ORIGINAL PURPOSE To protect an area of montane and subalpine flora and fauna representative for the North West Cascade Ecosection and protect rare species and special karst habitat. Physical: The reserve consists of the three south/north-draining valleys and headwaters of Liumchen Creek, between the international border and their confluence. The two western of these parallel
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ORIGINAL PURPOSE To protect a site for research on sub-boreal forest types on a poor site, adjacent bogland, and intermediate vegetation types. Physical: The reserve is located on a flat outwash plain about 15 km west of the Parsnip Reach of Williston Lake. It encompasses the southern end of a huge treeless bog which stretches
ORIGINAL PURPOSE To conserve undisturbed ponderosa pine-grassland vegetation. The following is from the BC Parks report. Physical: The reserve is in the bottom of the deeply incised the river cuts westward through the north end of the Cascade Range to join the Fraser. It consists of gently sloping benchlands which give way to steep, gullied
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EXTENDED ESSAY IN BIOLOGY Intertidal Zonation of Halosaccion glandiforme: A Focus on height and slope as factors of zonation. ALEX C. FLETCHER, JANUARY 14, 2002 Lester B. Pearson College of the Pacific See the original at this link ABSTRACT An intertidal study of the organism Halosaccion glandiforme was performed at Race Rocks Marine Protected Area
ORIGINAL PURPOSE: To protect nesting seabirds, raptors and marine environments The land area, less than 4% in total, is comprised of four significant islands and many associated islets and reefs, located in four groups. These are the outermost islands of the central mainland coast, located within an area of low relief along the eastern edge
Author S. Scott Wallace Article first published online: 24 DEC 2001, Conservation Biology Volume 13, Issue 4, pages 882–887, August 1999 DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1739.1999.98117.x Abstract: Marine reserves have been suggested as tools for assisting the management of fisheries by protecting vulnerable marine species from overexploitation. Although there is a theoretical basis for believing that marine reserves may serve as management tools,
Sutton Pass Adder’s Tongue Survey Prepared by: David Reedman Resource Technician, BC Parks November 6, 2001 For full PDF click here SuttonPassAdder.pdf For more information click this link Introduction Sutton Pass Ecological Reserve is located approximately 40 kilometres west of Port Alberni on the south side of Highway 4. This reserve was designated primarily for
Ecological Reserve 15, Saturna Island, Terrestrial Ecosystem Inventory, by Harvey Janszen, 2001 For access to the complete report please click on this link to the file ER15TE. In the summer of 1996 the Ministry of Environment, Lands and Parks undertook a project to inventory the untenured Crown land of Saturna Island for a proposed woodlot license
from Menziesia: Newsletter of the NPSBC Native Plant Society of British Columbia 7 (1): 8 – 11. Thinking like a dynamic mosaic: Towards a strategy for conserving northern Garry oak ecosystems * part 1 Gordon Brent Ingram Tuesday * October 16, 2001 * The Richmond Natural History 4 Thinking like a dynamic mosaic: Conservation planning
This report by Rosamund Pojar covers observations between 1986 and 2001
This map is included in the 2001 annual report on Fungi by Harvey and Pam Janszen
Introduction : By Pam Janszen This research project began in August of 1997 when I was granted permission to do fungal inventory and research work in Winter Cove Provincial Park and Ecological Reserve # 15, both on Saturna Island. Since that time I have made 87 trips into the Reserve and 61 trips to the
Gjerdrum, C. 2001. Nestling growth and parental provisioning of Tufted Puffins (Fratercula cirrhala) on Triangle Island, British Columbia. MSc, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC. 117 pp. Masters of Science Thesis Abstract I studied the reproductive performance of tufted puffins (Fratercula cirrhata) on Triangle Island, British Columbia during two years when reproduction was successful. Complete reproductive
We regularly report and record images of branded Sea Lions which haul out at Race Rocks. The images are sent to Pat Gearin of NOAA in the US who identifies the history of the animal which has been part of their research. In this report, there is a photo index of many of those animals
Taco Niet and Dr. Ged McLean of the Institute for Integrated Energy Systems, University of Victoria presents a renewable energy plan for Race Rocks. This paper was presented at the 11th Canadian Hydrogen conference, June 17, 2001 in Victoria. See the PDF: tacopaper Abstract: Race Rocks is a small archipelago located just Southwest of Victoria,