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Surveys of flora and avifauna at the Sydport Industrial Park, Sydney, Nova Scotia

MS-2-789, Box 17, Folder 6
File
2012

File contains field notes written by Bill Freedman documenting flora and avifauna seen at a selection of sites near the Sydport industrial complex.

Correspondence relating to a rare plant survey of the Mispec River, near Saint John, New Brunswick : [correspondence and other material]

MS-2-789, Box 33, Folder 3
File
2006

Part of Bill Freedman fonds

File contains correspondence related to Freedman's undertaking a rare plant survey along the Mispec River, near Saint John, New Brunswick, for the consultancy firm Jacques Whitford. File also contains four facsimile aerial photographs.

COSEWIC status report on the Thread-leaved sundew, Russulis filiforme (Drosera filiformis) : [draft manuscript and correspondence]

MS-2-789, Box 24, Folder 8
File
1999-2001

Part of Bill Freedman fonds

File contains the draft manuscript written by Freedman and Jim Jotcham for the Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada, about the status of Drosera filiformis, at several bog sites in southwestern Nova Scotia. File also contains correspondence and related articles.

Photographs of surveys at Gros Morne National Park and the Churchill River, Labrador

MS-2-789, Box 15, Folder 3
File
1998-2002

Part of Bill Freedman fonds

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.

Airphoto assessment of changes in plant cover on Sable Island, Nova Scotia : [draft manuscripts]

MS-2-789, Box 25, Folder 13
File
1996-2001

Part of Bill Freedman fonds

File contains two draft reports by Freedman, tracking changes of Sable Island vegetation, in 1996 and 2001.

Photographs of Voisey's Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador

MS-2-789, Box 14, Folder 15
File
1996

Part of Bill Freedman fonds

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).

Inventory of ecological values on McNab's Island, Halifax County : [draft manuscript]

MS-2-789, Box 33, Folder 1
File
1996

Part of Bill Freedman fonds

File contains the draft manuscript compiled by Freedman and others in the Department of Biology, Dalhousie University, prepared for Parks Canada.

Aquatic vegetation of Nova Scotian lakes differeing in acidity and trophic status : [manuscript and correspondence]

MS-2-789, Box 25, Folder 4
File
1993-1995

Part of Bill Freedman fonds

File contains the manuscript written by Freedman, with Diane S. Srivastava and Cynthia A. Staicer, for Aquatic Botany, volume 51. File also contains correspondence and reviewer comments.

Vegetation and soils of the terrestrial watershed of Pine Marten Brook, Kejimkujik National Park, Nova Scotia : [draft manuscript and other materials]

MS-2-789, Box 27, Folder 7
File
1992

Part of Bill Freedman fonds

File contains draft manuscript reports written by Freedman with W. Maass, regarding consultancy work at the Pine Marten Brook in Kejimkujik National Park. Includes data sets, chemical analysis of water samples, maps, correspondence, and the consultancy contract with Environment Canada.

Thread-leaved sundew, Drosera filiformis in Nova Scotia : an assessment of risks of a proposal to mine fuel peat from its habitat : [manuscript and correspondence]

MS-2-789, Box 24, Folder 9
File
1992-1993

Part of Bill Freedman fonds

File contains the manuscript written by Freedman, with W. Maass and P. Parfenov, for the Canadian Field-Naturalist, volume 106, number 4. File also contains correspondence, reviewer comments, and three photographs.

Mine-boggling decision : Nova Scotia's government said no to development, to save an endangered plant : [manuscript and other materials]

MS-2-789, Box 24, Folder 10
File
1992

Part of Bill Freedman fonds

File contains the manuscript written by Freedman for Nature Canada, Spring 1992. File also contains drafts, correspondence, and colour photographs of the endangered plant.

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

MS-2-789, Box 14, Folder 22
File
1991

Part of Bill Freedman fonds

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.

Assessment of the likely effects of peat extraction from Swaines Road (Barrington) bog, Shelburne County, on Drosera filiformis and its habitat : [draft manuscript and other materials]

MS-2-789, Box 24, Folder 7
File
1991-1992

Part of Bill Freedman fonds

File contains the draft manuscript written by Freedman, with W. Maass and P. Parfenov, for COSEWIC (the Committe on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada", relating to the protection of the endangered thread-leaved sundew (Drosera filiformis) form bog sites being surveyed as potential peat extraction locations. File includes manuscripts, correspondence, data sets, and relevant statutes.

