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Long Point Biosphere Reserve, Ontario: Striking Balance Series 1

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This title is a part of the series Striking Balance Series 1: Exploring Canada's Biosphere Reserves


Catalogue Number:  LIV025
Producer:  Inspired Planet Ideas
Producing Agencies:  Striking Balance Inc.
Subject:  Canadian History, Canadian Social Studies, Environmental Studies, First Nations Studies, Geography, History, Science, Social Studies
Language:  English
Grade Level:  6 - 8, 9 - 12, Post Secondary
Country Of Origin:  Canada
Copyright Year:  2016
Running Time:  50:00
Closed Captions:  Yes


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Reaching forty kilometres into Lake Erie, Long Point in Ontario, is the world's longest freshwater sand spit. How the Point's endless beaches endure as a natural oasis, here in Canada's most densely populated region, is a feat that involves more than just your typical environmentalists.  This is a story of hunters, farmers, foresters, birders, biologists, and just about everyone else in the Long Point Biosphere Reserve – who have learnt from conservation pioneers how to cultivate biodiversity, culture, and an economy, on a foundation of sand.  Now, at almost 30% natural cover, it’s hard to believe that at one time, thousands of acres here were devoid of vegetation – a desert in the lush Canadian south. 


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