Ecological Reserves Needing Wardens .

 List of ERs by BC Parks Administrative Region Lacking an ER Warden (as of Jan. 2021) From: Ecological Reserves Management Issues Summary 2021:  Update by Jenny Feick

The only region with no ER volunteer warden vacancies is the Thompson Okanagan Region.

 

Table 28: ER Warden Vacancies in the Caribou Region (8 vacancies out of 9 ERs)

ER#	Name	Land Area (ha)	Location	Purpose
35	Westwick Lake	27	S of Williams Lake	shoreline grassland community surrounding an interior Chilcotin lake
53	Narcosli Lake	1098	Btwn Coglistiko & Baezaeko rivers	waterfowl breeding grounds with well-developed aquatic communities
55	Cardiff Mtn	65	W of Taseko River	lava plateau, basalt columns and crater lake
64	Ilgachuz Range	2914	N of Anahim Lake	subalpine vegetation on the east side   of the coast mountains
65	Chasm	195	N of Clinton	ponderosa pine community at its   northern limit
70	Mt. Tinsdale	419	ESE of Barkerville	representative alpine and subalpine   communities
82	Cinema Bog	68	NNE of Quesnel	lowland black spruce and sphagnum bog
101	Doc English Bluff	52	SE of Williams Lake	limestone cliffs, rare plants; colony of white throated swifts

 

Table 29: ER Warden Vacancies in the Kootenay Boundary Region (9 vacancies out of 11 ERs)

ER#	Name	Land Area (ha)	Location	Purpose
19	Mt Sabine	7.9	N of Canal Flats	mixed conifer forest community with montane climate east of Rocky Mountain Trench
20	Columbia Lake	32	East side of Columbia Lake	flora associated with limestone soils
30	Vance Creek	49	N of Lumby	Douglas-fir and Englemann spruce forests and riparian communities
31	Lew Creek	896	E of Upper Arrow Lake	represents elevational transect of the inland rain forest
32	Evans Lake	185	Valhalla Provincial Park	subalpine forest including a rare stand of yellow cedar
49	Kingfisher Creek	1495	Hunters Range, ESE of Sicamous	represents forest and subalpine  communities of the Monashee Mountains
56	Goosegrass Creek	2185	W of Columbia Reach, Kinbasket Lake	a drainage basin with an elevational  gradient representing inland rainforests
61	Upper Shuswap River	70	E of Mabel lake	Western red cedar community in the inland rainforest
104	Gilnockie Creek	58	E of Kingsgate	mature western larch, seral lodgepole pine, small wetland

 

Table 30: ER Warden Vacancies in the Northeast Region (9 vacancies out of 11 ERs)

ER#	Name	Land Area (ha)	Location	Purpose
8	Clayhurst	316	S of Clayhurst	eroding bluffs with Peace River parklands
46	Sikanni Chief River	2401	Headwaters of Sikanni Chief River	Engelmann spruce at the northern edge of its range and subalpine lichens
47	Parker Lake	259	W of Fort Nelson	extensive bog habitat with pitcher plant (Sarracenia purpurea)
62	Ft Nelson River	148	N of Fort Nelson and Muskwa rivers	productive white spruce and alluvial black cottonwood stands
80	Smith River	1326	Near junction with Liard River	representative of boreal black and white spruce communities
107	Chunamon Creek	344	NE of Germanson Landing	two small drainages; Engelmann and white spruce
147	Grayling River Hot Springs	1421	67 km NE of Muncho Lake	protects a nationally significant hot springs site and related natural values
148	Kotcho Lake	49	100 km ENE of Fort Nelson	fresh water nesting colony of Herring, Mew and Bonaparte Gulls unique in B.C.
149	Portage Brulé Rapids	724	110 km SE of Watson Lake	unique hot spring, river bank, and   forest environments along the Liard River

 

 

 

Table 31: ER Warden Vacancies in the Omineca Region (7 vacancies out of 15 ERs)

ER#	Name	Land Area (ha)	Location	Purpose
71	Blackwater Creek	243	NW of Mackenzie	boreal forest and portions of extensive lowland moor
85	Patsuk Creek	554	N of Mackenzie	paper birch and other seral forest communities
86	Bednesti Lake	139	W of Prince George	kettle lake wetland successional   sequence
87	Heather Lake	2914	NW of Mackenzie	excellent example of an aspen stand
91	Raspberry Harbour	143	Willisten Lake NW of Finlay Forks	high quality lodgepole pine stand for the benefit of forest research
134	Ellis Island	.6	W of Vanderhoof on Fraser Lake	inland breeding colony of Herring and   Ring-billed Gulls
152	Ospika Cones	1282	50 km ENE of the N end of Williston Lake	protects fragile cones built by calcium rich springs; wildlife mineral lick

 

Table 32: ER Warden Vacancies in the Skeena Region (15 vacancies out of 23 ERs; 3 transferred to other agencies)

