39 – Friends of Ecological Reserves

Sunbeam Creek ER 39 – Botany

31Marchacarson39, ER, PhotosAlecoria spp., Cladina stellaria, Dryas hookeriana, lichen, Loiseluria procumbens, Nephroma, Poystichum lonchititis, Saxifraga oppositifoia, Thamnolia saxifrasxa cetraria, thamnolia vermicularis

Art Carson provided these images of plants in the Sunbeam Creek reserve.

Sunbeam Creek ER 39 – Scenery Etc.

31Marchacarson39, ER, PhotosHoary marmot

Art Carson provided these scenery images from the Sunbeam Creek Ecological Reserve

Paintbrush (Castilleja spp.), Sunbeam Creek

20Marchacarson39, ER, Photos

Sunbeam Creek Warden’s Report, 2010

21MarchGarry Fletcher39, Issues, Warden Reports

Ecological Reserve warden Art Carson, Darryl Polyk and Bob Nelson checked the reserve on July 24,2010 and July 25, 2010. Their observations are presented below. ER39wardenreport2010-10-29

Sunbeam Creek Warden’s Report, 2006

10JuneGarry Fletcher39, Issues, Warden Reports

Ecological Reserve Warden Art Carson visited the reserve on 20006/06/10 and produced the following report: For PDF file see:ER39wardenreport2006-06-10

Sunbeam Creek ER #39 Overview

15MarchGarry Fletcher39, Reports, Species Listglaucous gentian, Grizzley Bear, Hoary marmot, Interior Mountain-heather Alpine zone., krummholz, Moss campion, Mountain Caribou, Ptarmigan, subalpine fir, whitebark pine, Wolverine

ORIGINAL PURPOSE: To protect a variety of alpine communities representative of the westrern edge of the Rocky Mountains. McBride Peak, 5.5 km NE of the town of McBride 53o21’N 120o06’W 1,830-2,270 m. Access to vicinity of reserve is available by foot or four-wheel drive vehicle up fire lookout road, east of McBride. See the complete

Sunbeam Creek Maps

15FebruaryGarry Fletcher39, Maps

The following 2 maps are adapted from the BC Parks website:

Sunbeam Creek Ecological Reserve Purpose Statement

15MarchGarry Fletcher39, Management, Reports

Sunbeam Creek Ecological Reserve is located on McBride Peak, 5.5 km northeast of the town of McBride. The 511 ha ecological reserve encompasses McBride Peak and adjacent summits to the northeast and northwest. These mountains form the western-most flank of the Park Range, immediately adjacent to the Rocky Mountain trench. Mountains in the ecological reserve

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

Alpine Plant Communities of British Columbia : 1980

20MarchFred Beinhauer31, 34, 39, 46, 59, 64, 68, 70, Reports, Research

1980 Alpine Plant Communities of British Columbia and Their Occurrence in Existing or Proposed Ecological Reserves by George W. Douglas, Douglas Ecological Consultants Ltd. Link to report, 1980 Alpine Plant Communities. Alpine vegetation in British Columbia has received little attention from scientists and land managers. Unfortunately, most of the work that has been done remains