Browne Lake Ecological Reserve image gallery October, 2012

On  October 10, 2012, the Browne Lake Ecological Reserve Warden Don Guild drove with Garry Fletcher, Friends of Ecological Reserves Board member  and Niran Lella to the Browne lake Ecological Reserve.  We went to check on the reserve and  its special features.  Some infractions were observed in the reserve which will be described later. It would seem that many people in the hunting community do not really understand the reason for an Ecological Reserve.  Images in the gallery below were taken by Garry and Niran.

Aspen just starting to change colour.

On the way out of the reserve.

Forest of the reserve’s western boundary.

Near the western border of the reserve.

Deadfall restricts movement in the forest to the west of the marsh.

Aster seeds.

Marsh plants at the margin.

Marsh plants on the margin.

Sedge.

Sedge

The old growth forest rises up from the eastern side of the marsh.

Interesting galls on conifer stems.

In the small raised “island” in the marsh, an old stump cut by a beaver.

Strawberry plants near the margin of the marsh

A small raised “island” in the marsh

Don and Niran out in the dry marsh.

Ecological Reserve Warden Don Guild taking GPS readings.

View along the western edge of the marsh to the north.

The only bit of open water left in the marsh.

MArsh view left.

Centre of marsh view.

Marsh view to the right.

Evidence of Moose iin the reserve.

Rushes on the far side of Browne Lake.

The Dam at Browne Lake. The reserve starts half way up the forested area and runs over the ridge to the meadow.

Browne Lake, a dammed lake not included in the reserve.