Striking Balance

Ontario's Long Point - the world's longest freshwater sand spit - is lush with forests and wetlands. But an invasive plant, phragmites, is its biggest threat.

After years of conflict over logging in Clayoquot Sound, BC, communities look to the past to learn how the environment, cultures and economies can thrive.

The old-growth forest and pristine glacial lake of Quebec's towering Mont Saint-Hilaire are cherished by the communities that surround it. But unchecked growth threatens the very mountain they love.

Traditional Mi'kmaq knowledge and Western science are being used to bring the oyster back in Cape Breton's Bras d'Or Lake.

The people of Georgian Bay, Ontario, struggle to mitigate the impact of increasing numbers of cottagers and a new four-lane highway on the region's endangered species.

Students conduct social and scientific 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.

The Inner Bay of Fundy salmon are teetering on the edge of extinction, but the people of the Fundy Biosphere Reserve are determined to bring the species back.

Grizzly bears have been increasingly protected in Alberta, challenging the ranchers of the Waterton Biosphere Reserve to find new ways to coexist with this powerful animal.