Striking Balance
Season 1 Episode 2 - Clayoquot Sound
After years of conflict over logging in Clayoquot Sound, communities look to the past to learn how the environment, cultures and economies can thrive for hundreds of years to come.
Audio Languages: English
Starring:Jim Cuddy
Directed by:Zach Melnick
Season 1
S01:E01 - Long Point
Ontario's Long Point, the world's longest freshwater sand spit, is today lush with forests and wetlands. An invasive plant, phragmites, is its biggest threat.
S01:E02 - Clayoquot Sound
After years of conflict over logging in Clayoquot Sound, communities look to the past to learn how the environment, cultures and economies can thrive for hundreds of years to come.
S01:E03 - Mont Saint-Hilaire
The old-growth forest and pristine glacial lake of Mont Saint-Hilaire are cherished by the communities that surround it. But unchecked growth threatens the very mountain they love.
S01:E04 - Bras d'Or
On the Bras d'Or Lake of Cape Breton Island, oyster farming was seen as a sustainable alternative to working in coal and steel. But a parasite ravaged the oyster population.
S01:E05 - Georgian Lake
The people of Georgian Bay struggle to mitigate the impact of increasing numbers of cottagers and a new four-lane highway on the region's endangered species.
S01:E06 - Redberry Lake
Students conduct experiments at Redberry, a salt lake at the heart of a shrinking Saskatchewan community that's determined to thrive in the face of industrial agriculture.
S01:E07 - Fundy
The Inner Bay of Fundy's population of Atlantic salmon is teetering on the edge of extinction, but the people of the Fundy Biosphere Reserve are determined to bring it back.
S01:E08 - Waterton
Grizzly bears have been increasingly protected in Alberta since 2006, challenging ranchers of the Waterton Biosphere Reserve to find new ways to coexist with this powerful animal.
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