131 – Friends of Ecological Reserves

Management Plan For Stoyoma Creek Ecological Reserve (not done yet)

5JanuaryGarry Fletcher131, Management, Reports

So far there has been no Management Plan done for this Ecological reserve by BC Parks. ( April, 2014)

South Coast Ecological Reserves in BC

19FebruaryGarry Fletcher106, 116, 131, 143, 144, 153, 21, 48, 69, 74, 76, 89, 92, 98, 99, Management, Reports, Warden Meetings, Warden Reports

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

Stoyoma Creek ER#131 Warden’s Presentation

19FebruaryGarry Fletcher131, Photos, Warden Reports

Click on the images in the gallery below which were part of a Powerpoint presentation by the new warden for Stoyoma Creek, Nick Yaniw at the February 18, 2013 meeting of Parks and ER Wardens for the Vancouver/South Coast region.

Yale Garry Oak and Stoyoma Creek locations

7FebruaryGarry Fletcher131, 144, Maps

These maps are adapted from the BC Parks website:

Stoyoma Creek Satellite map

11FebruaryGarry Fletcher131, Maps

This satellite map was adapted from the BC Parks website

Stoyoma Creek ER 131 Map

11FebruaryGarry Fletcher131, Maps

This map is adapted from the BC Parks website:

Stoyoma Creek ER #131 Overview, Biological and Physical

11FebruaryGarry Fletcher131, Rare Species, Reports, Species ListMountain Beaver, ssp. rainieri, Warblers, White-winged Crossbill, Yellow-rumped MacGillivray’s warbler

Original Purpose To protect a floristically diverse forest site, transitional between coastal and interior conditions, for forestry research. Physical: The reserve is located on the west slope of the Cascade Mountains, an area of strongly folded and metamorphosed Palaeozoic and Mesozoic sedimentary and volcanic rocks. Its soils are primarily Humo-Ferric Podzols formed on glacial till.

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

Stoyoma Creek Plant list

22JulyGarry Fletcher131, Species List

A plant survey of Stoyoma Creek was done on July 22, 1985 by Louise Goulet and Hans Roemer who then worked for the Ecological Reserves Division of The Ministry of Lands Parks and Housing, later to become part of BC Parks. Also included is a list of slides taken in the area of Stoyama Creek