Final report to Halifax Harbour Cleanup Inc. on vegetation and soil survey :[ draft manuscript and other materials]

MS-2-789, Box 32, Folder 5
File
1991

Part of Bill Freedman fonds

File contains the draft manuscript report compiled by Freedman and others for the consultancy firm Jacques Whitford Environment Ltd. File also contains a large folding facsimile map and annotated tables of flora from sites on McNabs Island.

Photographs of flora and scenery at Tuktoyaktuk

MS-2-789, Box 14, Folder 7
File
1990-1991

Part of Bill Freedman fonds

File contains 72 photographs taken by Bill Freedman on a trip to Tuktoyaktuk, Northwest Territories, in late 1990. Photographs show ground vegetation and forest scenes.

Standing crop and net production of sedge meadows of an ungrazed polar desert oasis : [manuscript and correspondence]

MS-2-789, Box 28, Folder 5
File
1989-1990

Part of Bill Freedman fonds

File contains the manuscript written by Freedman with G.H.R. Henry and J. Svoboda, for the Canadian Journal of Botany, volume 68. File also contains correspondence.

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

MS-2-789, Box 16, Folder 4
File
1989

Part of Bill Freedman fonds

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 vegetation in barrens and bogs of Nova Scotia

MS-2-789, Box 16, Folder 6
File
1989-2002

Part of Bill Freedman fonds

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).

Effects of habitat on variations of phenology and nutrient concentration among four common plant species of the Alexandra Fiord lowland : [draft manuscript and correspondence]

MS-2-789, Box 28, Folder 3
File
1988

Part of Bill Freedman fonds

File contains the draft manuscript written by E.J. Woodley and J. Svoboda, for the Freedman-edited volume "Ecology of a Polar Oasis". File also contains correspondence from Freedman, outlining "extensive modifi[cations]" made by Freedman to the draft.

Vascular flora of Alexandra Fiord, and its relationship of the floras of other sites in the eastern Queen Elizabeth Islands : [draft manuscript and other materials]

MS-2-789, Box 28, Folder 11
File
[1985]

Part of Bill Freedman fonds

File contains the heavily annotated draft manuscript written by Freedman. File also contains data facsimiles, related articles, and correspondence.

Vegetation inventory of McNabs Island, Lawlors Island and Devils Island : [draft manuscript]

MS-2-789, Box 33, Folder 2
File
1985

Part of Bill Freedman fonds

File contains a draft manuscript compiled for Nova Scotia Department of Lands and Forests, Parks and Recreation Division, gathering information on the flora of three islands in Halifax Harbour. Marked in Freedman's hand as being "Anon (1985)".

Biomass allocation in ten Saxifraga species in the high Arctic : [manuscript and other materials]

MS-2-789, Box 28, Folder 6
File
1985-1989

Part of Bill Freedman fonds

File contains the manuscript written by Freedman and J. Stewart for the Freedman-edited volume "Ecology of a Polar Oasis". File also contains draft manuscripts and correspondence.

Silver hairgrass, Aira caryophyllea, new to eastern Canada, and other notable records from Seal Island, Nova Scotia : [manuscript and other materials]

MS-2-789, Box 22, Folder 8
File
1984

Part of Bill Freedman fonds

File contains the manuscript written by Freedman, with P.M. Catling and V.R. Brownell, for Canadian Field-Naturalist, volume 98, number 2. File also contains a draft manuscript and correspondence.

Photographs of glyphosate spraying at Brier Island, Nova Scotia

MS-2-789, Box 14, Folder 8
File
1984

Part of Bill Freedman fonds

File contains 40 photographs taken by Bill Freedman at Brier Island, Digby County, Nova Scotia, in 1984. Photographs show glyphosate herbicide spraying of forests by helicopter. There are also several photographs of researchers at Northern Light.

MS-2-789, Box 17, Folder 7
File
1984

Part of Bill Freedman fonds

File contains a field notebook compiled by Bill Freedman in 1984 during his research on the Riverside region. Includes lists of flora seen at the following Nova Scotia lakes and bogs: Grafton, Snake, McGinty, Big Red, Little Red, Pebbleloggitch, Beaverskin, North Cranberry, Puzzle, Cosiuelle, Little Peskowesk, Mud, Loon, George, Peskowesk, Hilchemakaar, Big Dam East, Big Dam West, Iramy Bog, Mill Bog, Drain, Spectacle, Jordan, and Round Pond.

Effects of fertilization on three tundra plant communities of a polar desert oasis : [manuscript and other materials]

MS-2-789, Box 27, Folder 6
File
1984-1986

Part of Bill Freedman fonds

File contains the manuscript written by Freedman with G.H.R. Henry and J. Svoboda,. for the Canadian Journal of Botany, volume 64. File also contains the manuscript proof, correspondence, and revisions.

Photographs of copper-zinc and sulfur dioxide devegetation

MS-2-789, Box 16, Folder 9
File
1984-1990

Part of Bill Freedman fonds

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.

Standing crops and productivities of the plant communities of a high arctic oasis on Ellesmere Island, N.W.T. : [draft manuscript and other materials]

MS-2-789, Box 27, Folder 4
File
[1983]

Part of Bill Freedman fonds

File contains the draft manuscript written by Freedman with M. Muc and J. Svoboda, with edits. File also contains some data and correspondence.

Aquatic plants of acid lakes in Kejimkujik National Park, Nova Scotia : floristic composition and relation to water chemistry : [manuscript and correspondence]

MS-2-789, Box 26, Folder 3
File
1983-1986

Part of Bill Freedman fonds

File contains the manuscript written by Freedman with P.M. Catling, C. Stewart, J.J. Kerekes, and L.P. Lefkovitch, for Canadian Journal of Botany, volume 64, number 4. File also contains correspondence and reviewer comments.

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

MS-2-789, Box 14, Folder 21
File
1983-1990

Part of Bill Freedman fonds

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.

Ecology and health of communities dominated by Cassiope tetragona at Alexandra Fiord, Ellesmere Island, Canada : [manuscript and other materials]

MS-2-789, Box 28, Folder 1
File
1983-1987

Part of Bill Freedman fonds

File contains the manuscript written by Freedman with Margorie L.N. Names, for Holarctic Ecology, volume 10. This manuscript also later appeared in the Freedman-edited "Ecology of a Polar Oasis" volume. File also contains correspondence, figures, and handwritten notes.

Phenology and resource allocation in a high arctic evergreen dwarf shrub, Cassiope tetragona : [manuscript and other materials]

MS-2-789, Box 27, Folder 5
File
1983-1987

Part of Bill Freedman fonds

File contains the manuscript written by Freedman with M.L.N. Nams, for Holarctic Ecology, volume 10. FIle also contains correspondence, handwritten notes, reviewer comments, and negatives of figures used in the manuscript.

Entombed plant communities released by a retreating glacier at central Ellesmere Island, Canada : [manuscript and other materials]

MS-2-789, Box 28, Folder 7
File
1982-1984

Part of Bill Freedman fonds

File contains the manuscript written by Freedman with B.M. Bergsma and J. Svoboda, for Arctic, volume 37, number 1. File also contains correspondence, photographs and negatives.

Lead and zinc contamination of roadside soil and vegetation in Halifax, Nova Scotia : [manuscript and other materials]

MS-2-789, Box 20, Folder 7
File
1982

Part of Bill Freedman fonds

File contains the manuscript of an article written by Freedman and J.M. Dale for the Proceedings of the Nova Scotia Institute of Science, volume 32. File also includes two hand-drawn charts and correspondence.

Vegetation and phytogeography of Sable Island, Nova Scotia : [manuscript and other materials]

MS-2-789, Box 25, Folder 9
File
1982-1985

Part of Bill Freedman fonds

File contains the manuscript by Freedman, with P.M. Catling and Z.Lucas, for Proceedings of the Nova Scotian Institute of Science, volume 34, parts 3-4. File also contains the draft manuscript entitled "The vegetation of Sable Island", as well as correspondence and photo negatives.

Resource allocation in high-arctic vascular plants of differing growth form : [manuscript and correspondence]

MS-2-789, Box 28, Folder 2
File
1982-1983

Part of Bill Freedman fonds

File contains the manuscript written by Freedman with O. Maessen, M.L.N. Names and J. Svoboda, for Canadian Journal of Botany, volume 61, number 6. File also contains correspondence, reviewer comments, and negatives for the figures used in the manuscript.

Photographs of endangered plants

MS-2-789, Box 14, Folder 1
File
1982-1990

Part of Bill Freedman fonds

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 the flora, fauna, and buildings on Sable Island, Nova Scotia

MS-2-789, Box 12, Folder 10
File
1981-1982

Part of Bill Freedman fonds

File contains 77 photographs taken by Bill Freedman at Sable Island, Nova Scotia, over several visits between 1981 and 1982. Photographs show vegetation, brackish ponds, aerial surveys, wild horses, as well as some of the researchers. File also includes 3 transparencies.

