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Bill Freedman fonds File Environmental sciences
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Photographs of the destruction caused at Point Pleasant Park, Halifax, Nova Scotia, by the Brown Spruce longhorn beetle

File contains 68 photographs taken largely by Bill Freedman (but also by Sweeney) at Point Pleasant Park, Halifax, Nova Scotia, in 2000. Photographs show aerial and up-close examples of the destruction wrought on the urban park by the invasive Brown spruce longhorn beetle, believed to arrive in the city via the nearby port.

Photographs of tailings sites around Sudbury

File contains 36 photographs taken by Bill Freedman in the area around Sudbury, Ontario, between 1975 and 1986 (many of which were used as part of his thesis fieldwork). Photographs show tailings ponds, nickel runs, roast beds, and slag pouring at the Coppercliff, Burwash, Coniston, Richard Lake, and Falconbridge sites.

Photographs of Sudbury scenes

File contains 116 photographs taken by Bill Freedman in the region around Sudbury, Ontario, between 1975 and 1986, as part of his thesis fieldwork. Photographs show slag heaps, roast beds, pollution, plant damage, and mining infrastructure from the Copper Cliff, Coniston, and Falconbridge sites near Sudbury, and flora at the nearby Wanapitei River, Richard Lake, and Burwash sites.

Photographs of small experimental oil spills sites around Tuktoyaktuk, Northwest Territories

File contains 73 photographs taken by Bill Freedman at the sites of small, controlled, experimental oil spills near Tuktoyaktuk (Pingo, Point, Meadow, Lupin), predominantly from 1973 and 1974. Also includes some photos from similar experiments at Cape Parry. Photographs document experimentation of regrowth of vegetation in response to small-scale oil spills.

Photographs of leaf damage cause by accidental emission of acidic particulates from the Tufts Cove generating station, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia

File contains 28 photographs taken by Bill Freedman near the Tufts Cove Generating Station, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, in August 1989. Photographs show damage to vegetation (Red oak, pumpkin, cucumber, and tomato) potentially caused by the accidental emission of acidic particulates from the generating station.

Photographs of glyphosate and rhodamine spraying and recovery at Antrim, Riverside, and Little River Lake, Nova Scotia

File contains 108 photographs taken by Bill Freedman at three sites in Nova Scotia between 1983 and 1990. Photographs show glyphosate herbicide spraying at Antrim, Halifax County, the "Riverside" site (possibly along the Shubenacadie River, Hants County), and Little RIver Lake, Kings County.

Photographs of endangered flora and persistent coastal litter at Bon Portage Island, Baccaro and Swaine's Road bogs, Shelburne County, Nova Scotia

File contains 25 photographs taken by Bill Freedman near Barrington, Nova Scotia, in 1991. Photographs show litter on the coast of Bon Portage Island, as well as vegetation (primarily the rare, insectivorous Drosera filiformis) at Baccaro bog and Swaine's Road bog. Photographs show the endangered plants that would be threatened should a peat-mining operation be opened in the area.

Photographs of Canadian forest fires

File contains 11 photographs taken by Bill Freedman, Luc Foisy, Todd Keith, and J. Pleau, between 1990 and 1997. Photographs show forest fire damage at the "Aire G" site at La Mauricie National Park in the Laurentians, Quebec, and near Dawson City, Yukon, as well as burn recovery at Banff National Park and northern New Brunswick.

Pesticide use in forest management in Canada : [manuscript]

File contains the manuscript written by Freedman for the proceedings of the 2003 KAST Multicultural Conference: SS3: The 2nd KAST-RSC Bilateral Symposium, Environmental Science and Policy, October 29-30, 2003.Organized by the Korean Academy of Science and Technology and the Royal Society of Canada.

Overview of the environmental impacts of forestry, with particular reference to the Atlantic Provinces : [manuscript and correspondence]

File contains the manuscript of the report written by Freedman, by the Institute for Resource and Environmental Studies under a contract from Environment Canada, Atlantic Region, and Fisheries and Oceans Canands [I.R.E.S. Research Report 82-02]. File also contains correspondence and reviewer comments.

Other studies on Point Pleasant Park and the Brown spruce longhorn beetle : [manuscripts and other materials]

File contains manuscript reports dealing with the health of Point Pleasant Park and the containment of the Brown spruce longhorn beetle. File contains the Nova Scotia Department of Natural Resources "1994/95 Spruce Beetle Damage Survey" (Mike LeBlanc and Bob Guscott), the "Point Pleasant Park Forest Health Survey, June 8-10, 2000" (Guscott), two draft manuscripts of "Brown Spruce Longhorn Beetle" (Plant Health Risk Assessment Unit, Science Division; September 1999 and June 2000), the Halifax Regional Municipality "Point Pleasant Park, Park and Urban Forest Master Plan" (November 18, 1998), and other fact sheets (Friends of Point Pleasant Park and Environment Canada) and presentation drafts.

Off the beaten path : [draft manuscripts and other material]

File contains draft manuscripts, review comments, correspondence and a newspaper clipping relating to the article Off the Beaten Path, published in the Chronicle Herald on Saturday, November 25, 1989 as part of the column Environmentally Speaking, a weekly contribution from the School for Resource and Environmental Studies, Dalhousie University.

Observations of plant damage and foliar contamination possibly linked to an accidental emission of acidic particulates from the Tufts Cove generating station : [manuscript, correspondence and data sets]

File contains manuscript, correspondence and data sets relating to the report Observations of Plant Damange and Foliar Contamination Possibly Linked to an Accidental Emission of Acidic Particulates from the Tufts Cove Generating Station.

Observations of foliar contamination caused by an accidental ash emission from the Tufts Cove generating station July 4, 1990 : [manuscripts and other material]

File contains manuscript, draft manuscripts, correspondence, handwritten notes, maps, data sets relating to the report Observations of Foliar Contamination Caused by an Accidental Ash Emission From the Tufts Cove Generating Startion July 4, 1990, and a newspaper article about Freedman from the Chronicle Herald July 24.

Notes on property exploration for the Nova Scotia Nature Trust

File contains notes written by Bill Freedman in 2012 while undertaking property explorations for the Nova Scotia Nature Trust. Notes contain a brief survey of each location and potential financial costs involved, for locations at Middle and Outer Pleasant Harbour, Gerard Island, Hemeon's Head, Bougles Isle (?), Pugwash, and a site at Tusket.

Notes from a conference of the Nature Conservancy of Canada

File contains notes taken by Bill Freedman during paper presentations at a late-2000s meeting of the Nature Conservancy of Canada. Notes relate to papers presented by Judy Loo, Allan White, Graham Forbes, Sean Basquill, [E.] Ponomarenko, M Aubé, D rossland, C Bourque, John Sweeney, Matthew Betts, and Bob Seymour.
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