Pacific Spirit Park/ Ecological Reserve #74
These images were extracted from Google Earth
These images were extracted from Google Earth
Annual Report For 2012. March 2013. by Terry Taylor. The reserve was visited six times during 2012 – February 29, March 11, April 30, May 9, July 7, and August 28. On the March 11 visit with vertebrate zoologist Greg Ferguson, Greg observed several cutthroat trout just south of Imperial Tail. Four northwestern salamander egg
Vancouver Area( South Coast) Wardens and Parks staff meeting at the BC Parks office in Surrey. February 18, 2013 February 18, 2013 Fraser Room, South Coast Ministry of Environment office, 2nd floor, 10470 152nd Street, Surrey 1. Welcome and Introductions (Joanna Hirner, Conservation Specialist, BC Parks) BC Parks Update BC Parks Volunteer Program and Volunteer
PLANTS – TERRY TAYLOR, FUNGI –TERRY TAYLOR AND PAUL KROEGER. 1992 – 2012 TREES: Abies grandis Grand fir Acer macrophyllum Bigleaf maple Aesculus hippocastanum Horse chestnut I Alnus rubra Red alder Cornus nuttallii Pacific dogwood Crataegus monogyna European hawthorn I Malus fusca Pacific crabapple Malus cv Apple I Picea sitchensis Sitka spruce Prunus avium Sweet
ECOLOGICAL RESERVE 74. PACIFIC SPIRIT REGIONAL PARK. ANNUAL REPORT FOR 2011. MAY, 2012 Warden Terry Taylor made five visits to the ecological reserve during 2011 – January 9, February 13, April 20, July 5, and October 4. No new incursions into the reserve were seen, but short dog trails continue to go a few metres
A Gallery of Fungi: Photography by Rosemary Taylor. Identifications by Terry Taylor Click on image for enlargement. All images are copywrite of the author, Rosemary Taylor.
Stephen Hui has provided images from the UBC Endowment Lands Ecological reserve. They can also be seen on his Flickr site
From http://www.bsc-eoc.org/iba/site.jsp?siteID=BC018 IBA Pacific Spirit Regional Park U of BC – Point Grey, British Columbia Site Summary BC018 Latitude Longitude 49.244° N 123.218° W Elevation Size 50 – 87 m 1.92 km² Habitats: coniferous forest (temperate), deciduous woods (temperate), mixed woods (temperate), rivers/streams, bog, urban parks/gardens Land Use: Nature conservation and research, Tourism/recreation Potential or
Lower Mainland Ecological Reserve Warden Concerns – for discussion with BC Parks staff (compiled by Bev Ramey for October 7, 2011 Field Trip) ER #21 Skagit River Forest and ER #22 Ross Lake Warden John Riley not much human impacts on these two reserves see comment re communication with BC Parks under Reserve #89 BC
These maps have been adapted from the BC Parks website: Satellite view and location view:
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
From: Straley_&_Harrison_1987_Plant_list_from_Illustrated_Flora_UEL CLICK on images and then click on again with the magnifying icon to enlarge
Grant Thompson compiled this description of vegetation communities and a comprehensive annotated list of flora in 1985. See the 116 page PDF: Thompson_1985_Vegetation_Classification_UBC_Endownment_Lands
pdf. file Newell_1984_
David Newell submitted this in 1983. It contains an annotated species list and detailed maps in Section 3 of distribution of the animals . ( a valuable baseline study) See the 90 page PDF: terrestrial_vertebrates_of_ubc_lands
PDF FILE: Klassen_1983_Survery_Education_Research_Use_UBC_Endownment_Lands
Dunn_1981_Hyphmycetes_Decaying_Litter_Thuja_Plicata_Thesis Cedar on the forest floor, Garry Fletcher photo.
John Kelsall and Keith Simpson wrote this report for the Canadian Wildlife Service, who have the mandate as custodian of the Migratory Birds Convention Act, to monitor bird populations. See the 16 page PDF: project_plan_ecology_of_gbh_colonies
See PDF file: Simpson_&_Kelsal_1978_Preliminary_Studies_Great_Blue_Heron_Colonies_CWS
Kelsal_&_Simpson_1978_Project_Plan_Great_Blue_Heron_Colonies_Lower_Mainland_CWS photo by Mike Fenger <