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I received this email with maps attached after I made an inquiry into the nature of the proposed park development at Big White From: Baric, Keith J Feb 22, 2021, 9:40 AM Hi Garry Thanks so much again for your time on the phone last Friday afternoon. Fortunately, I was also able to touch base
IMPORTANT: SUBMIT YOUR COMMENTS ON THIS PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT using this Link: by February 26, 2021 If they want to lob off 3.5 hectares, the least that can be done is adding another 3.5 hectares on another corner of the reserve and a considerably sized buffer zone, with fencing in the summer to prevent people from
These maps showing reserve locations east of Kelowna were adapted from the BC Parks website.
On one corner of the Ecological Reserve, the Big White resort Development has trespasses into the reserve with permanently installed ski trails. . The first map image below shows the outline of the reserve, the second map image shows a detail of the compromised boundary. It would be interesting to know how this was allowed
This image was derived from Google Eath 3D
This map has been adapted from the BC Parks website.
A trip through some of the Ecological Reserves of the Okanagan in the fall of 2012. It is not often that members of the Board of Friends of Ecological Reserves get the opportunity to meet with reserve wardens, hear their concerns, and get to see the Ecological Reserves looked after by those wardens. In the
We visited this reserve with the warden Don Guild on October 10, 2012. Don contacted the resort staff at the bottom of the ski run first and then drove us up what is probably the roughest boulder strewn washed out snow-cat road (without snow) on which I have ever traveled. Also see the Panoramas of
On a recent trip to the Okanagan, ER Warden Don Guild drove Garry Fletcher and Niran Lella to the alpine summit and the forested bottom of the Big White ER. Click on the image twice to see the following panoramas by Niran. From the small clearcut down in the lower valley to the right of
This afternoon I was accompanied by Garry Fletcher and Niran Lella on a tour of the reserve that took us to the ridge overlooking the bowl that forms the heart of the reserve. We then drove to the east, which afforded a view from the lowest elevations back up to the ridge. Big White Ecological
A follow-up on The Big White Controversy Part 1 Our Ongoing Concerns for Big White Ecological Reserve #34 February, 2012 In December of 2011 a letter was sent to the Administration of Big White resorts. Website: www.bigwhitesilverstar.com Corporate Head Office 1894 Ambrosi Road Kelowna. I indicated I was redoing the Big White part of the
Also See a follow-up at the Big White Controversy Part 2 Proposal to extend the Big White Resort into the Big White Ecological Reserve . The e-mail at the end of this file offers a new video and raises the same concerns we had over a year ago. We involved Don Guild as the Big
Don Guild Photos: The East Ridge—- Gem Lake 2008,2009—-Upper Lift Terminal next to Gem Lake
Background Summary The 951 hectare Big White Mountain Ecological Reserve lies on the northern flank of Big White Mountain about 42 km east of Kelowna. In addition to the mountain top at 2,315 metres, the Ecological Reserve includes, on the east side, a very small portion of the upper Whitefoot Creek and on the north
Background Summary The 951 hectare Big White Mountain Ecological Reserve lies on the northern flank of Big White Mountain about 42 km east of Kelowna. In addition to the mountain top at 2,315 metres, the Ecological Reserve includes, on the east side, a very small portion of the upper Whitefoot Creek and on the north
Ministry of Environment Environmental Stewardship Division See Full PDF: OKRegionIPStrategy2005_1291741150797_6fdca22d85d494f71daadf279edd0750660b65b7b1fa7bb13a205fcf6f0847eb Three introduced species of the Okanagan Link to other information and data: http://a100.gov.bc.ca/pub/acat/public/viewReport.do?reportId=20401.
These maps were adapted from BC Parks website:
ORIGINAL PURPOSE To set aside ecosystems representative of the Engelmann Spruce- Subalpine Fir and Alpine Tundra Zones in the southern interior Physical: The reserve encompasses the northern flank of Big White Mountain in the Beaverdell Range. Except for ridges at its peak, the mountain has a rounded summit. The reserve rises gradually from the 1860
A Computerized Inventory of Existing Parks and Ecological Reserves in the Okanagan District of BC Parks 1995 Link to project overview: 1995 Inventory Okanagan Parks And ERs Link to all 6 project documents: http://a100.gov.bc.ca/pub/acat/public/viewReport.do?reportId=17330. Author: Dale Donovan Date Published: Mar 1995 Abstract Information was gathered on an Ecosection basis, with 5 Ecosections in the unit: