Oak Bay, Chain Islands and Ten Mile Point Ecological Reserves Map
To the east of Oak bay/ Victoria,there are several Ecological reserves. This map shows their locations in relation to each other. It is adapted from the BC Parks website.
Southern Vancouver Island Marine Waters and Seabird Islands Important bird Areas Conservation Plan
Barry Booth , Community Conservation Planner Canadian Nature Federation , Federation of BC Naturalists, Wild Bird Trust of BC , IBA program. The issue The east coast of southern Vancouver Island and associated Gulf Islands represent extremely important habitat for a wide variety of birds, during the breeding and non-breeding seasons. Recently, several Important Bird Areas were
Warden’s Report Oak Bay Islands Ecological Reserve 2000
During 2000, the warden made 13 visits to the reserve. Most of these visits were for general survey purposes but other visits were for beach clean-up on Alpha and Griffin Islets, preliminary wildflower survey on Jemmy Jones Islet, Double-crested Cormorant nest count on Great Chain Island and broom removal on Griffin Islet. On five occasions
Chain Islets Important Bird Area Conservation Plan
Marilyn Lambert and Barry P. Booth did this report in January, 2001 for the IBA Program, an International initiative coordinated by Birdlife International, a partnership of member-based organizations in over 1200 countries seeking to identify and Conserve sites important to all bird species worldwide. See the full 4 page PDF :Chain Islets IBA report 2001
Protecting British Columbia’s Rockfish
Since the provincial government does not have jurisdiction over fishing, the waters of Race Rocks and some other marine ecological reserves are protected by the Federal government’s Rockfish Conservation Area strategy. This program prevents fishing in the reserve. The problem is that it may not be permanent, so continued protection of all of the organisms
IBA Chain Islets and Great Chain Birds ( ER# 94)
From: http://www.bsc-eoc.org/iba/site.jsp?siteID=BC045 IBA Chain Islets & Great Chain Islet Victoria, British Columbia Site Summary BC045 Latitude Longitude 48.42° N 123.269° W Elevation Size 0 – 5 m 1.38 km² Habitats: scrub/shrub, sedge/grass meadows, mud or sand flats (saline), open sea, coastal cliffs/rocky shores (marine), rocky flats & barrens Land Use: Nature conservation and research Potential
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
Harbour Seal Reactions to Killer whales
Pam Stacey and Robin Baird did this research off Trial Island, Oak Bay and Chain Islands and ten Mile Point See the PDF: Stacey and Baird Whale_sea reactions
Behavioral Ecology of Transient Killer Whales ( Orcinus orca) around Southern Vancouver Island, B.C. Preliminary Research Summary
Robin Baird and Pam Stacey prepared this report and a summary and synthesis of data collected on all aspects of Transient Killer whale behaviour, pod dynamics , and ecology in southern B.C. See the complete PDF ( 41 pages)foraging_behaviour_of_transient_killer_whales
Foraging Behaviour of transient Killer Whales
A report by Robin Baird and Pam Stacey, 1987
Census of Double-crested and Pelagic Cormorants Breeding on Chain Islets ER -August 1983
A report by Wayne Campbell: Observers Jane Algard,Wayne Campbell,Richard Gibbs, Phil Nott, Marilyn Paul, and Phyllida Riseborough did a complete census of all islets . On Greater Chain Island for example there were a total of 522 nests with 351 eggs and 735 young. See the complete PDF: census_of_double-crested_and_pelagic_cormorants
Ecological reserves and some other Locations in Southern Vancouver island as Sites for Marine Research.
Brent Bisgrove did a paper for Dr. D.V. Ellis , Biology 490, U.Vic. in June 1982 . This is the part referring to Er # 94 See the Complete fPDF : ers_and_other_sites_for_marine_research