ER#	Name	Land Area (ha)	Location	Purpose
23	Moore/McKenney/Whitmore Islands	185	Eastern Hecate Strait	seabird colony of approximately 100,000 birds primarily Rhinoceros Auklet
25	Dewdney and Glide Islands	3326	Eastern Hecate Strait	seabird colony and extensive bog and   fen ecosystems of outer coastal islands
38	Takla Lake	240	E of Hazelton	most northerly occurrence of   Douglas-fir in the BC interior
57	Chicken’s Neck Mountain	680	N of Dease Lake	climax stand of white spruce and subalpine fir
58	Blue/Dease Rivers	777	W of Lower Post	represents terrestrial and aquatic communities in a boreal forest
59	Ningunsaw River	2372	SE of Bob Quinn Lake	coastal western hemlock near its  northern limit
63	Skeena River	91	Near mouth of Exchamsiks River	mature black cottonwood stands on an alluvial floodplain
68	Gladys Lake	49	Spatsizi Plateau Wilderness   Provincial Park	the largest ER protecting alpine and subalpine habitat for Stone’s sheep, mountain goat and caribou
93	Lepas Bay	44	Off NW corner of Graham Island, Haida Gwaii	seabird colony of predominantly   Fork-tailed and Leach’s Storm-Petrels
102	Charlie Cole Creek	162	S of Teslin Lake	unique cone-shaped cold-water mineral  springs used by ungulates as salt licks
103	Byers/Conroy/Harvey/Sinnett Islands	215	Hecate Strait, NW of Bella Bella	important sea bird and marine mammal breeding area
114	Williams Creek	700	SE of Terrace	representative coastal Western   hemlock forest and outstanding terraced bogs
115	Gingietl Creek	2,873	Upstream of mouth of the Nass River	undisturbed watershed in coastal   western hemlock forest
133	Gamble Creek	1,026	E of Prince Rupert	north coast forest bog complex, occurrence of Pacific silver fir near the northern limit
146	Catherine Creek	45	12 km SE of Hazelton	represents an old growth western red   cedar forest in the Interior Cedar Hemlock moist cold subzone

 

Table 33: ER Warden Vacancies in the South Coast Region (1 vacancy out of 16 ERs; 1 transferred to another agency)

ER#	Name	Land Area (ha)	Location	Purpose
144	Yale Garry Oak Islands	11.65	E of Yale	protects the most easterly isolated  Garry oak ecosystem

 

Table 34: ER Warden Vacancies in the West Coast Region (17 vacancies out of 47 ERs; 2 transferred to other agencies)

ER#	Name	Land Area (ha)	Location	Purpose
2	East Redonda Island	6212	N end of Georgia Strait, Northern Vancouver Island	represents elevational transect in the coastal forests of the Gulf Islands
11	Sartine Island	30	part of Scott Islands, Northern Vancouver Island	seabird colony suppor-ting approximately 3/4 of a million sea birds
12	Beresford Islands	13	part of Scott Islands, Northern Vancouver Island	seabird colony suppor-ting over 150,000 sea-birds and 6,000 sea lions
13	Anne Vallee (Triangle Island)	119	outermost of Scott Islands, Northern Vancouver Island	B.C.’s largest seabird and sea lion colony estimated to support one million birds
14	Solander Island	7.7	W of Brooks Peninsula, Southern Vancouver Island	seabird colony in excess of 100,000   birds primarily Cassin’s Auklet
17	Canoe Islets	.6	Near S end of Valdes Island, Northern Vancouver Island	seabird colony originally established for cormorants and sea mammal haul out
18	Rose Islets	1	N of Reid Island, Southern Vancouver Island	originally established for a cormorant colony, still used by seabirds
40	Kingcom River/Atlatzi River	414	Near head of Kingcome Inlet, Northern Vancouver Island	rich alluvial valley bottom swamp   community in coastal forest
67	Satellite Channel	0	N of Saanich Peninsula, Southern Vancouver Island	subtidal marine ecosystems
105	Megin River	50	NW of Tofino, Northern Vancouver Island	typical west coast alluvial and upland forest
118	Nimkish River	19	N of Vernon Lake, Northern Vancouver Island	representative sample of Canada’s tallest Douglas-fir
119	Tashsish River	56	S of Port McNeill, Northern Vancouver Island	pristine west coast estuary
120	Duke of Edinburgh (Pine/Storm/Tree Islets)	125	NW of Port Hardy, Northern Vancouver Island	seabird colony – largest in Queen   Charlotte Strait
122	Tsitika Mountain	554	S of Port McNeill, Northern Vancouver Island	alpine communities, wet subalpine   forest, unusual terraced fen and small lake
129	Klaskish River	92	SW of Port Alice, Northern Vancouver Island	estuary and alluvial forest in   Coastal Western Hemlock Zone, native oysters
138	Klanawa River	90	20 km SE of Banfield, Southern Vancouver Island	Marbled Murrelets, as well as redwood   sorrel and other rare plants
151	Ballingal Islets	.5	7 km NNE of Ganges, Saltspring Island, Southern Vancouver Island	established to protect sea bird   nesting colonies; Glaucous-winged Gulls, Double-crested Cormorants and Pigeon   Guillemots