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Bill Freedman fonds North America File
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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 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 plants around Tuktoyaktuk

File contains 51 photographs taken by Bill Freedman from locations around Tuktoyaktuk, Northwest Territories, between 1973 and 1986. Photographs show plants of the region.

Photographs of spill clean-up sites around Tuktoyaktuk

File contains 37 photographs taken by Bill Freedman in the vicinity of Tuktoyaktuk, NT, in 1986. Photographs document experimentation of regrowth of vegetation in response to small-scale oil spills, at the Split Pingo spray plot and Meadow spill 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 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 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 surveys at Gros Morne National Park and the Churchill River, Labrador

File contains 25 photographs taken, largely by Bill Freedman, in Gros Morne National Park and along the Churchill River, Labrador, between 1998 and 2001. There are also photos by fellow researchers Annette Lutterman and Todd Keith. Photographs depict plants in Gros Morne and the Churchill River area, dried riverbeds above Churchill Falls, and three photos of Innu residents of the area.

Photographs of Voisey's Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador

File contains 58 photographs taken by Bill Freedman at Voisey's Bay, Labrador, in 1996. Photographs show river rapids, aerial surveys of the region, Fraser River Canyon, and some ground vegetation, near the site of the nickel mining operation. Late in 1996, Inco acquired rights to mine nickel from the area, and Freedman's visit involved conducting an environmental assessment (which he had done previously for nickel mining sites in Sudbury, Ontario).

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 vegetation in barrens and bogs of Nova Scotia

File contains 22 photographs taken by Bill Freedman between 1989 and 2001. Photographs show vegetation at the Murchyville bog (near Moose River, Nova Scotia), a Christmas tree lot in Lunenburg County, the barrens at Polly Cove (Halifax County), and examples of the endangered Geum peckii on Brier Island (Digby County).

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 the Postville and Michelin Lake areas of Labrador

File contains 51 photographs taken by Bill Freedman in the Postville area of Labrador, between 1975 and 1977 (predominantly 1977). Photographs show geological formations, bogs, and flora around the Michelin Lake area near Postville. File also contains some photographs of flora taken at Terra Nova National Park

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 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.

Hunting, trapping in N.S. require sustainable limits : [draft manuscripts and other material]

File contains manuscripts, drafts manuscripts, correspondence, data sets and a newspaper clipping relating to the article Hunting, Trapping in N.S. Require Sustainable Limits, published in the Chronicle Herald Saturday, November 11, 1989 as part of the column Environmentally Speaking, a weekly contribution from the School for Resource and Environmental Studies, Dalhousie University.

Humanity overwhelms ecosystems : [draft manuscripts, correspondence and newspaper clipping]

File contains drafts manuscripts, correspondence and a newspaper clipping relating to the article Humanity overwhelms ecosystems, published in the Chronicle Herald Saturday, April 7, 1990 as part of the column Environmentally Speaking, a weekly contribution from the School for Resource and Environmental Studies, Dalhousie University.

Endangered species and endangered spaces : [manuscripts and other material]

File contains manuscripts, draft manuscripts, correspondence and a newspaper clipping relating to the article Endangered Species and Endangered Spaces, published in the Chronicle Herald on Saturday, October 14, 1989 as part of the column Environmentally Speaking, a weekly contribution from the School for Resource and Environmental Studies, Dalhousie University.

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.

Temperate forest as a carbon-storage reservoir for carbon dioxide emitted by coal-fired generating station, a case study for New Brunswick, Canada : [draft manuscript and other material]

File contains a draft manuscript, review comments, correspondence, data sets and research notes relating to the article Temperate Forest as a Carbon-storage Reservoir for Carbon Dioxide Emitted by Coal-fired Generating Station, A case study for New Brunswick, Canada.
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