fundy - ecological treasure or industrial superport?

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FUNDY Ecological Treasure

or Industrial Superport?

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FUNDY The Battlefield

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FUNDY Ecosystem Nutrient Sources

Estuary / River Pump

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FUNDY Ecosystem Nutrient Sources

Estuary / River Pump

Embayment Pump

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FUNDY Ecosystem Nutrient Sources

Estuary / River Pump

Embayment Pump

Marsh Pump

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FUNDY Ecosystem Nutrient Sources

Estuary / River Pump

Embayment Pump

Marsh Pump

Benthic Pump

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FUNDY Ecosystem Nutrient Sources

Fishare where

the food is!

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FUNDY Ecosystem Nutrient Sources

Birdsare where

the food is!

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FUNDY Ecosystem Nutrient Sources

Whalesare where

the food is!

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FUNDY Ecosystem Nutrient Sources

Where humans have earned their living for over 10,000 years!

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FUNDY A Cartoonist's vision – Fact or Fancy?

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FUNDY Coastal Industry before 1960

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FUNDY Coastal Industry 1960 - 1979

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FUNDY Coastal Industry 1980 - 2000

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FUNDY Coastal Industry 2000 - 2006

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FUNDY Some Current Planned and Underway

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FUNDY Offshore Use (DFO)

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FUNDY we have lost or are losing...

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and ...

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...and

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...and.

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In 40 short years we have significantly altered the Bay of

Fundy Ecosystem .... one development at a time.

Is White's Point Quarry Necessary?Is White's Point Quarry Worth It?

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Choose Wisely – This guy has only 300 or so chances!

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We have only one!