Biosphere Reserve Nomination for Spatsizi Plateau Biosphere Reserve
Two of the major natural Landscapes characteristics of the Cordillera regions of Western Canada are represented. See 9 page PDF: spatsizi_plateau_biosphere_reserve
A report of the planning and Design branch of Ministry of Lands Parks and Housing, BC spatsizi_plateau_park_master_plan
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
Rosemary Fox wrote this article . published in Nature Canada, April/June, 1977 6(20 : 40-47 See the 8 page PDF:spatsizi_land_of_red_goat
On page 3 Policy and Management Strategies for Gladys Lake ER are discussed. Parks Branch, Ministry of Conservation and Recreation, T.E. LEE Director See the PDF >management_policies_options_for_future
G.G.E.Scudder and A.R.E. Sinclair of UBC in cooperation with D.S. Eastman , D. Hatler ( Fish and Wildlife Branch, and G. Hazlewood , (Parks Branch ), J.B. Foster, J. Pojar, (Ecological reserve Unit) and R.Sadler ( Simon Fraser University) produced this proposal to provide information to assist and guide Park and reserve management. See 47
Rosemary J. Fox wrote this article for The Federation of BC Naturalists Newsletter. Sept 6, 1976 See the pdf : spatsizi_plateau_wilderness_heritage
Jim Pojar and R.Carswell in the summer of 1975 collected , described and interpreted animal and plant resources of Gladys Lake ER before it was designated as a reserve in November of 1975. See the 220 page PDF of this comprehensive baseline study.:pojar_vegetation_1976.pdf
This is a report by G.E. Scudder in 1976, suggesting opportunities for research of Stone Sheep and Mountain Goats in the Gladys lake ER. See the PDF (5 pages) spatsizi_research
G. Scudder and R. Sinclair do this report in 1976 Aims : To obtain an understanding of the functioning of northern ecosystems and to determine the best way of manageing the Spatsizi area. preliminary_working_draft_of_research_plan
Management policies to protect the reserve will be critical . The management question is basically one of recreational use. News report of Nov 21 : between 150 and 600 trophy heads have come out tof the Stikine… investigation underway. See the 3 page PDF: spwpp_preserve_or_playground
Parks Branch, Tom Lee Director, 1976 See the(15 page) PDF: management_policies_options_for_future
Irving Fox and Rosemary Fox present a thorough argument for the preservation of Wilderness in Northern BC. Presented at the Macmillan Planetarium. See the 12 page PDF : fox_1976_ wilderness_preservation_case_in_spatsizi
“The ecological reserve is a good calving ground for caribou” Rod Karswell, 1975 includes letter from W.G Hazlewood includes report from Rosemary Fox See the 104 page PDF : carswell_1975_wildlife_inventory_gladys_lake_er
In the summer of 1969 , Stanley L. Walsh and J.Keith Rigby surveyed the Sustut Basin and surrounding mountains in Northern BC . This report describes the physiography and geology of the region and plant communities are enumerated with an annotated list of 205 species , 11 subspecies and 35 varieties collected. See the PDF