Cougar Canyon E.R. 108 Warden’s report 1999/2000

COUGAR CANYON ECOLOGICAL RESERVE – E.R. 108 ANNUAL REPORT 1999/2000 Management and Visits 99.04.16 South end check. Recent fireplace use just outside reserve on east side of Lake 11. Check of salamander trap boards put out in previous October. 99.05.24          South end. Dragonfly survey. 99.06.18 South end. Dragonfly survey. Image of   Enallagma cyathigerum, one of

Torkelson Lake Ecological Reserve Biological and Physical Overview

From the BC Parks Website. ORIGINAL PURPOSE To retain an accessible northern bog-forest complex for research and educational uses See the Full PDF:Torkelsen Lake ER 73 Physical: This reserve is on flanked by mountains rising to 1200 m or higher. Except for a hill on its western side, most of the reserve is flat and

MacKinnon Esker ER #36– Biological and Physical Overview

ORIGINAL PURPOSE To protect a segment of the longest known esker in British Columbia and vegetation types characteristic of eskers. Physical: The central feature of this reserve is a superb segment of the Mackinnon compound esker, a sinuous ridge reported to be over 50 km long, the longest such landform in the province. The esker

Ballingall Islets ER #151 Overview

ORIGINAL PURPOSE To preserve nesting sites of colonial seabirds Physical: This small rocky archipelago is comprised of two islets that are made up of glaciated and wave-worn sedimentary bedrock of the Nanaimo Group, and are oriented in a northwest-southeast direction located between Saltspring and Galiano islands in the Trincomali Channel. These semi-protected islets are barren

Baeria Rocks Overview

Closed to the public by Order-in-Council no. 1920, 16 June 1977 to protect nesting birds which are very vulnerable to disturbance. A permit is required to land on the rocks and they are accessible by boat. Physical: The terrestrial part of the reserve consists of two low bedrock islands 500 m apart, the southern of

The Ecological Niche of Anthopleura elegantissina at Race Rocks

by: Santiago Salinas Candidate number: 0034 – 119 Subject: Biology Best Language Spanish Student , Lester B. Pearson College of the Pacific Submitted as partial fulfillment for the International Baccalaureate diploma program, January 2000 from the original: http://www.racerocks.com/racerock/research/santiago/santiago.htm   Abstract As with any other species at Race Rocks, Anthopleura elegantissima is an important member of

Baynes Island, Biological and Physical Overview

ORIGINAL PURPOSE: To preserve floodplain cottonwood stands for purposes of hybridization and stock improvement Biological: Baynes Island, except for narrow gravel bars at its perimeter, is completely forested. One community of shrubs and four forest communities have been described. Shrub stands, of limited extent, are dominated by the tall shrubs Pacific willow and Pacific ninebark.

RAM CREEK ER #26 Overview: Biological and Physical

RAM CREEK ER #26 ORIGINAL PURPOSE Protection of warmsprings and very restricted plant communities and rare plants against recreational and other damage Se the complete PDF: Ram Creek ER 26 OVERVIEW Date established:29 July 1971 ORC #:3026 Map number:82 J/4 Location:20 km SE of Canal Flats Latitude:50º02’N Longitude:115º36’W Total Area:121 ha Land:121 ha Elevation: 1,370-1,615 m