BC Ecological Reserve Warden Report by Kevin Tyler – ER Name: _Morice River, Ecological Reserve # 81 Link to this pdf.: 20240711KT _ER81 Morice River Report A further comment by Jim Pojar in a follow-up email : Thanks very much Kevin. Some years ago during a rainy summer I asked our local Wildfire crew if
The 2023 Spring/Summer Newsletter is available. Just click below. Click here to open the 2023 Spring/Summer edition of The Log (PDF format). Contents: FER 2023 AGM FER Revised Strategic Plan 2023-2025 Morice River ER Warden’s Report Remembering Alfred Gaensbauer Province Strengthens Protection of ERs 1000-year-old redcedar Mara Meadows ER To see a complete list of
This wardens report was prepared by Kevin Tyler- July 5 2023 ER Name: _Morice River__ Ecological Reserve # __81 ____ Report Date: ___5 July 2023__ Warden Name: Kevin Tyler_ Travel / Timings. I departed Smithers at 11 am. It was a 90 mins drive one way to Houston and south to the ER. I did
Morice Land and Resource Management Plan (LRMP) The Morice Land and Resource Management Plan (LRMP) planning boundaries encompass approximately 1.5 million hectares. They include the communities of Houston, Topley, Granisle, Topley Landing and rural settlements dispersed throughout the plan area. The population of the plan area is approximately 5,200. See the full version with links
The following have been adapted from the BC Parks website:
ECORESERVES AGAIN From The Log, Winter 2003, by Jim Pojar Late this past August [2003], towards the end of what was a magnificent summer in the northern hinterland, I was a guest at the marriage of two friends and colleagues-both keen botanists and naturalists. It was a moving ceremony, not least for me because the
The following is from the BC Parks website: The provincial government established Morice River Ecological Reserve (E.R. #81) on December 15 th,1977 byOrderin-Council3775/77under the Ecological Reserve Act . The Protected Areas of BC provided legislated status to the ecological reserve boundaries on June 12th, 2000. Morice River Ecological Reserve covers 357.5 hectares and is the
The following has been adapted from the BC Parks website:
MORICE RIVER ER #81 ORIGINAL PURPOSE To preserve, for research purposes, forest ecosystems representative of the western edge of the Sub-Boreal Spruce Zone. See the full PDF here: morice Physical: The reserve is situated in an area of irregular topography near the western edge of the Nechako Plateau. Just beyond, to the northeast, are the Bulkley Ranges.
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