Seed banks and seedling occurrence in a high Arctic oasis at Alexandra Fjord, Ellesmere Island, Canada : [manuscript and correspondence]

MS-2-789, Box 28, Folder 4
File
1981-1982

Part of Bill Freedman fonds

File contains the manuscript written by Freedman with N.Hill, J. Svoboda, and G. Henry, for Canadian Journal of Botany, volume 60, number 10. The manuscript also appeared in the Freedman-edited volume "Ecology of a Polar Oasis". File also contains correspondence.

Photographs of vascular plant communities at Alexandra Fiord, Ellesmere Island

MS-2-789, Box 16, Folder 23
File
1980-1981

Part of Bill Freedman fonds

Vascular plant communities of a polar oasis at Alexandra Fiord (79 N), Ellesmere Island, Canada : [manuscript and other materials]

MS-2-789, Box 27, Folder 3
File
1980-1988

Part of Bill Freedman fonds

File contains the manuscript written by Freedman with M. Muc and J. Svoboda, for Canadian Journal of Botany, volume 67. File also includes correspondence, reviewer comments, data sets and figures.

Ecology of a high Arctic lowland oasis, Alexandra Fjord (78 53'N, 75 65'W), Ellesmere Island, N.W.T., Canada : 1980 and 1981 progress reports : [manuscript]

MS-2-789, Box 28, Folder 17
File
1980-1981

Part of Bill Freedman fonds

File contains the manuscript reports edited by Freedman and Josef Svoboda, documenting the 1980 and 1981 progress of the Alexandra Fjord Lowland Ecosystem Study. Freedman contributes to two articles in the 1980 report: "Ecology of a high arctic lowland oasis on Ellesmere Island. An overview" (with J. Svoboda) and "Populations of breeding birds" (with J. Svoboda), and five articles in the 1981 report: "Seed banks and seedling occurrence in a high arctic oasis" (with Nick Hill, Josef Svoboda, and Greg Henry), "Populations of breeding birds at Alexandra Fiord, compared with other high arctic localities" (with Josef Svoboda), "Regional survey of plant communities" (with Josef Svoboda), "Birds of Alexandra Fiord and vicinity", and "Mammals of Alexandra Fiord and vicinity".

Photographs of plants from Alexandra Fiord, Ellesmere Island

MS-2-789, Box 11, Folder 15
File
1980-1982

Part of Bill Freedman fonds

File contains 85 photographs (and 1 transparency) taken by Bill Freedman between 1980 and 1982. Photographs show flora of Alexandra Fiord, Ellesmere Island, Northwest Territories, taken during two separate visits. Photos also include an impromptu volleyball match between researchers.

Photographs of the scenery and flora at Fiona Lake, Somerset Island

MS-2-789, Box 13, Folder 5
File
1979

Part of Bill Freedman fonds

File contains 15 photographs taken by Bill Freedman in July 1979, at Fiona Lake on Somerset Island in the Northwest Territories. Photographs show lichenometry, flora, snowbeds, and fractured rocks on the island.

Photographs of the geology and flora of Sverdrup Pass, Ellesmere Island

MS-2-789, Box 13, Folder 4
File
1979

Part of Bill Freedman fonds

File contains 28 photographs taken by Bill Freedman in 1979 at several locations in the area around the Sverdrup Pass, central Ellesmere Island. Photographs show lowland wet meadows, glacial granite erratics, the glacial divide, and some flora.

Photographs of Sudbury scenes

MS-2-789, Box 12, Folder 11
File
1975-1986

Part of Bill Freedman fonds

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 the flora of Fundy National Park

MS-2-789, Box 16, Folder 14
File
1975

Part of Bill Freedman fonds

File contains 7 photographs taken by Bill Freedman at Fundy National Park, New Brunswick, in 1975. Photographs show examples of Iris versicolor, as well as scenes along the shore of the Bay of Fundy.

Photographs of the flora and fauna of Gros Morne National Park and Cape St. Mary's Park Reserve, Newfoundland

MS-2-789, Box 16, Folder 16
File
1975, 2002

Part of Bill Freedman fonds

File contains 16 photographs taken by Bill Freedman, predominantly in 1975. Photographs show birds and plants at two Newfoundland parks: Cape St. Mary's Reserve on the Avalon Peninsula, and Gros Morne on the Great Northern Peninsula.

Photographs of the Postville and Michelin Lake areas of Labrador

MS-2-789, Box 12, Folder 8
File
1975-1977

Part of Bill Freedman fonds

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 tailings sites around Sudbury

MS-2-789, Box 12, Folder 12
File
1975-1986

Part of Bill Freedman fonds

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.

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