My favourite fact about the state of Sudbury before the regreening is that Apollo 16 astronaut John Young mentioned Sudbury while on the moon, because the soil was similar. That says a lot.
This is excellent. As a teacher living in Sudbury, I'll show this to my students. It took me about 20 minutes to watch this because I kept pausing to look at the old photos of all these places that I recognize. Ironically, the Daisy Lake area shown near the end of the video is actually one of my favourite places to hike around here because its treeless landscape is so unique. I think that says something about how successful the regreening has been.
Thanks very much, Dustin! I'm glad it was a neat trip through some familiar territory. I really love the Daisy Lake area, myself! And I think it's extra special because it's off the beaten path and there's no real official trails into it. I look forward to hearing some thoughts from your class 😃
I lived in Montreal and visited Sudbury in the 70s to stay with a college friend who had graduated as a mining engineer. I always wondered who hell would live there. Now, again you have enlightened me. It is encouraging to see the progress. Merci
Good stuff, Warren. I'm shocked you don't have more subscribers. You're doing Ontario a service by digging into Ontario topics. Another topic idea would be for the history of Science North. There is a fascinating backstory to it. My father was one of the first staff scientists there and has a lot of really good info and stories of its early days. Including, for example, the time he rigged up a pulley system from the 4th floor down to the discovery theatre as part of a show in order to simulate moonwalking, something that you wouldn't be able to do these days with all the red tape involved. The 80's were fun times.
Thanks very much, Patrick! That's very kind of you to say. I think Science North would be an excellent topic to explore in the future, and you're certainly right about how regulations have changed haha. Please help spread the word about this tiny series in the hopes we can keep it going and growing for much more time to come!
I've just learned about your channel, Warren. Your videos are outstanding. I'm disappointed the YT algorithm didn't suggest your channel to me on its own considering our similar interests, but glad I know about it now. Looking forward to going through your catalogue of videos and seeing some new ones.👍 Cheers, Daryl aka fly North.
Thanks very much for the kind words, Daryl! You should have seen my reaction when I found out I had a connection to your channel-I'm a big fan! I would love to join you for an adventure some day. Thanks for following along!
I did hear about the reaction and it made my day. I would be more than happy to work on something with you, Warren. As you probably noticed, I'm not one for being on camera so we'll have to work around that somehow but I'm sure we can come up with something. I have been really enjoying your content and have learned so much in the short time I've been aware of your channel.
I've realized I need to throw a bit more of my own personality into these when I can! (Which is difficult considering everything was filmed a year ago) Thank you!
I remember going to pick wild blueberries in the hills around Sudbury. I was told that the ground being so acidic was ideal for blueberries to thrive given their pH. Were blueberries among the few plants you referred to that managed to survive the environmental pollution prior to the regreening efforts?
That is a good question that I will try to find an answer to! I know it wasn't just the acidity that was a problem; the roasting process essentially blanketed the whole region in sulfur dioxide, which disrupts photosynthesis (kind of not-ideal for plants, as you might imagine). There were, of course, little patches where the hardiest plants survived even in the old days, but these were very stunted and quite rare among the rocks from what I understand.
I officially have intel! The blueberries indeed thrived in the areas where there was a bit of soil to grow into, and Beckett told me that the number of blueberry plants will actually decrease in the coming years as more areas get neutralized! Of course, they naturally grow in these areas so I'm sure we won't see a total extinction, but very interesting nonetheless that we've already likely withdrawn from peak blueberry years.
The tailings leeching in that treaty area - any idea why regreening and remediation efforts have not extended to include those lands (I’m guessing it’s a mix of politics, privilege, systemic racism, and logistical complexity)? This seems like it would fall within the intentions of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission somehow.
Definitely a mix of things. As far as I understand, there has been talk and work toward cleaning up the Long Lake Gold Mine for many, many years, and it's been slowed and/or stalled along the way. Something that I also find curious about the regreening process is that First Nations weren't involved in the regreening efforts when they began, they only joined in years later. Not that it should be their responsibility to fix colonial damage, but I would imagine there's a lot of traditional ecological knowledge that might have been useful in terms of identifying the species that are known to thrive in certain environments, and having more of a say in how best to reclaim their damaged traditional territories.
Great job with this Warren, an excellent thorough look into a big part of our local history. Thanks for all your hard work putting this together.
Thanks very much for the support and for sharing your drone footage!
Very good summary of the Sudbury story!
My favourite fact about the state of Sudbury before the regreening is that Apollo 16 astronaut John Young mentioned Sudbury while on the moon, because the soil was similar. That says a lot.
You just might have predicted the topic of the next episode 🤫 Thanks for tuning in!
