South Coast Ecological Reserves in BC

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 Overview, Biological and Physical

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

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

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