Madrone Environmental Consultants reported to the Ministry of the Environment: detailed field sampling to support ecosystem mapping and interpretations on Salt Spring Island. Color photos on different ecosystems available. See PDF: madrone_2007_conservation_assessment_mount_taum and_mount_maxwell ers
Physical: The reserve is on the steep, rugged, southeast slope of Mount Tuam, facing Satellite Channel. These slopes consist of a series of rounded knolls separated by draws. Exposed bedrock is present on the tops of some knolls and along the shoreline, and soils are generally thin. About 1 km of rocky shoreline is included
C.D. Bird published this in The Oystercatcher (2) : 5. June 1983.
By Eileen South, Dept of Biology, U Vic, BC Feb 11, 1976 and Catherine Guest See the complete record in PDF file: fauna(8) Photo below : Lynne Milne, Bristol Foster and Hans Roemer at Lasqueti Island
Insect Fauna of Ecological Reserves #4 Lasqueti, #15 Saturna,#16, Mount Tuam , by Gwen Shrimpton Supervisor Richard Ring, U.Vic Image by Ryan Murphy See the complete PDF file: insect_summary
Sylvia Handley, Diana Mainguy and Dave Clark under the supervision of Dr. Marcus Bell of U.Vic Biology carried out this vegetation study in 1974 . A total of 213 species are described. See the PDF: (#016) Bell 1974 Flora of Mount Tuam Ecological Reserve
PDF file: Catherine Guest (U Vic) 1974, Vertebrates Saturna Mt Tuam Mt Maxwell Below: one of the vertebrates in the survey, The Northern red-legged frog (Rana aurora aurora) photo by G.Fletcher