@@WarrenTheReporter hahaha! Looking forward to it!
This is excellent. As a teacher living in Sudbury, I'll show this to my students. It took me about 20 minutes to watch this because I kept pausing to look at the old photos of all these places that I recognize.
Ironically, the Daisy Lake area shown near the end of the video is actually one of my favourite places to hike around here because its treeless landscape is so unique. I think that says something about how successful the regreening has been.
Thanks very much, Dustin! I'm glad it was a neat trip through some familiar territory. I really love the Daisy Lake area, myself! And I think it's extra special because it's off the beaten path and there's no real official trails into it. I look forward to hearing some thoughts from your class 😃
I lived in Montreal and visited Sudbury in the 70s to stay with a college friend who had graduated as a mining engineer. I always wondered who hell would live there. Now, again you have enlightened me. It is encouraging to see the progress. Merci
To answer your question: me! Haha not that the city is anything like it was 50 years ago. Thank you for watching and subscribing!
Good stuff, Warren. I'm shocked you don't have more subscribers. You're doing Ontario a service by digging into Ontario topics. Another topic idea would be for the history of Science North. There is a fascinating backstory to it. My father was one of the first staff scientists there and has a lot of really good info and stories of its early days. Including, for example, the time he rigged up a pulley system from the 4th floor down to the discovery theatre as part of a show in order to simulate moonwalking, something that you wouldn't be able to do these days with all the red tape involved. The 80's were fun times.
Thanks very much, Patrick! That's very kind of you to say. I think Science North would be an excellent topic to explore in the future, and you're certainly right about how regulations have changed haha. Please help spread the word about this tiny series in the hopes we can keep it going and growing for much more time to come!
I've just learned about your channel, Warren. Your videos are outstanding. I'm disappointed the YT algorithm didn't suggest your channel to me on its own considering our similar interests, but glad I know about it now. Looking forward to going through your catalogue of videos and seeing some new ones.👍 Cheers, Daryl aka fly North.
Thanks very much for the kind words, Daryl! You should have seen my reaction when I found out I had a connection to your channel-I'm a big fan! I would love to join you for an adventure some day. Thanks for following along!
I did hear about the reaction and it made my day. I would be more than happy to work on something with you, Warren. As you probably noticed, I'm not one for being on camera so we'll have to work around that somehow but I'm sure we can come up with something. I have been really enjoying your content and have learned so much in the short time I've been aware of your channel.
@@flynorthproductions This may call for brainstorming over beers! 🤔
Sounds like a good idea to me. 👍
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Another brilliant video. I think this is so well paced.
Thank you! I'm really pleased with how this one turned out.
The weekend out of town got me. Informative piece. Thanks Warren.
I've realized I need to throw a bit more of my own personality into these when I can! (Which is difficult considering everything was filmed a year ago) Thank you!
I remember going to pick wild blueberries in the hills around Sudbury. I was told that the ground being so acidic was ideal for blueberries to thrive given their pH. Were blueberries among the few plants you referred to that managed to survive the environmental pollution prior to the regreening efforts?
That is a good question that I will try to find an answer to! I know it wasn't just the acidity that was a problem; the roasting process essentially blanketed the whole region in sulfur dioxide, which disrupts photosynthesis (kind of not-ideal for plants, as you might imagine). There were, of course, little patches where the hardiest plants survived even in the old days, but these were very stunted and quite rare among the rocks from what I understand.
I officially have intel! The blueberries indeed thrived in the areas where there was a bit of soil to grow into, and Beckett told me that the number of blueberry plants will actually decrease in the coming years as more areas get neutralized! Of course, they naturally grow in these areas so I'm sure we won't see a total extinction, but very interesting nonetheless that we've already likely withdrawn from peak blueberry years.
My father worked for inco for years. Black lung disease took him down
“The super stack”
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Says it all
The tailings leeching in that treaty area - any idea why regreening and remediation efforts have not extended to include those lands (I’m guessing it’s a mix of politics, privilege, systemic racism, and logistical complexity)? This seems like it would fall within the intentions of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission somehow.
Definitely a mix of things. As far as I understand, there has been talk and work toward cleaning up the Long Lake Gold Mine for many, many years, and it's been slowed and/or stalled along the way. Something that I also find curious about the regreening process is that First Nations weren't involved in the regreening efforts when they began, they only joined in years later. Not that it should be their responsibility to fix colonial damage, but I would imagine there's a lot of traditional ecological knowledge that might have been useful in terms of identifying the species that are known to thrive in certain environments, and having more of a say in how best to reclaim their damaged traditional territories.
I trust any British man who says “academia”
Lol of course the one weekend they were out of town.