Vancouver Area( South Coast) Wardens and Parks staff meeting at the BC Parks office in Surrey. February 18, 2013 February 18, 2013 Fraser Room, South Coast Ministry of Environment office, 2nd floor, 10470 152nd Street, Surrey 1. Welcome and Introductions (Joanna Hirner, Conservation Specialist, BC Parks) BC Parks Update BC Parks Volunteer Program and Volunteer
This map view shows the four Skagit River area Ecological Reserves all within the Skagit Valley Provincial Park. Note Ross lake on the border of British Columbia and the US. Adapted from BC Parks Ecological reserves part of website.
The photos on this page are from The Skagit Ecological Reserves. #89, #21 and #106
These maps are adapted from the BC parks website:
From BC Parks website:
Original Purpose: To preserve stands of the rare Pacific rhododendron in a site unlikely to be disturbed by recreational use Physical:The reserve consists of two blocks, the lowermost on the gently sloping fan of St. Alice Creek on the floor of the Skagit Valley, the upper block on northeast oriented mountain slopes between St. Alice
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
(This statement is intended for use in conjunction with the descriptive text and map pages supplied in the “Guide to Ecological Reserves in British Columbia”). Features Requiring Special Management Consideration: File: 6-7-5-103-50 Date: 90-08-07 Population of the showy pink-flowered Pacific rhododendron (Rhododendron macrophyllum), a rare plant in B.C., restricted to the Skagit River watershed, Chilliwack
This report is comprised of three studies: Pacific Rhododendron Communities, Small Mammals and Bats located within the Skagit River Watershed cover. It is pertinent to Skagit River ER 21, Skagit River Rhododendrons ER 106 See the Full PDF here: A. Harcombe et al. 1994 Skagit River Rare Biological Elements Study
A detailed 33 page report with map of Plants, Mammals and Birds of the Skagit Valley Area. an excerpt of the report by M. Easton done in November , 1975 ( Easton, M 1975 Natural Feature Analysis of the Skagit Valley Recreation Area. part 1 Parks Branch-)- See the PDF: natural_feature_anaylsis
Michael Easton and staff reported to Tom Lee, Director of parks branch in 1975 Ross lake region, Whitworth meadow region Silvertip Campsite region, upper Skagit and Klesilkwa Bluffs See complete pdf: concept_for_interpretation_of_skagit_valley_recreation
The Skagit Valley Study group submitted this report in 1971 See PDF: future_of_the_skagit_valley