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
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 are adapted from the BC Parks website:
Three maps of the area devoted to the Ecological reserve. See the PDF: pitt_er_map_crane_reserve3
ORIGINAL PURPOSE To preserve a fragment of the rapidly disappearing Fraser Valley boglands Physical: The reserve is situated near the northern edge of the Fraser Lowland on a large deltaic plain. Surficial materials originated from Pleistocene glaciation, subsequent marine invasion, and finally deposition of river-borne sediments. The Fraser River sediments, which originated as floodplain and
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
Hydrology and wildlife management. See The PDFducks_unlimited_1992_operational-plans_addington_point_pitt-polder-ER
This contains a good set of maps, hydrology information and management objectives. PDF :ducks_unlimited_1992_pitt_wildlife_mgmt_area_plan
Hans Roemer reviews the Draft management plan as of 1992. The plan is also presented . A species list is included See the complete PDF:roemer-1992-pitt-addington_wildlife_area-mgmt_plan
Barry A. Leach of the Institute of Environmental Studies, Douglas College, NewWestminster, BC presented this report on Grus canadensis. It is comprised of the historical context and the reasons for decline in population. See complete PDF:sandhill_crane_in_lower_fraser_valley