Skeena River ER #63 photos
Adrian DeGroot has provided these images of the forest growth on the middle bench floodplain ecosystem in the Skeena River Ecological Reserve. Click for full image Mature forest on one of the floodplain islands
Skeena River Islands ER #63 satellite map
This map was adapted from the BC Parks website:
Skeena Area Management Direction Statement March 2003
Introduction Purpose of the MDS Skeena River Ecological Reserve Management Direction Statement Management direction statements (MDS) provide strategic management direction for protected areas that do not have an approved management plan. Management direction statements also describe protected area values, management issues and concerns; a management strategy focused on immediate priority objectives and strategies; and, direction
Skeena River Islands Overview: Biological and Physical
ORIGINAL PURPOSE To set aside unlogged floodplain islands for research on succession in black cottonwood communities. Physical: The reserve comprises three large and four small islands in a low-gradient reach of the Skeena River where reduced river velocities allow sediments from upstream to settle out, forming many bars and islands. The river is slightly sinuous
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
The Skeena River Estuary Status of Env. Knowledge to 1975
A report of the estuary working group , Dept of Environment, Regional Board Pacific. Largely a report on Hydrology. See the PDF for the complete report. _river_estuary_status_of_environmental_knowledge