The report is available in this PDF link Columbia Lake Ecological Reserve Warden Report 2023_final Link to the iNaturalist entries: https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/columbia-lake-ecological-reserve. Report completed by: Ian W. Hatter, ER Warden for Columbia Lake Ecological Reserve, and Dr. Jenny Feick, ER Warden for Mt. Sabine Ecological Reserve. All photos were taken by Jenny Feick. Report completion date:
Columbia Lake ER Warden Trip Sept 10, 2022 Final Report
Context Designated by Order in Council #1582 under the Ecological Reserve Act in 1971 and is presently listed and described in Schedule B of the Protected Areas of British Columbia Act For the full Management Direction Statement see this PDF:columbia_lk_er_managment-direct See the PDF for MAPS: The 29 hectare ecological reserve is situated in both the
ORIGINAL PURPOSE Protection of calcicolous vegetation, hydrology and geology as well as ecosystems representative of the Interior Douglas-fir zone Physical: The reserve lies mostly on the west-facing slope of a north-south trending ridge, about 300 m east of Columbia Lake and 150 m higher in elevation. Slope exposure is mostly to the west and southwest