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
Research Compendium, A summary of research conducted in Gulf I slands National Park Reserve 2003-2009 http://amandaptaylor.files.wordpress.com/2012/08/ginpr_research_compendium.pdf Reference is made to research done in two Ecological Reserves in the Gulf Islands area ,#121 Brackman and # 15 Saturna, both with reserves now incorporated into the Gulf Islands Marine Park . Also One paper refers to Mount
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
COSEWIC Executive Summary Twisted Oak Moss Syntrichia laevipila Syntrichia laevipilais a very small, acrocarpous moss that grows in clumps on exposed tree bark. It is a member of the genus Syntrichia, characterized by generally coarse plants, with, usually, entire and awned, ligulate to spathulate leaves. See the Full PDF here: CW69-14-402-2004E has two varieties: var.
This report is focused on the Mount Maxwell ER and adjacent Nature Trust (NT) Lands, which makes up 345 ha on Saltspring Island, and together support some of the last remaining stands of endangered Garry Oak and Associated Ecosystems in BC. This project mapped the terrestrial ecosystems, and classified them according to both TEM standards,
Background Report for Burgoyne Bay Protected Area on Saltspring Island The Burgoyne Bay Protected Area is adjacent to the Mount Maxwell Ecological Reserve, ER# 37 and this report includes information about it. Link to report: 2003 Burgoyne Bay Background Report. Link to colour atlas (22mb) and other information, http://a100.gov.bc.ca/pub/acat/public/viewReport.do?reportId=17739. Abstract Burgoyne Bay Protected Area is located
from Menziesia: Newsletter of the NPSBC Native Plant Society of British Columbia 7 (1): 8 – 11. Thinking like a dynamic mosaic: Towards a strategy for conserving northern Garry oak ecosystems * part 1 Gordon Brent Ingram Tuesday * October 16, 2001 * The Richmond Natural History 4 Thinking like a dynamic mosaic: Conservation planning
Peggy Frank in 1984 studied the area within and surrounding an 18 hectare fernced enclosure. Sampling Design is discussed. See the complete PDF: vegetation_changes_in_a_grazing_enclosure
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
Marcus Bell of the Biology, Dept. U.Vic reports on research carried out by 6 students in 1974; 1. Flora and vegetation of Mount Maxwell 2. Flora and vegetation of Mount Tuam 3. Survey of marine and fresh water Algae of Mount Tuam 4. The vertebrate fauna of three ecological reserves of Gulf Islands 5. The
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