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The Maplewood Flats Conservation Area is a 126 hectare (310 acre) conservation area located in North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.〔http://www.venturevancouver.com/maplewood-conservation-area-mudflats-birdwatching〕 The area is composed of a 96 hectare (237 acre) intertidal zone of mudflats and salt marsh, and a 30 hectare (74 acre) upland area.〔http://bcnatureguide.ca/bc-nature-viewing-areas/lower-mainland-region/north-shore-area/4-conservation-area-at-maplewood-flats/〕 It is preserved by Port Metro Vancouver as one of their ecological land initiatives.〔http://portmetrovancouver.com/en/environment/initiatives.aspx〕 The land is located approximately 2 km east of the Second Narrows Bridge 〔(109 Walks in British Columbia's Lower Mainland )〕 along Burrard Inlet in North Vancouver (20 minute drive from Vancouver city centre).〔http://www.wildbirdtrust.org/〕 == History == In the 1940s, Maplewood Flats was inhabited by a community of squatters living in dilapidated cabins along the area's intertidal zone. One of the more prominent residents of the flats was English born poet and novelist Malcolm Lowry. Lowry was living in the flats while he wrote his novel Under the Volcano.〔http://www.artsoffice.ca/news/ns_cdays/articles450.php〕 In the 1960s, the Maplewood Flats community was home to an assortment of individuals including artists, writers and displaced loggers that were drawn to its natural beauty and sought refuge from the increasingly urbanized city of Vancouver.〔 Tensions between squatters and the residents of North Vancouver grew over the years and in December 1971 most of the mudflat cabins were burned down by civic authorities.〔 The area was subsequently used as an industrial site.〔 In the 1980s, Maplewood Flats was designated as a conservation area by the district of North Vancouver.〔 In 1992, Vancouver Port Authority, who are the owners of the majority of the area, agreed to lease the flats to Environment Canada for 49 years to permit the land to be managed as a wildlife conservation area.〔〔http://www.bieapfremp.org/pdf/burrard_inlet_environmental_indicators_feb08.pdf〕 The Wild Bird Trust, which was founded in 1993 by Dr. Richard C. Beard and Patricia M. Banning-Lover, were chosen to manage the area.〔 Through the lobbying of public interest groups, actions were initiated to restore Maplewood Flats back to its natural state.〔 Landscape architect Patrick Mooney, designed all the major enhancement projects for Maplewood Flats, including the freshwater marsh. The projects were installed from 1995 to 2004. In 1997, the system was dedicated and is now a breeding ground for marsh wrens, common yellowthroats, wood ducks, American coots, blue-winged teal, red-winged blackbirds, pied-billed grebes, soras and virginia rails.〔 In 2006, under the Wild Bird Trust stewardship, Maplewood Flats became the leading breeding colony in British Columbia for the migratory purple martin.〔 In September 2012, the Wild Bird Trust secured long-term administration of the site until March 31, 2041.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Maplewood Flats Conservation Area」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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