Photograph of wideleaf polargrass (Arctagrostis latifolia) growing in a slag heap at a tailings site at Nickel Rim, near Sudbury, Ontario
Photograph of controlled plant growth with slag heap material at a tailings site at Nickel Rim, near Sudbury, Ontario
Photograph of oil and cladophora along the shore at Alexandria Bay, New York
Photograph of an oil pollution control tanker truck at Alexandria Bay, New York
Photograph of oil along the shore at Alexandria Bay, New York
Photograph of an oiled boat at Alexandria Bay, New York
Photograph of a lush wetlands site at Richard Lake, near mining operations around Sudbury, Ontario
Photograph of interrupted fern (Osmunda claytoniana) at Richard Lake, near Sudbury, Ontario
Aerial photograph of a lake in Killarney Provincial Park, near Sudbury, Ontario
Photograph of Staghorn sumac (Rhus typhina) at Wanapitei River, near Sudbury, Ontario
Photograph of orange hawkweed (Hieracium aurantiacum) at Burwash, near Sudbury, Ontario
Photograph of an oiled blue-winged teal at Alexandria Bay, New York
Photograph of oil along the shore at Alexandria Bay, New York
Photograph of oil along the shore, affecting Salix babylonica, at Alexandria Bay, New York
Photograph of a researcher examining weathered crude oil at Alexandria Bay, New York
Photograph of reemergence of Stereocaulon paschale lichen at Richard Lake site, near Sudbury, Ontario
Photograph of Lynne Brennan and Beth Hutchinson at Richard Lake, near Sudbury, Ontario
Photograph showing the pouring of molten slag at Copper Cliff, near Sudbury, Ontario
Photograph of a denuded hilltop at the Richard Lake site, near Sudbury, Ontario
Photograph of a wooded hilltop near the Richard Lake site, near Sudbury, Ontario
Photograph of tufted hair grass (Deschampsia caespitosa) at Coniston site, near Sudbury, Ontario
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 oil invading a marshy embayment at Alexandria Bay, New York
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
