the few weeks they were with us. We hope they enjoy the little break before they are back to studying or back to work.

08/18/2026

The lucky winner of the duck Race was duck #61 Carter Fancy. The winner received $812.50. Congratulations and thank you to everyone that purchased ducks.

08/17/2026

Heritage Trail Work Continues 🚧

Work continued on the Heritage Trail last week as our youth worked on the extension of the trail while fixing areas that needed some TLC that people utilize almost daily. Only another week for most of our crew before their summer employment is over, but we'll continue to improve as much of the trail in that time span as possible!

08/10/2026

Another Busy Week For Our Youth

Last week was a little different for our team, as we helped out the Indian Bay Harbour Authority by cleaning and painting the wharf in Wareham! Got the first coat just about completed, with some final touches needed once the weather improves and another coat to go on! Youth also continued trail improvements on Heritage Trail, helped out our staff with their European Green Crab data, organized 400 rubber ducks for our race down Indian Bay River next week, and sorted a bunch of recycling towards our planned work on the snowmobile trail connecting the bog to Country Road this Fall!

Only a couple more weeks for most of our youth, so we'll be doing as much as we can during that time!

08/05/2026

Summer Trout Season Closing End of Day August 8th

The Summer Trout Season within the Indian Bay - Bonavista North Special Trout Management Area will close end of day Saturday, August 8th. It will re-open for the Labour Day long weekend on Friday, September 4th.

Southwest Pond (Greenspond), Otter Pond, and Coaker's Steady will remain open August 8th through Monday, September 7th for trout angling.

For further information on angling in the province, please consult the Angler's Guide at https://www.nfl.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/en/NL/AG/anglersguide

08/03/2026

Odds & Ends From Various Work Last Week

Our youth and staff kept busy last week on a few different things. First, focused on building and staining picnic tables for the Indian Bay Park, which are now spread out within the greenspace in the Park. Then, continued improvements on the Heritage Trail with more gravel. While that was happening, our senior staff were down New World Island area collecting European Green Crabs, with over two thousand 🦀 gathered during trapping activities for the week!

Our trapping efforts will continue this week in another area of Notre Dame Bay, while our youth will be cutting brush, trail improvements, and helping the Harbour Authority in Wareham with some wharf improvements!

08/01/2026

Who wants to see 🦆 going down Indian Bay River?! Bonus, you can win some dough 💲! Tickets available at our office during regular business hours or at the Park Building when their staff are in!

Tickets can be purchased at the park office or Indian Bay Ecosystem Corporation for $5.00 per duck. Fifty percent (50%) of all ticket sales will be awarded as the prize, if all ducks are sold the prize will be $1000.00 for the winner.

07/26/2026

Halfway Through Our Youths Summer Employment!

Busy week for our staff this past week, with various little projects being tackled. They finished the bridge on Heritage Trail with railings and some landscaping around it, then did some painting around our building! After that, it was our annual FireSmart Cleanup in association with the Town of Indian Bay and their staff, picking up debris from around town, Old Jingle, and along the main highway, which included a BBQ for lunch. After that, more painting to support Indian Bay Park, which will get six new picnic tables built by our staff, and finally, some mulching of brush and trees cut throughout the Park for the public to use in gardens and around their properties.

Thanks to the Park youth and staff for your support this past week! Huge team effort!👏

07/23/2026

European Green Crab 🦀 Trapping 2026

Our annual trapping of European Green Crab throughout the northeast coast of the island has started. We've already been in locations around Triton and on Change Islands, with many other communities and areas on the schedule until November. This work builds on the previous two years of research and collecting data on the spread of the invasive species along the shorelines of the island. With help from other colleagues and organizations, we provide the Department of Fisheries & Oceans a better understanding of the scope of the population and their presence amongst nature species.

IBEC will be visiting schools in the Fall and conduct other outreach sessions over the next weeks and months to come!

This work is funded through the Aquatic Invasive Species Prevention Fund of the Department of Fisheries & Oceans Canada.