IBP Application for Ecological Reserve at Ten Mile Point by Ellis and Steele, 1974,
Dr D. V. Ellis and D.J. Steele complete this IBP checksheet for survey of the IBP area. See the full PDF: Ten Mile Point ER 1974 (IBP) Invertebrate Survey
Expedition to a Puffin Island
From Pacific Wilderness ,1974 This is one reason why Ecological reserves were created: To prevent the collection of specimens for museums, zoos and aquariums. This article describes a trip by members of the New York Zoological Society to trap and remove live puffins from Solander Island for a display in New York. See the PDF:
Survey of Educational and Research Use of the University Endowment Lands
Art Klassen reports on a survey done in 1982 by the Greater Vancouver regional District Parks Department of educational use of the UBC endowment lands See PDF Klassen_1983_Survery_Education_Research_Use_UBC_Endownment_Lands
Application for Ecological Reserve at Drizzle lake
Alex Pedden of the BC Prov. Museum submitted this application for ER status in 1972 See comlete PDF:application_for_ecological_reserve
The Gerridaae ( Hemiptera) of British Columbia
G. Scudder records eight species of Gerris from BC The distribution and co-existence is documented and a key to the species is included. Collections were made from Westwick lake among others. Published in Entomological Society of BC 68 (1971), Aug.1 1971 In this PDF, scrolldown to the second paper; cannings_&_scudder_1977_diptera_saline_lakes_central_bc_westwick_er
The Future of the Skagit Valley
The Skagit Valley Study group submitted this report in 1971 See PDF: future_of_the_skagit_valley
Seabirds Breeding along the East Coast of Moresby Island, QCI, BC -1971
Kenneth Summers conducterd this survey between May 17 and July 17 of 1971. Forty Five colony locations are described. published in Syesis, Vol 7 1974 See the complete PDF: summers_1973_seabird_breeding_east_moresby_syesis
A List of Seabird nesting sites in Barkley Sound, BC– 1971
Provincial Museum and UBC field parties conducted bird and mammal investigations in Barkley Sound from 1954 to 1970 inclusive. 55 of approx. 55 islands,islets and reefs were visited. Nesting sites of 6 species of sea birds previously unrecorded are lsited. See the complete paper –PDF file: barkley_sound_sea_bird_nesting_sites
Seasonal Changes in the Limnology of Some Meromictic Lakes in Southern BC
For the complete article, see this PDF file: Limnology research paper
Botanical and Physiographic Reconnaissance of Northern BC
In the summer of 1969 , Stanley L. Walsh and J.Keith Rigby surveyed the Sustut Basin and surrounding mountains in Northern BC . This report describes the physiography and geology of the region and plant communities are enumerated with an annotated list of 205 species , 11 subspecies and 35 varieties collected. See the PDF
The Distribution of two species of Cenocorixa in Inland Saline lakes of BC.
C.C.E.Scudder published this report in the Journal of the entomological Society of BC Vol 66 ( 1969), Aug 1. See the complete PDF:scudder_1969_two_cenocorixa_saline_lakes_westwick_er the photo below is a temporary one of a water boatman until a photo of the correct species is obtained. Corixa punctata from the Netherlands (species uncertain)photo by Piet Spaans
Ambrose lake , Sechelt Penninsula report ,1968
By Dr. K.I. Beamish, Contains a species list of vegetation. Description of a Coastal Peat-bog lake shoreline and rocky headlands . Apparently never burned, most of the shoreline is quite natural beamish_description_plant_list_ambrose_lake 1968
The Leaches of some Lakes in the Southern Interior Plateau Region of BC
G.G.E Scudder and K.H.Mann recorded 10 species of leach from a series of saline lakes, Westwick lake being one of them. The relationship between distribution and salinity is discussed See full PDF: scudder-&_mann_leeches_southern_plateau_lakes_bc
Proposed Re-introduction of the Northern Sea Otter to BC Canada
Ian MacAskie and Donald Blood report on the history and rationale for the scheme. Maps are included See the complete PDF: proposed_reintroduction_northern_sea_otter_to_bc
Natural History of Cleland Island– Emphasis: Breeding Bird fauna
R. Wayne Campbell and David Stirling did this report for the BC Provincial Museum in 1967. It includes an extensive annotated bird and vegetation species list. In addition other animals , invertebrates, etc are documented. See the complete PDF:
Report on the Special Cruise of Yellow Pine On lots 962 and 148
E.L. Young of the the B.C. Forest Service did this report in October 1966. Long before it was proposed as an Ecological reserve. See the PDF file : special_cruise_of_yellow_pine
Ecology of Western North America- ed V. Krajina
This report, edited by Vladimir Krajina in 1965 contains archival material on the Squamish River Floodplain coastal_western_hemlock_zone_sw_bc
The Importance of the Facial Pit of the Northern Pacific Rattlesnake
The Importance of the Facial Pit of the Northern Pacific Rattlesnake(Crotalus viridis oreganus) Under Natural Conditions in Southern British Columbia. An MSc thesis submitted by William Barton Preston UBC, 1964. See full PDF : preston_1964_importance_of_facial_pit_of_north_pac_rattlesnake_southern_bc_thesis reference: The Western ratttlesnake: http://www.env.gov.bc.ca/wld/documents/rattlesnake.pdf photos from the bc govt. publication above
Feral Goats in British Columbia
V. Geist published this report in the Murrelet, Sept-Dec, 1960 Vol 41(3) See PDF: Geist_1960_Feral_Goats_in_BC_Saltspring_Saturna