From : Todd Golumbia, Ecologist Gulf Islands National Park Reserve, March 2012 Since the Park was established, we have undertaken ecosystem mapping of the southern gulf islands including these areas. Both ERs have field plot data for the mapping but it not extracted from the larger data set. We have also done flora surveys on
The Friends of Ecological reserves maintains that the baseline work done on Ecological Reserves now ceded by the province to Parks Canada justifies them as still being recognized as special research areas and it is hoped that they will be designated as such. Research Projects on Brackman Island, former ER #121, and Saturna Island, #15
One of the problems of the biological integrity of natural ecosystems onseveral of the Gulf Islands is the overpopulation and overgrazing by Feral Goats. These goats arrived in the last century or earlier, brought by ship for provisioning of the local residents. They have escaped captivity many years ago and without any natural predators to
V. Geist published this report in the Murrelet, Sept-Dec, 1960 Vol 41(3) See PDF: Geist_1960_Feral_Goats_in_BC_Saltspring_Saturna