Today, I received by email the latest issue of the Ecology Action Centre (EAC) newsletter. It was a wonderful surprise to read about the Gros Morne Community-led Marine Atlas
‘The atlas tells the story of the people of Gros Morne, their connection to the sea and highlights more than fifty years of local ocean science, offering a towards the future development of a community-led marine plan for the region’.
Heather and I first met in Gros Morne National Park over fifty years ago. Heather was a seasonal Park Naturalist. I was teaching Geography at Memorial University of Newfoundland (MUN) in St. Johns. We married in 1976.
At the time, I was running ten-day backpacking trips in Gros Morne for Wally Schaber, Black Feather Outfitters.
The marine atlas has over 180 pages. Of critical significance, it is a ‘community-led’ marine atlas.
Imagine, the production of a similar ‘community-led’ atlas for the Annapolis Valley, or the Bay of Fundy . What a marvellous model !
It would be a tremendous opportunity for faculty and students at the Centre of Geographic Sciences in Lawrencetown, Annapolis County.
I remember well, Bob Hooper ‘who dedicated his life to marine biological research at the Bonne Bay Aquarium and Research Station ( BBARS)’.
Ernest Blair Experiment 