100 – Friends of Ecological Reserves

Bat sampling for a Masters project in the South Okanagan Valley, 2012

20AugustFred Beinhauer100, Photos, Reports, Research, Species Listbat, Danielle Dagenais, Myotis ciliolabrum, western small-footed myotis

2012 – Bats – South Okanagan – Burnaby – SFU Objectives Bat sampling was conducted on August 3rd and 4th, 2012 in the Oliver region in conjunction with a Masters’ research project. The research is assessing bat activity over vineyards in the south Okanagan Valley using a radar-acoustic system. Bat sampling is required to obtain

IBA South Okanagan including Hayne’s Lease

12FebruaryGarry Fletcher100, Reports, Research, Species ListIBA

FROM:http://www.ibacanada.com/site.jsp?siteID=BC261&lang=EN IBA Osoyoos Oxbows South Okanagan Valley, British Columbia Site Summary BC261 Latitude Longitude 49.096° N 119.539° W Elevation Size 280 – 500 m 14.27 km² Habitats: deciduous woods (temperate), native grassland, rivers/streams, freshwater marsh Land Use: Agriculture, Nature conservation and research, Hunting, Rangeland/pastureland, Tourism/recreation, Water management Potential or ongoing Threats: Arable farming, Dredging/canalization, Introduced

Report: Rare Native Vascular Plants of the Southern Okanagan Grasslands-Field Report

30AugustGarry Fletcher100, 33, Maps, Photos, Rare Species, Reports, Research, Species List

The Southern Okanagan Grasslands Protected Area was established in 2001 and encompasses about 4,481 ha of native grasslands in the southern Okanagan and southern Similkameen valleys of British Columbia. In the summer of 2004, The Nature Trust, through the Brink/McLean Grassland Conservation Fund, provided Douglas Ecological Consultants Ltd. with funds to conduct a two-day inventory

A Computerized Inventory of Existing Parks and Ecological Reserves in the Okanagan District of BC Parks 1995

21MarchFred Beinhauer100, 108, 130, 22, 27, 33, 34, 42, 5, 51, 6, 7, 77, Reports, Research, Species List

A Computerized Inventory of Existing Parks and Ecological Reserves in the Okanagan District of BC Parks 1995 Link to project overview: 1995 Inventory Okanagan Parks And ERs Link to all 6 project documents: http://a100.gov.bc.ca/pub/acat/public/viewReport.do?reportId=17330. Author: Dale Donovan Date Published: Mar 1995 Abstract Information was gathered on an Ecosection basis, with 5 Ecosections in the unit:

The Fire at Hayne’s Lease ER: Hans Roemer, 1993

8AprilGarry Fletcher100, Reports, Research, Species List

Hans Roemer has included a compilation of several researchers checklists of the vascular plants in the reserve pre-dating the 1989 Fire.. destruction and regeneration after fires at haynes Lease ER in 1989. See the full pdf: 1993_fire_at_haynes_lease

Hayne’s Lease Spiders, 1988: (1)

8AprilGarry Fletcher100, Rare Species, Reports, Species List

C.Dondale and J. Redner , Spencer Entomological Museum, UBC, have identified spiders from a collection in the Hayne’s Lease ER. by Robert Cannings , RBC museum, , Note: 10 species newly recorded for BC. haynes_lease_spiders_in_spencer_entomological_museum Note: 10 species newly recorded for BC.

Partial List of Hymenoptera aculeata of Hayne’s Lease ER

8AprilGarry Fletcher100, Reports, Species List

Albert T. Finnamore , Prov. Museum Alberta has determined the following from collection at ER #100: family Chrysididae (Cuckoo wasps) Family Tiphidae Family Sapygidae family Vespidae ( yellowjackets and allies) family Pompilidae ( Spider wasps) Family Sphecidae ( Thread-waisted and sand wasps) Bees: Andrewenidae Halictidae

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

8AprilGarry Fletcher100, 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)

8AprilGarry Fletcher100, 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

8AprilGarry Fletcher100, 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

Grassland Classification in BC and site proposals for Arthropod Research

8AprilGarry Fletcher100, Reports, Research, Species Listgrassland, robber fly

Sites in each of Lower middle and Upper Grasslands have been chosen . Present work by Rob Cannings stresses the differences in robber fly ( Diptera: Asilidae) communities in these grassland types: See the pdf : grassland_class_in_bc_and_site_prop_for_arthropod_research