Dataset

ACAP Saint John

Dataset by ACAP Saint John

Dataset summary

This dataset is inactive (last observation on 23 May 2019).

Observations

  • 27 April 2017

    Saint John, NB by Aaron Abbott

    The clarity of the water was rated as being a 3 today. At the time, high tide was about to begin

  • 21 April 2017

    Tin Can Beach by Saint John High Environmentalists

  • 13 April 2017

    Alder Brook - Downstream of Arlington Crescent by Roxanne MacKinnon

    Riparian area was dominated by cedar trees. Brook run parallel to University Ave and was about 2 m from the roadway - can see the sidewalk and road from the sample site. An old bird nest was observed in the tall grass by the culvert walking down to the site. Large patch of cattails growing just downstream of the culvert in the brook. Water was very clear. Bank is eroding at the outflow of the culvert. Small drainage channel just downstream of the site.

  • 10 April 2017

    Downstream of Marco Polo bridge by Roxanne MacKinnon

    Invasive species = wild parsnip. Birds seen = duck, goose, and gulls. Plants = grasses were just starting to grow and dead stocks of wild flowers were observed along the hill down to the creek. Green algae was also observed in the shallow section of the watercourse. The water clarity was rated as clear. The canopy cover was rated as open. The substrate was 50% cobble and 50% silt. Lots of garbage in the riparian area and a shopping card in the creek.

  • 8 December 2016

    Uptown Saint John, NB by Saint Malachy's Memorial High School Envirothon Group

    We did make note of seaweed along the shoreline as well as identified a green crab along the same shoreline.

  • 8 December 2016

    Uptown Saint John, NB by Saint Malachy's Memorial High School Envirothon Group

    The clarity of the water was rated as a 3 on this day. In terms of bed composition, we estimated the % of land which is pebbles is 40% with the % to be of cobble composition to be roughly 60% in this area.