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Birds of Rankine and Cooper’s Island

An anonymous survey of the Birds of these two Islands.

Rankine Island, Wildlife Observations May 1978

19MayGarryF44, Field NotesAncient Murrelets

Trudy Carson ( now Trudy Chatwin) made field notes in May 1978 on a few species of vegetation, noting the different ones compared to East Rankine Island. She also notes many Ancient Murrelets nesting .

Wildlife Observations April 27,1978

27AprilGarryF35, Research, Species Listamerican Coot, muskrat

Bristol Foster and Trudy Chatwin provide a bird and mammal list. Also this PDF has a extensive list of Publications on Westwick lake. PDF: carson_&_foster_1978_wildlif_observations_westwick_er

Field’s Lease ER airphoto

8AprilGarryF33, Maps

Air photo taken in the late 1970’s ?

Summary of Seabirds breeding on Rose Islets 1963 through 1978. Also the Purpose Statement and macroalgae list

27MarchGarryF18, Maps, Reports, Species Listblack oystercatcher, Double-crested Cormorant, macroalgae, Pelagic Cormorant, pigeon guillemot

Also included here is the Purpose Statement including ER map. R.W. Campbell submitted this report on nesting seabirds . There is also a list of macrophytic Algae. from June 1977 See the full PDF:Summary of seabirds breeding Rose Islets 1963_1978

Proposed Ecological Reserves.-1970s

23FebruaryGarryFBC Parks, ER, ER Proposals, History, ReportsHans Roemer, International Biological program, Vladimir Krajina

EcoCat:The Ecological Reports Catalogue. From https://a100.gov.bc.ca/pub/acat/public/search.do This is a good set of links of 122 complete pdfs of early reports done for the International Biological Program. Ministry of Environment EcoCat:The Ecological Reports Catalogue 122 Report(s) Found International Biological Programme Application: Antler Lake_Gold River (Nov 1974) Author: J. Krajina, H. Roemer, D. Kossick Old Reference Number: 177

Seabird Census Data, East Copper Island, 1978

19FebruaryGarryF44, Species ListWayne Campbell

Wayne Campbell of the Provincial Museum made these observations of seabirds in 1978

Solander Island Seabird Census

10FebruaryGarryF14, Species ListCassin's Auklet, Fork-tailed Storm-Petrels, Glaucous-winged Gull, Horned Puffin, Leach's Storm Petrel, Pelagic Cormorant, pigeon guillemot, Tufted Puffin

This seabird Census was done by Wayne Campbell in 1975/1976

The Behaviour of VI Marmots: Douglas Heard, thesis 1977

15NovemberGarryF117, Researchmarmot

Douglas Heard , University of Waterloo submitted this thesis for an MSc in 1977 PDF: Heard_1977_thesis_the_behaviour_of_vi_marmots

Alpha Island Species Survey, October, 1977

15OctoberGarryF94, Species List

List compiled by Lynne Milnes and Trudy Chatwin. See the full 2 page PDF: Oak Bay Islets Species list 1977

The Vegetation of Alpha and Griffin Islands

7OctoberGarryF94, Maps, Rare Species, Research, Species ListBraun-Blanquet, Ceska-Roemer, Lynne Milnes, Trudy Chatwyn

During the fall of 1977 the vegetation of alpha and Griffin Isalnds …was described and classified. the Braun-Blanquet releve method of phytoassociation was used in conjunction with the Ceska-Roemer computer program. —- Fall, 1977, Trudy Carson and Lynne Milnes: for Biology 418, Dr. Marcus Bell See the complete report in the PDF file:Vegetation(2)

Cassin’s Auklet Census, 1977

11SeptemberGarryF13, Research

K. Summers and R. Billings did this hand-written document survey for for Dr.Kees Vermeer in 1977. Canadian Wildlife Service. cassins_auklet_census_1977

Application for Ecological Reserve at Doc English Bluffs

1SeptemberGarryF101, ReportsAlan Vyse, Anna Roberts, ER Application

Alan Vyse and Anna Roberts submitted this application in the fall of 1977.

Application for Ecological reserve for Aleza Lake

25AugustGarryF84, Maps, Reports, Species ListJim Pojar, Vladimir Krajina

This reserve was proposed as an IBP area as the Aleza Lake Sub-boreal Forest by Victor Krajina , Jim Pojar, C. Steneker, D.Araki and C. Parsons . It includes a comprehensive species list and surveyors maps. It includes Part of the gently dissected, forested lowlands between the Fraser and Bowron rivers. See pdf file: purpose_map_airphoto_alzea_lake_er

Aleza Lake airphoto map

25AugustGarryF84, Maps, Reports

ER Maps from the initial IBP application for Ecological reserve.

Report on Vegetation and Animal Studies at Rose Spit, 1977

3AugustGarryF10, Research, Species List

by Cindy Lyon and Marg Watkins PDF : Vegetation and Animal Studies 1977

Comparison of Ecological Aspects of Rhinocerous Auklets and Tufted Puffins on Triangle Island, BC

1AugustGarryF13, ResearchKees Vermeer, Kenneth Summers

See the full pdf file here: ecological_aspects_of_auklets_and_puffins

Flora of Ambrose Lake -1977

1AugustGarryF28, Species ListJ.Pojar, K.Beamish, L.Milnes, S.Riley

See this pdf file: plant_list(3) Seed Plants , Ferns, by Katherine Beamish Vascular plants of ER #28- Jim Pojar -1977 , May 1982,L. Milnes, S Riley, KI Beamish -1968 Liverworts and Lichens. Hand-drawn map. ………………………………………………. Phragmites communis… one of the grasses recorded in this species list in 1977 (G.Fletcher: photo)

Canoe Islets ER #17 Dive report

22JulyGarryF17, Field Notes, Reports, Species List

PDF files: dive_report(1) Click on the following introduction.

A Report to the ER Unit on the 1977 Marine Phycological Survey

19JulyGarryF45, 95, Maps, Reports, Species List

Anne Stewart in 1977 visited Marble Island just off Graham Island where the V.J. Krajina ecological reserve is located as well as Anthony Island and six other islands off the South Moresby Coast, ( now part of Gwaii Hannas National Park reserve. A comprehensive survey of the Macrophytic Algae of these areas provides a valuable