Sunbeam Creek ER #39 Overview

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

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

Alpine Plant Communities of British Columbia : 1980

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