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.