MOUNTAIN LIFE - Blue Mountains | Fall 2017

FALL 2017 ML BLUE 83 The Niagara Escarpment’s Sustainable Future words :: Peter Kelly photos :: Mark Zelinsk i M ark Zelinski’s photographs are a snapshot in time, our time, on the Niagara Escarpment. Through them, we explore its history: geological, natural, political or otherwise. We know that it has existed for a very long time, and we know that it has experienced change over the last 200 years. As the decades, centuries and millennia unfold before us, how comfortable should we be with further change to the Niagara Escarpment? We always hear about the inevitability of change but how do we ensure that this change is more positive than negative? What forces will need to be at work to ensure a sustainable Niagara Escarpment for the future?