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Flooding on Darlings Island in May of 2018. (Staff photo) The five-day water level forecast along the lower Saint John River continues to look promising. According to River Watch, water levels were just shy of 3.5 metres at Saint John on Tuesday morning, about 70 centimetres below flood stage. The current forecast shows water levels dropping to 3.0 metres by Friday and remaining steady through the weekend. Further upriver, water levels are also expected to drop slightly at Gagetown, Jemseg and Grand Lake, and remain steady at Fredericton, Maugerville and Oak Point. '); } return false; })...

  FREDERICTON -- Flood forecasters in New Brunswick are keeping a close eye on the Saint John River but say the forecast for the Easter long weekend looks favourable. Geoffrey Downey, a spokesman for the province's River Watch program, says a massive ice jam at Perth-Andover, near the border with Maine, remains in place but is starting to erode. "There was a big channel running through it yesterday, which is good, so it's not holding back any water," Downey said Thursday. He said, however, that there have been reports of people on the ice jam taking photos. "We can't stress enough how ...

Residents are keeping a close and cautious watch on water levels in the community of Gagetown this week, watching and waiting to see exactly what this year's spring freshet will bring.

Courtesy Danelle Haake / RiverWatch A network of volunteers keep watchful eyes on water quality in streams and rivers across Illinois. You'll soon have a chance to join them. RiverWatch is hosting a volunteer training workshop on April 12 at the Tawny Oaks Field Station in Edelstein. Danelle Haake is the group's director. "The collections they'll be doing are looking at what are called aquatic macroinvertebrates, which basically means water bugs that are big enough to see with the unaided eye," Haake said. "We'll teach them how to collect them, how to identify them, and then what those mean...

Floodwaters cover the Randolph Bridge in Saint John on April 27, 2019. (Image: Brad Perry) It is that time of year to keep an eye on the Saint John River and its tributaries. Each morning, River Watch officials will receive a weather briefing and collect data from several sources to develop river models and forecasts. They will then inform the public of any potential threats which may exist. After two years of record-breaking flooding during the spring freshet, last year was relatively quiet along the Saint John River basin. But Public Safety Minister Ted Flemming says it would be a mistake t...