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The Friends of Eagle River (FOER) seek to
protect and promote the natural and cultural
treasure that the Eagle river represents for
Newfoundland & Labrador, Canada, and the world.
The rich headwaters and numerous lakes and streams flowing in to the Eagle River are home to Atlantic Salmon, along with abundant wild populations of Brook Trout that grow to record size! These waterways also attract significant concentrations of waterfowl, including the provincially vulnerable Harlequin Duck (known locally as Lords and Ladies).
The area of the Eagle River is a large intact landscape where few roads reach and little to no industrial development has occurred. This lack of disturbance has allowed the ecosystems to function naturally across a very broad landscape. There is enough room here for wildlife to roam, including seasonal migrations. In the forests and wetlands of the Eagle River watershed, wildlife is plentiful. Black bears and wolves share the woods with moose and Woodland Caribou. The caribou here, part of the Endangered Mealy Mountain herd, descend from the mountains in the spring and use the large tracts of wetlands in the Eagle River headwaters for calving.
The forest and wetlands around the Eagle River are also ecologically important because they are globally significant storehouses for carbon found in forest soils and peat deposits. Having accumulated carbon over thousands of years this area holds twice as much carbon per unit than tropical rainforests! (click here to learn more)
All the carbon stored in the Eagle River watershed and adjacent Mealy Mountains National Park, is equivalent to three and half years of all of Canadas CO2 emissions at 2006 levels.
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