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UNIT 1: SUSTAINING ECOSYSTEMS
Chapter 3: Sustaining Terrestrial Ecosystems
3.1 Canadian Biomes
3.8 Career Profile: Plant
Manager
3.9 Explore an Issue:
How Many Potatoes Are Enough?
3.10 Logging Forests
3.11 Acid Deposition and Forest
Ecosystems
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3.1
Canadian Biomes |
Construct a food web for each of the Canadian
biomes.
Tundra:
Woodland Caribou Strategy Report, British Columbia Ministry of
Environment, Lands and Parks
Ptarmigan,
Alaska Department of Fish and Game
Lemmings,
Canadian Wildlife Service
Arctic
fox, Canadian Wildlife Service
Species
Account, The Wolverine Foundation
The
Tundra, Physical Geography Working Group of The Virtual Geography
Department, Radford University
Lichen
use by wildlife in North America, Stephen Sharnoff and Roger Rosentreter
Boreal forest:
Taiga
or Boreal Forest, Physical Geography Working Group of The Virtual
Geography Department, Radford University
White-winged
Crossbill, Birds of Nova Scotia
Spruce
Grouse, Birds of Nova Scotia
Boreal
Owl, Alaska Department of Fish and Game
Canada
lynx, Canadian Wildlife Service
Snowshoe
hare, Canadian Wildlife Service
Wolf,
Canadian Wildlife Service
White-tailed
Deer, Canadian Wildlife Service
The
Northern Coniferous Forest, College of Agriculture, Department
of Forestry, University of Illinois, USA
Marten,
Canadian Wildlife Service
Grasslands:
North
American bison, Canadian Wildlife Service
Sharp-shinned
Hawk, Cooper's Hawk, and Northern Goshawk, Canadian Wildlife Service
Grasslands
of the Canadian Prairies, Environment Canada
Grasslands
plants, the Evergreen Project
Prairie
Rattlesnake, Steve W. Thompson
Meadow
mice, voles?, PestProducts.com
Temperate deciduous forests:
Temperate
Broadleaf Deciduous Forest
Red
Maple, US forest Service
Black
bear, Canadian Wildlife Service
Downy
Woodpecker, Canadian Wildlife Service
Temperate
Deciduous Forest Biome, The Evergreen Project, Inc.
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3.8
Career Profile: Plant Manager |
Research job opportunities. What jobs are available
at Ontario's Ministry of Natural Resources? Report on one job
at MNR or elsewhere that interests you. What qualifications does
it require? What experience would you need? Where would you work
if you got the job?
Ontario
Ministry of Natural Resources main page can be used as the
door into information about the Ministry, then use the search
button (at the top) to research job opportunities.
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3.9
Explore an Issue: How Many Potatoes Are Enough? |
Research the issue of increased potato farming.
FAQs
for McCain Foods
Potato
Facts, Potato Research Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Foods Canada
Potatoes
and the Environment, Industry Canada
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3.10
Logging Forests |
Research disputes over Canadian forests. Report
on one dispute. What evidence can you find that members of one
group, or the public at large, are showing signs of a change in
attitude?
FAQs
on Forest Management Plan
Folk
singer, environmentalists and Cree denounce forestry practices
in Quebec, Forest Conservation News
UN
Names British Columbia's Clayoquot Sound a Biosphere Reserve,
Forest Conservation News
No
More Logging in Vancouver Watersheds, Forest Conservation News
Tree
Sitters Protest British Columbia Wilderness Logging, Forest Conservation
News
B.C.
Loggers Assault Protesters, Burn Camp, Forest Conservation News
Internet
Resources on Clayoquot Sound, University of Victoria
Code
of Forest Practices, Ontario Forest Products Industry
AFER
Research, Temagami old growth studies, Earthwatch
Ontario
Court of Appeal Upholds Environmental Groups' Win in Landmark
Forestry Case Against Government, Temagami, Sierra Legal Defence
Fund
Temagami
Wilderness Threatened by Logging and Mining, 1997, Taiga-News
Clearcutting;
A look at Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources' new policy, Wildlands
League
Province
Adopts Strategy to Enhance Environmental Protection in Temagami,
Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, June 1996
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3.11
Acid Deposition and Forest Ecosystems |
Burning gasoline is a major source of sulfur
emissions. Oil companies have different strategies for reducing
sulfur emissions. Is there one strategy that is better than the
others?
Special
Report on Transboundary Air Quality Issues, November 1998, International
Air Quality Advisory Board
Smog:
What's Being Done, Environment Canada
Ontario
and Electric Vehicles, Econogics, Inc.
GreenOntario,
Provincial Strategy: Smog
Air
Programme, Pollution Probe
Canadians
deserve clean gasoline now!, Thursday, April 20, 2000, Canadian
Vehicle Manufacturers' Association
Call
for fuel boycott is off base, Canadian Petroleum Products Association,
news releases
Alberta
Energy Company's sulfur emissions position, AEC's Fifth Submission
to the Voluntary Challenge & Registry: 1998 Progress Report.
The
Suncor Energy page describes how the company is taking action
on climate change.
Chevron's
Position on Potential Global Warming can be found on this detailed
site.
Imperial
Oil's view on climate change
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