Katherine Tye ER #116 Management Statement

(This statement is intended for use in conjunction with the descriptive text and map pages supplied in the “Guide to Ecological Reserves in British Columbia”). Features Requiring Special Management Consideration: A small population of the rare and endangered . The orchids are not consistently flowering every year. As many as 100 specimens were observed by

Meridian Road ER #78 Overview, Biological and Physical

MERIDIAN ROAD (VANDERHOOF) ORIGINAL PURPOSE :To retain a sample of mature Engelmann spruce – Subalpine fir forest  representative of uplands within the Nechako Plateau OVERVIEW Date established:  15 Dec. 1977 Location:  40 km S of Vanderhoof  53º39’N  124º01’W Total Area: Land:  262 ha Elevation: 1,190-1,240 m Access: Access via rough logging roads from Vanderhoof. One 

Anne Vallee ( Triangle Island) Ecological reserve #13 Overview: Biological and Physical

ORIGINAL PURPOSE To protect large colonies of breeding seabirds, other nesting birds, endemic mammals and their habitat on one of B.C.’s most remote islands Physical: This is a rugged, triangular-shaped island with associated offshore islets and reefs, situated on the Cook Bank. The island has steep outer slopes, and an undulating central plateau. Soils are

Breeding distribution, habitat selection and factors affecting coloniality in eared grebes in BC

Thesis of Andre Mario Breault See the PDF: westwick UBC_1990 .pdf Title: Breeding distribution, habitat selection and factors affecting coloniality in eared grebes in British Columbia Author: Breault, Andre Mario Degree Master of Science – MSc Program Zoology Copyright Date: 1990 Subject Keywords Grebes; Birds — Breeding; Birds — Habitat Abstract: In this study, I

Heather lake Ecological Reserve ER #87

ORIGINAL PURPOSE To protect representative trembling aspen stands and associated vegetation  and fauna within the Sub-Boreal Spruce Zone OVERVIEW Physical: The reserve encompasses an elongate, well-drained, northwest-southeast trending ridge with a low, rounded summit. The ridge lies at the eastern edge of the floor of the Rocky Mountain Trench, a structurally controlled valley with considerable