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Sea Otter Survey, 1980

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

Westwick Lake Publication List

21JuneGarryF35, Research

Early publication list from the Ecological Reserves Office: date: 1980 (estim) See the PDF:Westwick Lake publication list(1)

The Race Rocks Marine Ecological Reserve 1980

19JuneGarryF97, History, Marine Reserves, News, Reports

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”…..

Queen Charlotte Islands Herbarium

15JuneGarryF52, Rare Species, Species List

## 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

Air Photo Westwick Lake

12JuneGarryFReports

Date is estimated to be about 1980.

Parental Feeding in the red-Throated loon Gavia Stellata on the QCI

12JuneGarryF52, Research

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

Spatsizi Plateau Wilderness Park Master Plan, June 1980

6JuneGarryF68, Management, ReportsOsburn caribou

A report of the planning and Design branch of Ministry of Lands Parks and Housing, BC spatsizi_plateau_park_master_plan

ALPINE PLANT COMMUNITIES OF BRITISH COLUMBIA AND THEIR OCCURRENCE IN EXISTING OR PROPOSED ECOLOGICAL RESERVES

15MayGarryFLogging old-growth, SARAalpine, rare plants

ALPINE PLANT COMMUNITIES OF BRITISH COLUMBIA AND THEIR OCCURRENCE IN EXISTING OR PROPOSED ECOLOGICAL RESERVES by George W. Douglas Douglas Ecological Consultants Ltd. 2049 Crescent Road Victoria, B.C. V8S 2G9 1980 Alpine vegetation in British Columbia has received little attention from scientists and land managers. Unfortunately, most of the work that has been done remains

Cardiff Mountain Air photo

19AprilGarryF55, Maps

Cardiff Mountain ER #55 map

19AprilGarryF55, Maps

Overview Ilgachuz Range To preserve extensive and diverse alpine-subalpine ecosystems in an isolated massif of volcanic origin

16AprilGarryF64, Reports, Species ListCaribou boreal, Iceland koenigia, milky draba, Payson’s draba

Original Purpose: To preserve extensive and diverse alpine-subalpine ecosystems in an isolated massif of volcanic origin Physical: The Ilgachuz Range is one of three distinct mountain masses which lie within the confines of the Fraser Plateau in the Anahim Lake area. All were formed by shield volcanoes of Miocene age which built up dome-like piles

Lac du Bois Crown land Plan

12AprilGarryF29, Reports

wildlife management area above Kamloops Lake Waterfowl management, research Area, Includes maps. lac_du_bois_dewdrop_crown_land_plan Photo by Garry Fletcher ( ducks unlimited!!)

Field’s Lease ER #33 Maps

8AprilGarryF33, Maps

Two maps adapted from the BC Parks Website

Oribatid Mites ( Acari: orbatida) of Hayne’s Lease ER

8AprilGarryF100, Reports, Species ListExechocepheus, oribatid mites, Passalozettes

Valerie M. Behan-Pelletier of Biosystematics Research Centre , Agriculture Canada, Ottawa did this research in the 1980s. Oribatida are a quantitatively important component of most soils. They affect litter decomposition by feeding on and dispersing fungi, and by stimulating senescent fungal colonies through grazing. See the PDF: oribatid_mites_of_haynes_lease It notes that two generas were found

Hayne’s Lease Araneae (Spiders) (2)

8AprilGarryF100, Reports, Species List

Hayne’s Lease Araneae: ( Spiders) Spencer Entomological Museum, UBC, Determined by C.Dondale and J. Redner haynes_lease_araneae_in_spencer_entomological_museum

The Osoyos Arid Biotic Area

8AprilGarryF100, Reports, Species ListAmbystoma tigrinum slater, Antelope Brush, Antrozous pallididus cantwelli, bitterroot, Canyon wren, Eumeces skiltonianus, Great-basin spadefoot toad, Lewisia rediviva, myotis leibii melananorhinus, Opuntia fragilis, Pallid bat, Purshia tridentata, Scaphiopus intermontanus, short-horned lizard, small footed bat, Tiger salamander, western skink

G.G.E. Scudder of the Dept of Zoology, UBC The Osoyoos-arid Biotic Area has a distinctive faunal assemblege found nowhere else in Canada. Some of the species are found nowhere else in British Columbia. While they may not all be endangered, that they occur to the south, the populations in BC are peripheral ones. See the

Beresford Island ER #12 Overview: Physical and Biological

5AprilGarryF12, Reports, Species ListAbalone, Black, brandt's cormorant, Cassin's Auklet, Common Murre, Deermouse, Fork-tailed, Leach’s, Oystercatcher, Pelagic Cormorant, Peregrine Falcon spp. pealei, peromyscus maniculatus, Pigeon Guillemots, Storm-petrel

Original Purpose: To protect colonies of nesting seabirds and their habitat Physical: A small, rocky island, roughly oval in shape, which rises steeply from deep water to a rounded top. The shore is rock and the upper slopes tend to have less soil cover than Triangle and Sartine islands. A number of rocks and reefs

Sartine Islands Ecological Reserve Ecological Overview, Physical and Biological

5AprilGarryF11, Rare Species, Reports, Species Listbrandt's cormorant, Cassin's Auklet, Common Murre, Northern Abalone, Peregrine Falcon spp. pealei, Sea Otter, Steller Sea Lion, Tufted Puffin

Original Purpose: To protect colonies of breeding seabirds and their habitat Physical: This is a rugged, elongate island which rises steeply from the sea to a series of pinnacles and humps. The shoreline is rock, rising directly from the water, except for a narrow boulder beach along the northeastern shore. Though steep, most of the

Buck Hills Road map

30MarchGarryF6, Maps

A topographic map of Buck Hills Road Ecological Reserve.

New Species of Oligochaetes from Kerouard and Anthony Islands : Randy Baker

30MarchGarryF95, 96, People, Rare Species, Research, Species ListBathydrilus, Family Randiellidae, Grania, Oligochaeta, Order Randiellida, Pectinodrilus tempedstatis, Phallodrilus, Randy Baker, Subclass Randiellata, Tubificoides

Several species new to science of the class Oligochaeta were sampled in the Queen Charlotte Islands (Haida Gwaii) by Randy Baker in 1980. His samples were from the West side of Anthony Island in the mid-intertidal sediment , and on Kerourd Island from near the the south west side of St. James Island. See the