26 – Friends of Ecological Reserves

Ram Creek Maps

From the BC ParKs Management Direction Statement

Photos of Ram Creek

20JanuaryGarry Fletcher26, Human Disturbance, Management, Photos, Species Listhotspring

Alton Valler from Cranbrook, BC has sent a set of pictures taken of the pools at Ram Creek . He indicates ” You may not be aware but this pool was washed out about 2-3 years ago and I have not been back there to see, but I hear its being rebuilt by local volunteers.

The Rocky Mountain Naturalists

23JanuaryGarry Fletcher104, 19, 20, 26, People, Warden ReportsBrett Yeats, Greg Ross, Peter Davidson, Rocky Mountain Naturalists, Tara Szkorupa

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

Ram Creek Management Direction Statement September, 2004

27SeptemberGarry Fletcher26, BC Parks, Human Disturbance, Management, Maps, Photoshotspring

Ram Creek Ecological Reserve Approvals Page Foreword This management direction statement for Ram Creek Ecological Reserve provides management direction until such time as a more detailed management plan may be prepared. Ram Creek Ecological Reserve wa Table of Contents SEE the FUll PDF:ram_creek_er_mds Introduction……………………………………………………………………. 1 Purpose of the Management Direction Statement ……………………………………… 1 Context………………………………………………………………………… 1

RAM CREEK ER #26 Overview: Biological and Physical

15JanuaryGarry Fletcher26, Rare Species, Species ListArgia vivida, COSEWIC, hotspring, Vivid Dancer

RAM CREEK ER #26 ORIGINAL PURPOSE Protection of warmsprings and very restricted plant communities and rare plants against recreational and other damage Se the complete PDF: Ram Creek ER 26 OVERVIEW Date established:29 July 1971 ORC #:3026 Map number:82 J/4 Location:20 km SE of Canal Flats Latitude:50º02’N Longitude:115º36’W Total Area:121 ha Land:121 ha Elevation: 1,370-1,615 m

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

Ram Creek Field notes by K. Ward 1985

22SeptemberGarry Fletcher26, Species List, Warden Reports

Kathleen .Ward, ER Warden in 1984 and 1985 surveyed vegetation plots , did species lists and identified birds in the area. See PDF: ward-1985_ram_creek_er_wardens_report