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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
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lava plateau, basalt columns and crater lake |
64 | Ilgachuz Range | 2914 | N of Anahim Lake
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subalpine vegetation on the east side of the coast mountains |
65 | Chasm | 195 | N of Clinton
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ponderosa pine community at its northern limit |
70 | Mt. Tinsdale | 419 | ESE of Barkerville
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representative alpine and subalpine communities |
82 | Cinema Bog | 68 | NNE of Quesnel
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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
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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
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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
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Western red cedar community in the inland rainforest |
104 | Gilnockie Creek | 58 | E of Kingsgate
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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
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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
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climax stand of white spruce and subalpine fir |
58 | Blue/Dease Rivers | 777 | W of Lower Post
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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
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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
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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 |