Fredericton’s Resilience Lands

I planted this fine sapling a few years ago as part of a Nashwaak Watershed restoration project. Truthfully, it's probably been eaten by a beaver by now.

That's the thing about environmental work — you don't just do it once and walk away.

Fredericton's Resilience Lands project is an example of how a municipality can do that work well. The city has been acquiring ecologically significant lands that also help with flood and climate adaptation. They're not suitable for development, so protecting them is smart use of public money. Some of the lands are valuable public spaces, for birding, walking, and just being outside. It’s a smart project that uses tools available to the municipality and leverages partnerships to achieve outcomes no one organization can achieve alone. It’s also not finished.

If you want to know more, here is a presentation from today's Environmental Stewardship Committee meeting.