The Atlantic Coastal Action Program (ACAP) was created from the Federal Government's Green Plan of 1990. ACAP Saint John was started in 1991 as one of thirteen environmental "hotspots" in Atlantic Canada that could benefit from a community based approach to managing their aquatic environment. While Environment Canada provides project based funding and organisational support, each multi-stakeholder group is allowed to set their own objectives, choose the means by which to achieve those objectives and establish their own timetable for action. ACAP Saint John was formed to find community solutions to local problems.
Welcome to ACAP Saint John
ACAP Saint John, located in Saint John, New Brunswick, is a community based, non-profit organisation that encourages local involvement from all sectors of the Saint John community: industry, business, educators, environmental organisations and the three levels of government.
ACAP-SJ's boundaries centre around the City of Saint John and include coastal areas from Cape Spencer to Musquash, as well as several smaller communities along the Kennebecasis River. In addition to the St. John River and the Kennebecasis River, other tributaries entering the study area include the Nerepis River, Musquash River, Little River, Marsh Creek and Hazen Creek.
The two primary goals of ACAP Saint John are to:
1. Work with the community to improve the environmental
health and integrity of the Saint John Harbour and its estuaries
2. Respond to the growing demand from the public to be more
involved in environmental decision making.
ACAP-SJ is currently developing a new 5-year management plan that will incorporate contemporary environmental issues within the greater Saint John region. The management plan will be written within the context of a Results-Based Management Accountability Framework (RMAF). The new management plan will reinforce ACAP-SJ’s proven philosophy of ensuring that all decisions and positions statements are derived from a fact-based and well-communicated consensus amongst our Board members. This philosophical stance, combined with our knowledgeable, open-minded and moderate approach to dispute resolution, has earned respect from our community, including the citizens, media, government, academia and the business sectors. ACAP Saint John has become known for partnering and working with the community to help provide solutions to existing and pending environmental problems.
76 Germain Street
P.O. Box 6878 Station A
Saint John, NB
E2L 4S4
Phone: 506-652-2227
Fax: 506-633-2184
