Warden’s report for Gilnockie Creek Ecological Reserve # 104 Oct 2022

Report by: Wayne L. Stetski Ecological Reserve Warden Ecological Reserve Warden Trip Report ER Name: Gilnockie Creek Ecological Reserve, Ecological Reserve #104 Trip Date: October 20, 2022 Warden Names: Wayne Stetski, Jenny Feick, Ian Hatter BC Parks Staff: Marika Welsh, East Kootenay South Area Supervisor Patrick Moser – Park Ranger Number of Volunteer Hours Logged:

The Rocky Mountain Naturalists

From: THE LOG    FRIENDS OF ECOLOGICAL RESERVES NEWSLETTER    SPRING 2008 Rocky Mountain Naturalists, Pictured at from L to R:    Tara Szkorupa, RMN Vice President, Peter Davidson, RMN President, Brett Yeats, BC Parks representative and Greg Ross, RMN Director BC Nature. The Rocky Mountain Naturalists, a Cranbrook/ Kimberly naturalist group, have entered into a “Stewardship Partnership

Gilnockie Creek Management Direction Statement ER #104

Protected Area Attributes Conservation ␣    Contains provincially significant old growth western larch. ␣    Situated in the under-represented McGillivray Range Ecosection (1 % protected province wide). ␣    Contains under-represented ICH mk1 biogeoclimatic subzone/variant (4% protected province wide). ␣    One red-listed plant species (sweet marsh butterweed1) occurs in the wetland portion. ␣    Offers habitat for elk and

Gilnockie Creek Overview: Physical and Biological

ORIGINAL PURPOSE: To provide an undisturbed area for silvicultural research on western larch, and a genetic bank for that species. Physical: The reserve lies on the relatively flat valley bottom of Gilnockie Creek at its confluence with the Yahk River, which drains southward into Montana. Rounded, forested summits of the Yahk Range (to the west)

Guide to Ecological Reserves in BC

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