Purpose Statement Ecological reserves are areas selected to preserve representative and special natural ecosystems, plant and animal species, features and phenomena. The key goal of ecological reserves is to contribute to the maintenance of biological diversity and the protection of genetic materials. All consumptive resource uses and the use of motorized vehicles are prohibited. Research
ORIGINAL PURPOSE To protect one of the few known occurrences of adder’s-tongue fern in British Columbia Physical: The reserve lies in a narrow valley bottom in a pass between the Taylor and Kennedy river drainages, surrounded by peaks of the Vancouver Island ranges. A small pond dammed by an ancient rockslide lies near the middle
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