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Howe Sound: In Recovery, Still Incredible.
Glacier-carved coastal inlet
The land that drains into
Howe Sound
Add photo ofPhyto plankton
Phytoplankton
Squamish River estuary
BC’s Southernmost Fiord
Island-strewn Sound
Add tropical look
Remarkable biodiversity
Amazingly Wild
Vancouver’s playground
Eagles, salmon
Where children meet Nature
Sea to Sky Outdoor School
North Vancouver Outdoor School
Squamish Nation – 9000 years of knowledge
A cultural journey
1991: Pulp Mill pollution
EnvironmentalTrends?
Port Mellon
Former Woodfibre Mill
Today: greatly reduced pulp mill pollution
1991: Britannia Mine
pollution
Today: Britannia mine effluent treated
Treatment plant
1991: Squamish estuary unprotected and contaminated
Today: Squamish estuary protected;Pollution remediated.
Pique news magazine
1991: Extensive clear-cut logging
Today: Squamish Nation Land Use Plan
Squamish
Whistler
Increasing Community stewardshipSquamish Streamkeepers
Squamish Watershed Society
Marine Life Sactuary Society
Vital Signs of recovery
Humpback whale
White sided dolphin
Pink salmon, Squamish River
T. Turner
Howe Sound
In recovery.
Still incredible.
