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Hunter and Associates was retained by Environment Canada-Parks to undertake an
Ecological Land Classification (ELC) for the Seaside Adjunct to the Kejimkujik
National Park in Nova Scotia. The objective of the ELC was to provide a framework for
the design and data management of specific resource component studies required
to complete the Seaside Adjunct Basic Resource Inventory.
The study objectives were:
- Document, identify, map and describe wetland areas, marine shoreline, dunes, beach and
forest cover types.
- Document, identify, map and describe, as possible, geomorphic and climatological changes and
processes affecting natural resources of the Park.
- Document, identify, map and describe cultural changes associated with and important to the natural resources of the Park.
- Identify and recommend potential monitoring plots for measuring vegetational and geomorphic successional changes.
- Document the Seaside Adjunct's biophysical resource base photographically using conventional
oblique and ground photo coverage.
- Describe the natural processes associated with the various habitats including lagoons, dunes, beach, forest,
coastline and wetland types. Develop longitudinal profiles to depict these processes.
- Conduct data analysis and prepare a report describing and documenting the various features and their interrelationships,
processes, and succession.
- Prepare maps and a data base in formats that can be computerized on the Canada Land Data Systems (CLDS)
or equivalent Geographic Information System (GIS) for use on hardware likely to be available
at the local Park level.
The successful completion of these study objectives by Hunter and Associates enabled
Environment Canada-Parks to proceed in the development of management plan for the Seaside Adjunct.
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