May 2004 – Friends of Ecological Reserves

Parental Provisioning and Nestling Departure Decisions: A Supplementary Feeding Experiment inTufted Puffins (Fratercula cirrhatta) on Triangle Island, BC

30MayGarry Fletcher13, Marine Reserves, ResearchCarina Gjerrum, Tufted Puffin (Fratercula cirrhata)

Carina Gjerrum’s Thesis published in The Auk 121(2):463-472. 2004 Abstract I used a supplemental feeding experiment to determine whether adult Tufted Puffins (Fratercula cirrhata) would decrease provisioning effort in response to a reduction in nestling nutritional requirements, and to investigate the relationship between parental provisioning effort and timing of fledging. As predicted, parents of the

BC Grasslands mapping Project: A Conservation Risk Assessment BC Parks Final Report

30MayGarry FletcherEcological Monitoring

Of the 37,000 ha of crown grassland in the Okanagan region, 83.3% overall are under a grazing tenure, mostly grazing licenses. However, when considering just the Northern and Southern Okanagan Basins, 71.5% and 72.3% are under range tenures, respectively (Table 7). Crown grasslands with no range tenure in these basins can generally be found in

Mara Meadows logging threat-2004

11MayGarry Fletcher42, Issues, Managementlogging

Forest Practices Board Investigation of Harvesting near Mara Meadows ER Here is a link to the full report, Mara Meadows Harvesting 2004 Complaint Investigation 020435. The Mara Meadows Ecological Reserve is 15 km east of Salmon Arm and covers 178 ha. It has five red- or blue-listed plants and the greatest known concentration of native

Video of Trial Island ER132

2MayGarry Fletcher132, Photos, Rare Species, Videosisland, rare palnts, rare plants

Open this video on a Trial Island Field Trip with Adolf Ceska.( It may take a few seconds to load)