May 2000 – Friends of Ecological Reserves

Management For Rare, Threatened and Endangered Plant Species of Trial Island Lighthouse Site

26MayGarry Fletcher132, Management, Rare Species, Reports, SARA, Species List

Preliminary report Prepared by Matt Fairiburns of Aruncus Ecological Services: See the 15 page PDF: Trial Is ER Management for rare plants Fairbarns 2000

Buck Hills Road Overview: Biological and Physical

22MayGarry Fletcher6, Reports, Species ListAmerican Pika, Larix occidentalis, Northern Alligator lizard, western larch, Wyeth’s lupine- northern golden-saxifrage

ORIGINAL PURPOSE To conserve a small stand of western larch which includes large, old specimens Physical: The reserve is located on the Okanagan Highland, an upland between the Thompson Plateau and Monashee Mountains. The undulating plateau surface is widely mantled with glacial drift. Piles of large, weathered granitic boulders, uncommon in surrounding terrain, are a

Browne Lake Ecological Reserve Overview : Biological and Physical

20MayGarry Fletcher51, Reports, Species ListPiperia, rein orchid

ORIGINAL PURPOSE To preserve a wet meadow ecosystem and surrounding forest in the Interior Cedar Hemlock zone. Physical: The reserve lies on a hilly area of the Interior Plateau, east of Okanagan Lake, perched above the south lip of Mission Creek Valley. It contains a prominent hill in its eastern half and a wet meadow,

Kingcome/Atlazi Rivers Purpose statement

19MayGarry Fletcher40, Management, Reports, Species List

PHYSICAL:The reserve River Valley. Mountains adjacent to the reserve rise to 1,700 m, but those at the headwaters of the Kingcome River are among the highest in the province. Proximity to the center of origin of the most ponderous glaciers in British Columbia resulted in pronounced glacial scouring, isostatic depression, and marine flooding, and probably

Dewdney and Glide Islands Ecological Reserve Overview:

19MayGarry Fletcher25, Rare Species, Reports, Species Listbog adder’s-mouth orchid, bog rush, Chamisso’s rein orchid, Sandhill crane, Sitka spruce – Pacific

ORIGINAL PURPOSE To provide a research area containing extensive bog and fen ecosystems representative of outer islands along the northern mainland coast. Physical: Most of the reserve is made up by low-lying Dewdney Island, the southernmost of the Estevan Group, which at low tide is connected to Barnard Island on the north. Many small islands,

Galiano Island bog Comparison of Plant records for the Wetland Portion 1980 and 2000

19MayGarry Fletcher128, Species List

Harvey Janszen’s report of 1980 and Hans Roemer’s report of 2000: See the PDF: plant_list(9)

Chasm Ecological Reserve Overview: Biological and Physical

18MayGarry Fletcher65, Reports, Species List

ORIGINAL PURPOSE To protect a northern stand of ponderosa pine for research Physical: The reserve lies at the southern edge of the Fraser Plateau. The region is underlain by flat or gently dipping basaltic flows, characterized by steep escarpments along rivers and creeks (e.g. Chasm Creek) and almost horizontal upper surfaces. The reserve is entirely

Bednesti Lake ER #86 Overview, Biological and Physical

15MayGarry Fletcher86, Reports, Species Listbuckbean, bunchberry, cordroot sedge, Latrix laricina, lingonberry, Sub-Boreal Spruce Zone, tamarack

ORIGINAL PURPOSE To preserve representative wetland communities and disjunct tamarack stands on the Interior Plateau. Physical: This rectangular reserve, located on a nearly level portion of the Interior Plateau, contains two small, bog-like lakes. These are connected by a small, meandering stream of imperceptible flow that drains northwestward into Cluculz Lake and the Nechako River.

Ellis Island ER #134 Overview: Biological and Physical

15MayGarry Fletcher134, Climate change, Reports, Species ListAcipenser transmontanus, California Gull, Gavia immer, Herring Gull, Larus californicus, Larus delawarensis, Netchako River, Ring-billed Gull, White Sturgeon

ORIGINAL PURPOSE To protect a vulnerable gull nesting colony for research purposes. Physical: Fraser Lake, about 50 km2 in size, drains eastward into the Nechako River. Ellis Island, 600 m from its southern shore, is low and egg-shaped. Much of the surface of this heavily glaciated island is bare rock; where soils are developed they

Drywilliam Lake ER #60 Overview: Biological and Physical

15MayGarry Fletcher60, Reports, Species Listneedlegrass (Stipa spp.)

ORIGINAL PURPOSE To preserve for forestry research a representative stand of Douglas-fir in the Sub-Boreal Spruce Zone .. Physical:The reserve straddles a low southwest-northeast trending ridge between Drywilliam and Fraser Lakes on the Nechako Plateau. Though relief is not pronounced, the southern part of the reserve has a southeast aspect while the northern portion slopes

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