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Nechako Environment and Watershed Stewardship Society


Welcome to NEWSS - the Nechako Environment and Stewardship Society.  NEWSS has been operating in the Nechako Valley since 2006, and was officially formed as a society in 2013.  NEWSS facilitates and conducts stream rehabilitation work within sub-basins of the Nechako watershed.  

The vision of NEWSS is to act in an advisory capacity for both landowners and government, to serve as a vehicle for the delivery of incentives and investments in to the Nechako watershed and to act as a trust that continually works to inspire people, landowners and industry to demonstrate high quality land and water stewardship.  

 

 

Nechako Environment and Water Stewardship Society 2025 Bursary Awarded

Nechako Environment and Water Stewardship Society 2025 Bursary Awarded
JUN 6, 2025


NEWSS salmon recovery projects eDNA research
MAR 1, 2025

Summary of research and methodologies.  Full documents included.


Beaver Dam Analogues

Beaver Dam Analogues
SEP 5, 2024


Developments in the Watersheds

Chilako River

Chilako River Drone Imagery

The Chilako River, a significant tributary of the Nechako River. This 6th-order river is an essential salmon spawning habitat, but its ecosystems have undergone severe alterations due to human activities and natural disturbances.


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Clear Creek

Update 2018

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Knight Creek

Kochel Bridge Installation

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Murray Creek

Projects - 2009

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Nechako River

September 2014

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Stoney Creek

Goldie Creek

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