##  [Wetland Restoration for Endangered Species Recovery - A Multidisciplinary Case Study of Big Meadow Bog, Brier Island, Nova Scotia](/resource/wetland-restoration-endangered-species-recovery-multidisciplinary-case-study-big-meadow) 

Organization

[Southwest Nova Biosphere Association](/organization/southwest-nova-biosphere-association)

[Acadia University](/organization/acadia-university)

[Trent University](/organization/trent-university)

[ENYDRON - Environmental Protection Services](/organization/enydron-environmental-protection-services)

[University of Connecticut](/organization/university-connecticut)

[National Technical University of Athens](/organization/national-technical-university-athens)

[Sapienza Università di Roma (Sapienza University of Rome)](/organization/sapienza-universita-di-roma-sapienza-university-rome)

[University of the Aegean](/organization/university-aegean)

[Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata (National University of Mar del Plata)](/organization/universidad-nacional-de-mar-del-plata-national-university-mar-del-plata)

[United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)](/organization/united-states-department-agriculture-usda)

 

 

Resource Type

[Peer reviewed article](/taxonomy/term/37)

 

 

Author(s)

Nicholas Hill

Nelson O’Driscoll

Sarah Hines

Erin Bennett

Iraklis Panagiotakis

Maria Chrysochoou

Dimitris Dermatas

Luca di Palma

Demetris Lekkas

Mirta Menone

Chris Metcalfe

Matthew Moore

 

 

Original Authors

Nicholas Hill 

Nelson O’Driscoll

Sarah Hines

Erin Bennett

Iraklis Panagiotakis

Maria Chrysochoou

Dimitris Dermatas

Luca di Palma

Demetris Lekkas

Mirta Menone

Chris Metcalfe

Matthew Moore

 

 

Contacts

[Nicholas Hill](/contact/nicholas-hill)

 

 

Resource Date:

2024

 

 

This book provides an overview of the history of this site and the complex effects of the hydrological and ecological changes through the landscape changes, vegetation adaptation, biovector contamination, and ultimately habitat restoration. Big Meadow Bog (Brier Island, Nova Scotia, Canada) is a wetland ecosystem with a history of human disturbance. It was ditched for small-scale blueberry production in the 1950s, which significantly altered the hydrology of the system and resulted in vegetation changes and colonization by 3000+ pairs of herring gulls by the 1980s. It is also host to the endangered plant species Eastern Mountain Avens which was the impetus for restoration of the site. This book provides the background to the restoration decisions, the monitoring and science post-restoration and the lessons learned from the science and through collaboration with government and community.