Vital Forests Film Series
Explore the Island's Hidden Forest Ecosystems.
The goal of each of these four short films is to guide the viewer through an exploration of one of our Island's unique and almost forgotten forest ecosystems. Coastal, Wetland, Riparian and Upland forests, are each critical ecologies providing habitat for endangered and threatened wildlife and refuges for rare speices of flora. Throughout each film resident ecologists, biologists and conservationists provide insight into each ecosystems special importance and the challenges they face in our changing climate and as a result of our human actions. We hope you are inspired and discover that this Island that we call home has a profoundly diverse and vital natural world living all around you.
Description
As the glaciers retreated, they deposited rocks, soil and clay onto our sandstone base, changing drainage patterns and creating wet areas. In time, these became forested wetlands, specialized ecosystems capable of tolerating an abundance of water. Common associated plant species include: Red Maple, American Elm, Eastern White Cedar, Redosier Dogwood, Willow, Alderleaf Buckthorn, ferns and spagnum moss.