Often when we visit special ecological areas our observations are restricted to a limited view. In this video, we visited six diverse Ecological Reserves with the goal of revealing some of their special features from a distant viewpoint as well as a close up one. Under a special permit from BC Parks, Jamie Frith used
NFB film on Ecological Reserves
From: Pacific Wild https://pacificwild.org/let-the-trees-grow-old/ This article on the pacific Wild website presents excellent photos and a compelling story of the value of old growth forests. “a visit to the rare old-growth fir forests of vancouver island Old growth forest on Vancouver Island has reached almost mythical status. The swaths of clearcuts and second growth monocultures
From the Alpine Cliub of Canada website: https://accvi.ca/programs/memorial-fund-youth-grants/memoriam/ Rolf, along with his wife Heather were the Ecological Reserve Wardens, for the Nimpkish Island Ecological Reserve until his passing in 2016. (see section in green below:) October 11, 1934 – August 25, 2016 Not long after he was born in Switzerland Rolf’s parents took him into
These images were adapted from Google Earth
www.vancouverislandnorth.ca See the full version of the map and publication here: visitors map 2012
This is the BC Parks Map :
See the full report here: upper_nimpkish_lup
This report describes the Yookwa Creek portion of the restoration work completed in Nimpkish River watershed during the 2003 instream construction window after several years of study. The Nimpkish Watershed Restoration Plan, 2002-2006 developed by ALBY Systems Ltd. (2001) ranked Reach Y1 of Yookwa Creek the highest priority reach for restoration in the Nimpkish Watershed.
1999 -2003 – Marbled Murrelet Habitat – Van Island. In 2002, a total of 59,190 ha were surveyed and classified into five categories of MAMU nesting quality ranging from “Nil” to “Very High”. Nearly 40% of the surveyed area was classified as having no potential as MAMU nesting habitat, much of this occurred at elevations
Primary Role: The primary role of Nimpkish River Ecological Reserve is to preserve an exceptional growing site that supports Canada’s tallest coastal Douglas-fir forest. The majority of the Douglas-firs are estimated to be about 360 years old, but a few large-diameter specimens belong to an older generation that could be 500 to 600 years old.
Physical: The reserve is part of a 2.5 km wide floodplain occurring at the confluence of Nimpkish River and Sebalhall, Yookwa and Kiyu creeks. Surrounding mountains rise to between 1000 and 1500 m above sea level. Soils in the reserve are alluvial Regosols with a loamy sand topsoil up to 1 metre thick overlying fast-draining
Images from the archives :
Forest at UNCED: An Emerging Global Consensus Toward Sustainability Gary L. Larsen 2 second event was the publication in 1987 of “Our Common Future,” the report of the World Commission on Environment and Development,1 which developed the most comprehensive link to date between the environment and development and called for a global conference, which became
This 371 page, 50 mb book may be downloaded from http://www.for.gov.bc.ca/HFD/library/documents/bib32374.pdf Thanks to Jody Krakowski ER warden for Baynes Island ER #69 for showing us the location of this important document. It provides a page and a map on each of the reserves created up to 1992. Include are the Ecological Reserves now lost from
An MOU to C.H. Coulson, Head Hydrology Section from D.E. Reksten , Senior Hydrological Engineer, Water Management Branch BC : See full PDF: nimpkish_island_er
