By Tory Stevens, with assistance from Doug Biffard and Trevor Murdock Speaking notes transcribed by Mike Fenger with permission (Photos by Bill Munt, Gail Ross, Boomer Jerritt, Greg Betz & BC Parks) From: THE LOG FRIENDS OF ECOLOGICAL RESERVES NEWSLETTER SPRING/SUMMER 2010 Introduction This is a summary of a public presentation organized by Friends of
IBA Rankine and Langtry Islands Queen Charlotte Islands, British Columbia Site Summary BC137 Latitude Longitude 52.261° N 131.057° W Elevation Size 0 – 50 m 103.2 km² Habitats: coniferous forest (boreal/alpine), scrub/shrub, rocky flats & barrens Land Use: Not Utilized (Natural Area) Potential or ongoing Threats: Disturbance, Introduced species, Oil slicks IBA Criteria: Globally Significant: Congregatory Species,
The following have been adapted from the BC Parks website:
The Friends of Ecological reserves maintains that the baseline work done on Ecological Reserves now ceded by the province to Parks Canada justifies them as still being recognized as special research areas and it is hoped that they will be designated as such. Research Projects on Brackman Island, former ER #121, and Saturna Island, #15
Below are some of the plants that are found in the Sutton Pass reserve: Ryan Batten has provided these photos:
Trudy Chatwin’s Master’s theses from Royal Roads University. ABSTRACT: In order to set guidelines that promote responsible wildlife viewing, I quantified the effects of boat-based disturbance to seabirds off Vancouver Island. Field trials recorded the approach distance at which roosting and nesting birds responded to either a motor boat or a kayak. Probability of agitation
Lasqueti Island is located in the Strait of Georgia, 15 km N of Parksville, Vancouver Island: These two maps were adapted from the BC Parks website
This Liumchen Ecological Reserve #143 Map adapted from the BC parks website.
The following two map have been adapted from the BC Parks website:
We have selected portions of the following web source .http://www.pc.gc.ca/eng/progs/np-pn/eco/eco3.aspx See that page for the full account with photographs. See also the Report of the Panel on the Ecological Integrity of Canda’s national parks: http://www.pc.gc.ca/eng/docs/pc/rpts/ie-ei/report-rapport_1.aspx Canada’s national parks provide a home for many plants and animals – from lilies to majestic forests, and from insects
Gary and Katherine Backlund submitted this warden’s report in January 2001 See the PDF at: 2000 ER Warden Report_Woodley Range
GEO BC Brackman Island aded by blueincmultimediaon Dec 22, 2009 Southern Gulf Islands DVD 14 Segment 10 Brackman Island
Research Compendium, A summary of research conducted in Gulf I slands National Park Reserve 2003-2009 http://amandaptaylor.files.wordpress.com/2012/08/ginpr_research_compendium.pdf Reference is made to research done in two Ecological Reserves in the Gulf Islands area ,#121 Brackman and # 15 Saturna, both with reserves now incorporated into the Gulf Islands Marine Park . Also One paper refers to Mount
Reports in BC Environment Ministry Files 2008 Annual Report for Park Use Permit # VI 0610242: Link to report, 2008 Leach’s Storm-petrel survival in British Columbia. Leach’s Storm-petrel survival in British Columbia (Jun 2008) Author: Harfenist Environmental Consulting; Harfenist, A. In 2008 Anne Harfenist completed her second year of a survival study of Leach’s Storm-petrels
Link to the Deployment of equipment for the wind assessment experiment at Race Rocks October, 2009.
From The LOG newsletter, Autumn/Winter, 2009 By Eva Durance Okanagan Region’s Annual ER Wardens’ Meeting and Field Trip Summer has waned and the advent of fall signals catch-up time for people who have spent the past few months happily (well mostly!) working and playing outdoors. It’s also an excellent time for Ecological Reserve wardens to
