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Howe Sound: In Recovery, Still Incredible.. Glacier-carved coastal inlet.

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1 Howe Sound: In Recovery, Still Incredible.

2 Glacier-carved coastal inlet

3 The land that drains into Howe Sound

4 Add photo of Phyto plankton Squamish River estuary

5 BC’s Southernmost Fiord

6 Island-strewn Sound

7 Add tropical look Remarkable biodiversity

8 Amazingly Wild

9 Vancouver’s playground

10 Eagles, salmon Where children meet Nature Sea to Sky Outdoor School North Vancouver Outdoor School

11 Squamish Nation – 9000 years of knowledge

12 A cultural journey

13 1991: Pulp Mill pollution Environmental Trends?

14 Port Mellon Former Woodfibre Mill Today: greatly reduced pulp mill pollution

15 1991: Britannia Mine pollution

16 Today: Britannia mine effluent treated Treatment plant

17 1991: Squamish estuary unprotected and contaminated

18 Today: Squamish estuary protected; Pollution remediated. Pique news magazine

19 1991: Extensive clear-cut logging

20 Today: Squamish Nation Land Use Plan Squamish Whistler

21 Increasing Community stewardship Squamish Streamkeepers Squamish Watershed Society Marine Life Sactuary Society

22 Vital Signs of recovery Humpback whale White sided dolphin Pink salmon, Squamish River

23 T. Turner Howe Sound In recovery. Still incredible.


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