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Bill Freedman fonds Canada File
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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Photographs of agricultural scenes in Ontario, Saskatchewan, Alberta, and Nova Scotia

File contains 40 photographs taken by Gene Fortney, Vince Zelazny, Dave Patriquin, David Gautier, and M. Willison (and collected by Bill Freedman), in Ontario, Saskatchewan, and Alberta, in 1999. Photographs show agricultural scenes, such as hayfields near Calgary, strip cropping in Saskatchewan, soybean growing in Nova Scotia, and grape growing in southern Ontario.

Photographs of birds around Tuktoyaktuk, Northwest Territories

File contains 27 photographs taken by Bill Freedman during two visits to Tuktoyaktuk, Northwest Territories, in 1973 and 1974. Photographs show birds in the area around Tuktoyaktuk, including Semipalmated plover, Whimbrel, Stilt sandpipers, Common eider, and Lapland longspur.

Photographs of birds, mammals, insects, and amphibians

File contains 333 photographic slides taken by Bill Freedman in Florida, the Northwest Territories, Newfoundland, and Ontario between 1972 and 1991. Photographs show birds, large Arctic land mammals, insects, snakes and amphibians.

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.

Photographs of copper-zinc and sulfur dioxide devegetation

File contains 13 photographs taken by Todd Keith (and collected by Bill Freedman) between 1984 and 1990. Photographs show devegetation near smelter plants in Flin Flon, Manitoba and Sturgeon Lake, Ontario (Cu-Zn), Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec (Cu-Zn and SO2), and acidification of quartzite at Killarney, Ontario. Also includes a photograph by Keith of Kilauea Crater (Hawaii) and three photos of New Zealand scenery.

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 endangered plants

File contains photographs taken by Don Brunton (and collected by Bill Freedman), at Fairmont Hot Springs and Salmon Arm, British Columbia, Waterton National Park, Alberta, Kanata, Ontario, and Cape Cod, Massachusetts, between 1982 and 1990. Photographs show Epipactis gigantea, Isoetes bolanderi, Azolla mexicana, Adiantum copillus-veneris, Silphium perfoliatum, Chimaphik maculata, and Sabbatia kennedyana.

Photographs of family and holidays

File contains 42 photographs largely taken by Bill Freedman between 1986 and 1998. Photographs show family outings in Halifax (including the Public Gardens) in 1986, and with family at home during the winter holidays in late-1998 and early-1999.

Photographs of flora and fauna near Jasper, Alberta

File contains 44 photographs taken by Bill Freedman near Jasper and Whistler Mountain, Alberta, between 1973 and 1975. Photographs show mule deer and elk, and many species of plants (occasionally with captions stating the altitude at which they were found). Plants found in this file include Sedum stenopetalum, Rosa acicularism, Silene acaule, Dryas, hookeriana, and Saxifraga bronchialis.

Photographs of flora and fungi along the Magnetawan River, Ontario

File contains 17 photographs taken by Bill Freedman along the Magnetawan River (which empties into Georgian Bay), in May 1973. Photographs show several species of flora and fungi of the area, including Trillium undulatum, Trillium erectum, and Caltha palustris. There are also two photographs of a beaver dam.

Photographs of flora at Camp Naivelt, Brampton, Ontario

File contains 18 photographs taken by Bill Freedman at Camp Naivelt (near Brampton, Ontario), between 1973 and 1976. Photographs show plant species of the area, including Erigeron philadelphicus, Erythronium americana, Hesperis matronalis, Anenome canadensis, and Arisaema triphyllum.

Photographs of flora at Cape Bathurst and Cape Parry, Northwest Territories

File contains 40 photographs taken by Bill Freedman at sites around Cape Bathurst and Cape Parry, near Tuktoyaktuk, Northwest Territories. Photographs show examples of Saxifraga oppostifolia, Phlox sibirica, Primula borealis, Caloplaca elegans, among others. Also includes photographs from nearby sites Blackfly Lake and Malloch Hill.

Photographs of flora at Lake Joseph and Parry Sound, Ontario

File contains 50 photographs taken by Bill Freedman at locations near Parry Sound, Ontario, and specifically, Lake Joseph, between 1974 and 1977. Photographs show plants of the region, such as Hepatica americana, Iris versicolor, Lotus corniculatus, and Hieracium aurantiacum. Photographs also show defoliated hillsides caused by the encroachment of forest tent caterpillar into the area.

Photographs of forest and flora near Thompson, Manitoba

File contains 13 photographs taken by Bill Freedman near Thompson, Manitoba, in 1974. Photographs show Picea mariana and Picea banksiana at various distances from the factory smokestacks of a nickel processing facility. Also, a beaver dam and regrowth after a forest fire.

Photographs of forestry, biomass, hydrology, and clear-cutting scenes

File contains 215 photographs taken by Bill Freedman at a variety of locations, including Aylesford Lake, NS, and Halifax County, between 1980 and 1995. Photographs show experimental and conventional clear-cutting examples at Aylesford Lake, Nova Scotia; advanced regeneration after a burn near Herring Cove, Nova Scotia; views of Pebbleloggitch Lake, Kejimkujik National Park; different rates of growth of trees of different ages; felling, bucking and sorting of Acer saccharum, and examples of throughfall and stemflow. Also includes examples of herbicide efforts.

Photographs of glacial retreat at Alexandra Fiord, Ellesmere Island

File contains 24 photographs taken by Bill Freedman at Alexandra Fiord, Ellesmere Island, from 1979 to 1982. Photographs show the glacial corridor at the head of Alexandra Fiord, as well as evidence of glacial retreat. There are also photographs of some of the researchers on the team.

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.
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