Robson Bight Study Area #6 Ecological Reserve Proposal
This report presents the trational for acquiring the upland area to add to the existing Robson Bight Ecological reserve. See the 18 page Proposal in PDF: Robson Bight ER Proposal
The Robson Bight Study team was unanimous in recommending that the requirements of Killer qWhales br given the highest priority in any decision regarding the use of Robson Bight and the adjacent upland. See the 34 page PDF:kiler_whales_and_coastal_log_management
The report reviews the resources, opportunities, problems and alternatives for the Parks and Outdoor recreation Division at Robson bight and the Lower Tsitika. The heart of the issue is to conserve the whales and their habitat and secondly effective visitor management—– See the PDF: feasibility_study_1981
Ingram, G.B. June,1981. The Executive summary and index only are included in this PDF. The details of the Book it is from are below: See the PDF contaning the Executive Summary: ingram-1981-fragments-management-protection-and-restoration-proposals-for-thirteen-ecological-reserves-in-british-columbia Bibliographic information Title Fragments: Management, Protection, and Restoration Proposals for Thirteen Ecological Reserves in British Columbia, Canada Author G. Brent Ingram Contributor British
By Richard E, Thompson Oceanography Report(2)
See full PDF FILE of this Journal Article here: breeding_cassins_auklets_use_of_plankton
A brief from The Sierra Club of Western Canada in support of their establishment. Support is expressed for a provincial park, three contiguous ecological reserves including Robson Bight. See the 44 page PDF: robson_bight_er_1981
A report submitted by the Sierra Club of Western Canada in support of their establishment. Includes supporting letters. See the full 38 page PDF: Robson Bight ER_Tsitika River Park Supporting Info Document
FROM BC PARKS: Soap Lake ER 3 PDF FILE Exerpts below: ORIGINAL PURPOSE To conserve an alkaline lake, its associated flora and fauna, and representative ecosystems of the Interior Douglas-Fir Zone COMPOSITION Physical:Soap Lake, about 9 ha in size and located in a shallow valley in the center of the reserve, is very alkaline (pH
Trudy Carson provided a description of the islands and the bird species. A species list of macrophytes, and Randy Baker has provided a report on annelids. The uniqueness of this reserve and why it was an IBP Area, is that they are a small group of islets with different habitats ( landform and vegetation) features
Article in BC Outdoors by Erich Hoyt. “The bay called Robson Bight is haven for over half B.C.’s orcas. But it’s in danger.” See the 8 page PDF:whales_at_bay
Anthea Farr, Alton Harestad and Lindsay Jones surveyed for sea otters off the West Coast of Vancouver Island from 14th to the 18th ofJuly , 1980 See complete PDF : sea_otter_survey_1980
Johan Ashuvud and Garry Fletcher submitted this article to Diver magazine , 1980. “how does one ensure for future divers in B.C. the preservation of the ubnique underwater life? One approach is to involve concerned divers in their own local diving areas in projects aimed at ecological awareness and conservation”…..
## sites on Haida Gwaii were sampled by Mary Morris and Sheila Douglas as part of a natural history Project conducted by the Queen Charlotte Islands Museum for its herbarium. See this PDF file for the complete species list.qci_herbariumqci_herbarium
Date is estimated to be about 1980.
T.E. Reimchen and Sheila Douglas report on the study methods on loons which forage in the ocean and yet feed o their young in inland lakes. See full PDF:parental_feeding_in_the_red-throated_loon_on_qci