Status: Online and in-person public engagements for Indian Arm Brook closed on December 8, 2023. WERAC will review all submissions and report back in 2024. Please visit engageNL.ca to keep updated on the Indian Arm Brook engagement and establishment process. You can also get in touch directly with the Wilderness and Ecological Reserves Advisory Council (WERAC) at werac@gov.nl.ca.
Size: 272 km2 of the Indian Arm Brook (also known as Campbellton River) watershed.
Location: Central Newfoundland, south of Campbellton and east of Notre Dame Provincial Park.
Type: Representative (Component II)
Background: Indian Arm Brook was originally nominated by the Notre Dame Rod and Gun Club and Caribou Adventure Tours for protection as an ecological reserve in 2002. They submitted a formal proposal in 2009 and revised the proposed boundary in 2010. Indian Arm Brook Study Area is being considered for provincial protection under the Wilderness and Ecological Reserves Act.
The study area includes:
• A forested example of the Central Newfoundland Natural Region;
• A large portion of the Campbellton River watershed’s teeming freshwater system;
• A provincial Sensitive Wildlife Area for waterfowl habitat; and
• A resident Woodland Caribou population.
Resources:
- A New Approach to Wilderness and Ecological Reserves 2024
- Suggested Activities Indian Arm Brook November 2023
- WERAC Questions and Answers Document Indian Arm Brook 2023
- Indian Arm Brook Study Area Information Sheet 2023
- Video on Ecological Reserve Establishment Process
- Video on Activities in Ecological Reserves
- Infographic on the Ecological Reserve Establishment Process
- Infographic on the Wilderness and Ecological Reserves Advisory Council