IBA Duke of Edinburgh ER Bird Islands

From : http://www.ibacanada.com/site.jsp?siteID=BC007&lang=EN IBA Duke of Edinburgh Ecological Reserve Port Hardy, British Columbia Site Summary BC007 Latitude Longitude 50.987° N 127.68° W Elevation Size 0 – 85 m 99.28 km² Habitats: coniferous forest (temperate), coastal cliffs/rocky shores (marine) Land Use: Not Utilized (Natural Area) Potential or ongoing Threats: Disturbance, Oil slicks IBA Criteria: Globally Significant:

Pine Tree and Storm Islands from a Kayak

Tom Howell kayaked through the Pine, Tree and Storm Islands of the Duke of Edinburgh Ecological Reserve in 2008. Some of his images from that trip are posted here. His Panoramio site carrying these images with locations on Google map is here: EAST TREE ISLAND STORM ISLAND PINE ISLAND Hover the Cursor on the images

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

Ecological Reserves and BC’s Nesting Seabirds : ER Proposal- Campbell 1976

Wayne Campbell proposed these reserves  and gave reasons about the uniqueness of the Bird Colonies. Thirteen species of true seabirds nest in BC. These include two storm petrels, three cormorants a gull and seven auks. The total breeding population estimation is 550,000 pairs. This is an Ecological Reserve  proposal for  three sets of islands: The