East Copper Island species list 1978
Trudy Carson made these observations of Birds, plants and herbs and mosses on East Copper Island in May 1978.
Kelp Inventory
The Kelp inventory methods (KIM-i) developed by Foreman (1975) was used to estimate standing crop biomass of two canopy forming kelps along the northwest coast of Vancouver Island results indicated that 35,044 tonnes of pure Nereocystis luetkeana, 523 tonnes of pure Macrocystis integrifolia and 247 tonnes of these kelps in mixed stands were available at
Report on Bird Census of the Klashkish Valley-1978
M.S. Rodway did this extensive report with maps of the Klashkish Valley area. See the complete PDF: bird_census_of_klaskish_valley Harlequin Ducks Image by Ryan Murphy
Birds of Rankine and Cooper’s Island
An anonymous survey of the Birds of these two Islands.
Rankine Island, Wildlife Observations May 1978
Trudy Carson ( now Trudy Chatwin) made field notes in May 1978 on a few species of vegetation, noting the different ones compared to East Rankine Island. She also notes many Ancient Murrelets nesting .