"The Nature Conservancy of Canada has saved over one
quarter of this harbour's shoreline forever, creating
a barrier to stave off the deadly attack on this precious
ecosystem. Unchecked expansion of development means year-round
suffering for the Bay of Fundy's animals. They have
no place else to go. This problem will not go away on its
own."
- Cathy Jones
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Bay of Fundy |
  The
New Brunswick shoreline is among the richest and most sensitive
shorelines on earth and our natural front door to the rest
of the world. The Bay of Fundy is world renowned for its tides,
its marine life and its ecological treasures. The Musquash
Estuary, near Saint John, the province's largest city, is
the last estuary in the Bay of Fundy that hasn't been significantly
damaged by human activity and still has its ecological functions
intact. There are salt marshes here, cobble beaches, coastal
islands and forested uplands. All of these different habitats
provide homes for an incredible number of plants and animals.
Further up the Bay of Fundy, at Johnson's Mills, 95%
of the world's population of Semi-palmated Sandpipers
stop to feed on mudshrimp found only on the mudflats here.
This is the birds' only stop to fuel up before starting
their incredible 96-hour non-stop migration to South America.
If their habitat in the Bay of Fundy is lost, these birds
may become extinct.
  If
we don't act now, these pristine Bay of Fundy landscapes
will be lost forever, along with an incredible diversity
of species.
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