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Oak Bay Islands Ecological Reserve #94 Map

Oak Bay, Chain Islands and Ten Mile Point Ecological Reserves Map

To the east of Oak bay/ Victoria,there are several Ecological reserves. This map shows their locations in relation to each other. It is adapted from the BC Parks website.

Southern Vancouver Island Marine Waters and Seabird Islands Important bird Areas Conservation Plan

15SeptemberGarry Fletcher94, Human Disturbance, Marine ReservesBrandts Cormorants, IBA, Oil Spill, Pelagic Cormorants

Barry Booth , Community Conservation Planner Canadian Nature Federation , Federation of BC Naturalists, Wild Bird Trust of BC , IBA program. The issue The east coast of southern Vancouver Island and associated Gulf Islands represent extremely important habitat for a wide variety of birds, during the breeding and non-breeding seasons. Recently, several Important Bird Areas were

List of Species at Risk in BC Parks ( federally Listed)

25MayGarry Fletcher94, Rare Species, SARA, Species List

Species from Oak Bay Islands ( and a few other reserves) listed as RED ( Endangered or threatened) . See the full 1 page PDF. Oak Bay Islets SAR plants 2001

Warden’s Report Oak Bay Islands Ecological Reserve 2000

26AprilMike Fenger94, Invasive Species, Management, Warden ReportsChain Islands, Doubled-crested cormorant, Pelagic Cormorant

During 2000, the warden made 13 visits to the reserve. Most of these visits were for general survey purposes but other visits were for beach clean-up on Alpha and Griffin Islets, preliminary wildflower survey on Jemmy Jones Islet, Double-crested Cormorant nest count on Great Chain Island and broom removal on Griffin Islet. On five occasions

Chain Islets Important Bird Area Conservation Plan

28JanuaryGarry Fletcher94, Reports, Warden ReportsChain Islets, Cormorant, Double-crested Cormorant, IBA

Marilyn Lambert and Barry P. Booth did this report in January, 2001 for the IBA Program, an International initiative coordinated by Birdlife International, a partnership of member-based organizations in over 1200 countries seeking to identify and Conserve sites important to all bird species worldwide. See the full 4 page PDF :Chain Islets IBA report 2001

Oak Bay /Chain Islands Ecological Reserve Map (archives)

7MarchGarry Fletcher94, Maps

Protecting British Columbia’s Rockfish

7FebruaryGarry Fletcher109, 132, 94, 97, Issues, Management, Reports, Research

Since the provincial government does not have jurisdiction over fishing, the waters of Race Rocks and some other marine ecological reserves are protected by the Federal government’s Rockfish Conservation Area strategy. This program prevents fishing in the reserve. The problem is that it may not be permanent, so continued protection of all of the organisms

IBA Chain Islets and Great Chain Birds ( ER# 94)

3FebruaryGarry Fletcher94, Reports, Research, Species ListBlack Oystercatchers, Brandts Cormorants, Double-crested Cormorants, Glaucous-winged Gulls, Harlequin Ducks, IBA, Pigeon Guillemots

From: http://www.bsc-eoc.org/iba/site.jsp?siteID=BC045 IBA Chain Islets & Great Chain Islet Victoria, British Columbia Site Summary BC045 Latitude Longitude 48.42° N 123.269° W Elevation Size 0 – 5 m 1.38 km² Habitats: scrub/shrub, sedge/grass meadows, mud or sand flats (saline), open sea, coastal cliffs/rocky shores (marine), rocky flats & barrens Land Use: Nature conservation and research Potential

Oak Bay Islets ( Griffin Island) Vegetation Percent cover data

23AugustGarry Fletcher94, Ecological Monitoring, Reports, Species List

This report was done by Brenda Breckwith on Griffin Island. It is compriosed of a species list and percent cover data. Oak Bay Islets ( Griffin Island) Oak Bay Islets Beckwith survey 1999b This Pdf is a Plant list with details of plot surveys : Shows presence /absence data for each plot. Oak Bay Islets

Plants recorded on Griffin Island by Roemer and Ceska, 1999

14JulyGarry Fletcher94, Species List

Plants recorded on July 14, 1999 in transect area on Griffin Island records by Adolf Ceska and hans Roemer. Species listed in rank order of cover also. See the PDF: Oak Bay Islets ER plant survey Ceska and Roemer 1999

Field Survey – Alpha Islet , Griffin Island and Jemmy Jones Island, 1999

12MayGarry Fletcher94, Rare Species, Species List

George Douglas, and Warta Donovan ( CDC) and Doug Biffard ( Ecological reserve Warden and Boatman) reported on occurence of the rare species , May12, 1999 See the PDF: Oak Bay Islets ER field survey 1999

Guide to Ecological Reserves in BC

15NovemberGarry Fletcher1, 10, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 11, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 12, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 13, 130, 131, 132, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 2, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 3, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 4, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 5, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 6, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 7, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 8, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 9, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, History, Reports

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

Harbour Seal Reactions to Killer whales

8MayGarry Fletcher132, 66, 94, Reportsharbour seal, Orca

Pam Stacey and Robin Baird did this research off Trial Island, Oak Bay and Chain Islands and ten Mile Point See the PDF: Stacey and Baird Whale_sea reactions

Behavioral Ecology of Transient Killer Whales ( Orcinus orca) around Southern Vancouver Island, B.C. Preliminary Research Summary

16NovemberGarry Fletcher94, 97, Marine Reserves, ResearchOrca, Orcinus orcina, transient killer whale

Robin Baird and Pam Stacey prepared this report and a summary and synthesis of data collected on all aspects of Transient Killer whale behaviour, pod dynamics , and ecology in southern B.C. See the complete PDF ( 41 pages)foraging_behaviour_of_transient_killer_whales

Foraging Behaviour of transient Killer Whales

8AugustGarry Fletcher94, Reports, Research

A report by Robin Baird and Pam Stacey, 1987

Census of Double-crested and Pelagic Cormorants Breeding on Chain Islets ER -August 1983

16AugustGarry Fletcher94, Marine Reserves, Reports

A report by Wayne Campbell: Observers Jane Algard,Wayne Campbell,Richard Gibbs, Phil Nott, Marilyn Paul, and Phyllida Riseborough did a complete census of all islets . On Greater Chain Island for example there were a total of 522 nests with 351 eggs and 735 young. See the complete PDF: census_of_double-crested_and_pelagic_cormorants

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