Photograph of tailings growing trials with a gravel base at the Nickel Rim site, Falconbridge, near Sudbury, Ontario
Photograph of the revegetation of a former tailings area at the Copper Cliff site, near Sudbury, Ontario
Photograph of purple fringed orchid (Habenaria fimbriata) at Wanapitei River, near Sudbury, Ontario
Photograph of Staghorn sumac (Rhus typhina) at Wanapitei River, near Sudbury, Ontario
Photograph of a denuded hilltop 4 kilometres from the Copper Cliff site, near Sudbury, Ontario
Photograph of sulfur dioxide damage to red maple (Acer rubrum) at the Copper Cliff site, near Sudbury, Ontario
Photograph of tailings plant growth experiments without using a gravel base, Nickel Rim, near Sudbury, Ontario
Photograph of slag being poured at the Nickel Rim mining site near Sudbury, Ontario
Photograph of slag heaps near a denuded slope junction, Coniston mining site, near Sudbury, Ontario
Photograph of slag heaps and plains at the Coniston site, near Sudbury, Ontario
Photograph of Bill Freedman standing on a snowy mining access road, near Sudbury, Ontario
Photograph of a sign prohibiting littering on the shoulder of the access road to the Coniston site, near Sudbury, Ontario
Photograph of slag heaps near the Coniston site, near Sudbury, Ontario
Photograph of a common haircap moss (Polytricum commune) mat near the Richard Lake site, near Sudbury, Ontario
Photograph of Mountain laurel (Kalmia latifolia) at Richard Lake, near Sudbury, Ontario
Photograph of Mountain laurel (Kalmia latifolia) and Labrador tea (Ledum groenlandicum) at Richard Lake, near Sudbury, Ontario
Photograph of bromegrass (Bromus inermis) at the Richard Lake site, near Sudbury, Ontario
Photograph of Mountain laurel (Kalmia latifolia) at Richard Lake, near Sudbury, Ontario
Photograph of field thistle (Cirsium arvense) near Sudbury, Ontario
Photograph of a thicket of field thistle (Cirsium arvense) near Sudbury, Ontario
Photograph of mining detritus on the north side of Kelly Lake, Copper Cliff site, near Sudbury, Ontario
Photograph of purple fringed orchid (Habenaria fimbriata) at Wanapitei River, near Sudbury, Ontario
Photograph of orange hawkweed (Hieracium aurantiacum) and bird's foot trefoil (Lotus corniculatus) at Burwash, near Sudbury, Ontario
Photograph of sparse mugwort (Artemesia) growing at a tailings site at Nickel Rim, near Sudbury, Ontario
Photograph of natural reclamation of a tailings site at Falconbridge, near Sudbury, Ontario
Photograph of natural reclamation of a tailings site at Falconbridge, near Sudbury, Ontario
Photograph of a slag heap drainage pond at Coniston, near Sudbury, Ontario
Photograph of a eight months of vegetation regrowth at a small controlled site at Nickel Rim, near Sudbury, Ontario
Photograph of an old roast bed after fifty years, Nickel Rim site, near Sudbury, Ontario
Photograph of slag heaps at Coniston site, near Sudbury, Ontario
Photograph of a receding receiving pond showing iron precipitate pollution at Nickel Rim site, near Sudbury, Ontario
Photograph of unidentified researchers standing at the base of slag heaps at the Coniston site, near Sudbury, Ontario
Photograph of a flooded access road to the Burwash mining site, near Sudbury, Ontario
Photograph of slag heaps at Coniston site, near Sudbury, Ontario
Photograph of exposed bedrock at the Coniston site, near Sudbury, Ontario
Photograph of cliff erosion at the Falconbridge site, near Sudbury, Ontario
Photograph of a roast bed at the Falconbridge site, near Sudbury, Ontario
Photograph of the revegetation of a former tailings area near the Inco Superstack at the Copper Cliff site, near Sudbury, Ontario
Photograph of Baby Lake, Coniston site, near Sudbury, Ontario
Photograph of an active tailings pond at Copper Cliff, near Sudbury, Ontario
Photograph of four unidentified people at the Coniston site, near Sudbury, Ontario
Photograph of glacial striae at Coniston site, near Sudbury, Ontario
Photograph of slag heaps at the Coniston site, near Sudbury, Ontario
Photograph of an unidentified person standing amid White spruce (Picea glauca), Balsam fir (Abies balsamea) and Jackpine (Pinus banksiana) at a site east of Coniston
Photograph of a group of researchers standing near slag heaps at the Coniston site, near Sudbury, Ontario
Photograph of slag heaps and exposed bedrock at the Coniston site, near Sudbury, Ontario
Photograph of a group of researchers standing at the Coniston site, near Sudbury, Ontario
Photograph of Kelly Lake, 3 kilometres from the Inco Superstack, near Sudbury, Ontario
Photograph of wooden tailings pipes at the Copper Cliff site, near Sudbury, Ontario
Photograph of an active tailings pond at the Copper Cliff site, near Sudbury, Ontario
