The 2018 Autumn/Winter Newsletter is available from this website. Just click below. Click here to open the 2018 Autumn/Winter edition of The Log (PDF format). Contents: Year in Review FER Opening Statement for the NEB Reconsideration Review Ospika Cones ER Field Trip Report Sikanni Chief River ER Field Trip Report To see a complete list of all “The
SIKANNI CHIEF RIVER ECOLOGICAL RESERVE Purpose Statement and Zoning Plan The primary role of the Sikanni Chief River Ecological Reserve is to conserve the Northern-most occurrence of Englemann Spruce in the Rocky Mountains. The ecological reserve contains pristine flora and fauna typical of the alpine and sub-alpine ecosystems representative of the northern rocky mountains. Alpine
Sikanni Chief Maps adapted from BC Parks website. Note location in relation to Ospika Cones ER and Redfern-Kelly Provincial Park
ORIGINAL PURPOSE To conserve alpine-subalpine ecosystems representative of the northern Rocky Mountains CURRENT PURPOSE To conserve the northern most occurrence of Engelmann spruce in the Rocky Mountains OVERVIEW Physical Featuring spectacular alpine terrain in the heart of the northern Rockies, this triangular reserve encompasses the watersheds of two small streams that flow southwest into Sikanni
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
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