On Dec 7 and 8, 2022 Steven Bercek of BC Parks hosted meetings online with the Kootenay and the Okanagan area’s volunteer wardens. There were also a good number of BC Parks staff in attendance at each meeting. We hope that other areas in the BC parks system may in the future hold similar wardens
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
On October 12, Ecological Reserve warden Norbert Maertens accompanied Friends of Ecological Reserves Board member Garry Fletcher and Niran Lella to the Lily Pad Lake Ecological Reserve. The photos below were taken by Niran and Garry. See the panoramas here:
On October 12, Ecological Reserve warden Norbert Maertens accompanied Friends of Ecological Reserves Board member Garry Fletcher and Niran Lella to the Lily Pad Lake Ecological Reserve. Niran made these panoramas from the northeast shore of the Lake. ( be sure to double-click on the photos to get enlarged versions.) See the photo gallery here:
This view shows the size and configuration of the lakes in the reserve.
The report is the Invasive Plant Program Annual Report for the Okanagan Region and includes inventories of invasive plants, activities undertaken, and recommendations for 2008. Designing and implementing an effective invasive plant program within the Okanagan Region is critical in fulfilling this mission and to ensure the long-term protection of our natural spaces. Invasive plant
NE of Nicklen Lake, 12.5 km S of Lumby
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.
The report includes inventories of invasive plants, activities undertaken, and recommendations for 2005. Link to PDF report: Invasive Plant Program Annual Report 2004 Okanagan Region. Link to other information, data, and maps: http://a100.gov.bc.ca/pub/acat/public/viewReport.do?reportId=20390. Summary Invasive plant program management inventories and treatments were completed on Ministry of Water, Land and Air Protection (MWLAP), Environmental Stewardship Division,
Weed management projects were completed on Ministry of Water, Land and Air Protection (MWLAP), Okanagan Region, provincial parks, protected areas and ecological reserves as well as Nature Trust of British Columbia (BC) lease-back lands. These projects included weed inventory and control (cultural, biological and chemical). Link to report, 2003 Weed Management Annual Report Okanagan Region.
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:
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
PDF : Lily Pad Lake and Buck Hills Rd Report by M.E. Martin, Vernon, 1991 This also presents an extensive species list and also notes in bibliography: Lily Pad Lake and Buck Hills Road ER #5 and #6 – Biological study (the wildlife and vegetation) .McIeod and South 1977
Louise Bayliss and Elizabeth Black produced this report on plankton and periphyton studies of Lily Pad Lake, Nicklen Lake and Curtis lake. in 1977. This is a 202 page 13MGb file See the Complete PDF:contribution _to_limnology_of_3_lakes_of_southern_interior.pdf
By Ken Macleod and Eileen South A detailed Vegetation list in the different communities PDF File: wildlife_vegetation
On June 5. 1969, T.G. Northcote, and P.G. Haddock, with assistance of Mr. John L. Shephard and Miss Joan E. Heriot from the North Okanagan Naturalists Club, made a brief survey of Lilypad Lake, southeast of Vernon, to evaluate its potential as an Ecological Reserve. Species list and maps included Author: Northcote, T. G. Date