Northern Transitional Alpine Forests
See the full article in the Encyclopedia of Earth: http://www.eoearth.org/article/Northern_transitional_alpine_forests See the full article with reference to Nigunsaw ER
Ningunsaw River ER# 59 Overview
ORIGINAL PURPOSE: To preserve an elevational sequence of three biogeoclimatic zones in a transition between coastal and interior climates PHYSICAL: The reserve encloses a rounded mountain on the interior flank of the Coast Mountains. This mountain, in contrast to higher peaks south and west of it, was over-ridden by Pleistocene ice, and is too low
Ningunsaw River ER detailed map
This map is provided by BC Parks:
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