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Field’s Lease ER #33 Maps

Two maps adapted from the BC Parks Website

Oribatid Mites ( Acari: orbatida) of Hayne’s Lease ER

8AprilGarry Fletcher100, Reports, Species ListExechocepheus, oribatid mites, Passalozettes

Valerie M. Behan-Pelletier of Biosystematics Research Centre , Agriculture Canada, Ottawa did this research in the 1980s. Oribatida are a quantitatively important component of most soils. They affect litter decomposition by feeding on and dispersing fungi, and by stimulating senescent fungal colonies through grazing. See the PDF: oribatid_mites_of_haynes_lease It notes that two generas were found

Hayne’s Lease Araneae (Spiders) (2)

8AprilGarry Fletcher100, Reports, Species List

Hayne’s Lease Araneae: ( Spiders) Spencer Entomological Museum, UBC, Determined by C.Dondale and J. Redner haynes_lease_araneae_in_spencer_entomological_museum

The Osoyos Arid Biotic Area

8AprilGarry Fletcher100, Reports, Species ListAmbystoma tigrinum slater, Antelope Brush, Antrozous pallididus cantwelli, bitterroot, Canyon wren, Eumeces skiltonianus, Great-basin spadefoot toad, Lewisia rediviva, myotis leibii melananorhinus, Opuntia fragilis, Pallid bat, Purshia tridentata, Scaphiopus intermontanus, short-horned lizard, small footed bat, Tiger salamander, western skink

G.G.E. Scudder of the Dept of Zoology, UBC The Osoyoos-arid Biotic Area has a distinctive faunal assemblege found nowhere else in Canada. Some of the species are found nowhere else in British Columbia. While they may not all be endangered, that they occur to the south, the populations in BC are peripheral ones. See the

Beresford Island ER #12 Overview: Physical and Biological

5AprilGarry Fletcher12, Reports, Species ListAbalone, Black, brandt's cormorant, Cassin's Auklet, Common Murre, Deermouse, Fork-tailed, Leach’s, Oystercatcher, Pelagic Cormorant, Peregrine Falcon spp. pealei, peromyscus maniculatus, Pigeon Guillemots, Storm-petrel

Original Purpose: To protect colonies of nesting seabirds and their habitat Physical: A small, rocky island, roughly oval in shape, which rises steeply from deep water to a rounded top. The shore is rock and the upper slopes tend to have less soil cover than Triangle and Sartine islands. A number of rocks and reefs

Sartine Islands Ecological Reserve Ecological Overview, Physical and Biological

5AprilGarry Fletcher11, Rare Species, Reports, Species Listbrandt's cormorant, Cassin's Auklet, Common Murre, Northern Abalone, Peregrine Falcon spp. pealei, Sea Otter, Steller Sea Lion, Tufted Puffin

Original Purpose: To protect colonies of breeding seabirds and their habitat Physical: This is a rugged, elongate island which rises steeply from the sea to a series of pinnacles and humps. The shoreline is rock, rising directly from the water, except for a narrow boulder beach along the northeastern shore. Though steep, most of the

Buck Hills Road map

30MarchGarry Fletcher6, Maps

A topographic map of Buck Hills Road Ecological Reserve.

New Species of Oligochaetes from Kerouard and Anthony Islands : Randy Baker

30MarchGarry Fletcher95, 96, People, Rare Species, Research, Species ListBathydrilus, Family Randiellidae, Grania, Oligochaeta, Order Randiellida, Pectinodrilus tempedstatis, Phallodrilus, Randy Baker, Subclass Randiellata, Tubificoides

Several species new to science of the class Oligochaeta were sampled in the Queen Charlotte Islands (Haida Gwaii) by Randy Baker in 1980. His samples were from the West side of Anthony Island in the mid-intertidal sediment , and on Kerourd Island from near the the south west side of St. James Island. See the

Detailed map of Anthony Island reserve

29MarchGarry Fletcher95, Maps

A map showing the location of Anthony Islets reserve in relation to the other parts of Haida Gwaii

Alpine Plant Communities of British Columbia : 1980

20MarchFred Beinhauer31, 34, 39, 46, 59, 64, 68, 70, Reports, Research

1980 Alpine Plant Communities of British Columbia and Their Occurrence in Existing or Proposed Ecological Reserves by George W. Douglas, Douglas Ecological Consultants Ltd. Link to report, 1980 Alpine Plant Communities. Alpine vegetation in British Columbia has received little attention from scientists and land managers. Unfortunately, most of the work that has been done remains

The sea Otter in BC: A Problem or Opportunity

7MarchGarry Fletcher109, Reports

A.C.M. Farr and F.L. Bunnel report presented to a Symposium on Threatened Species and habitats in March 1980. History is also presented. See PDF: sea_otter_in_bc_problem_opportunity

Map of ER #15 Saturna Island

6MarchGarry Fletcher15, Maps, Reports

Map showing the location of research plots for the Fungi study by by Janszen 2001

Preliminary Results of a Baseline Study of the Lower Tsitika River and Estuary, May, June and July, 1979

5MarchGarry Fletcher111, 124, Maps, Reports, Research

DFO investigation on Fisheries resources and ecosystem parameters of the Lower Tsitika River. See the 27 page PDF: preliminary_results_of_a_baseline_study

Flora List for Mahoney lake

5FebruaryGarry Fletcher130, Species List

Fish changes in diets of nestling Rhinocerous Auklets and their implications

3FebruaryGarry Fletcher13, ResearchRhinocerous auklet

by Kees Vermeer and S.Jergen Westrheim PDF: nestling_auklet_diet_changes

Chilliwack lake Management Plan, 1980

3FebruaryGarry Fletcher98, Reports

This is the early management plan for the ER. It has now been replaced with a more recent one ( 2002) A. INTRODUCTION The Chilliwack River flows westward from glacier- fed Chilliwack Lake to the flood plain of the lower Fraser River. Its broad valley, framed by the western Cascade Mountains, lies in the wet

Takla Lake Ecological Reserve location map

2FebruaryGarry Fletcher38, Maps

The following map has been provided by BC Parks:

Doc English Bluffs ER Application letter to Ministry of Transport , 1979

1NovemberGarry Fletcher101, ReportsER Application, moon road

Doc English Bluffs and Moon Road image by Anna Roberts, 1982

The Behavior and Population Structure of Sea Otters transplanted to Vancouver Island,BC 1979

5OctoberGarry Fletcher109, Research

Bigg and MacAskie did the first behaviour survey of Sea Otters in the Bunsby Islands . 55 at Busby Islands and 15 at Bajo Reef, the survivors from the 89 transplanted from Alaska 1969-72. PDF : sea_otter_behaviour_population 1979

Big Creek Ecological Reserve Proposal

26SeptemberGarry Fletcher127, Maps, ReportsHans Roemer, mule deer

Located at the Confluence of Big Creek and the Chilcotin River, ca 30 km ESE of Hanceville… includes maps and airphotos. To protect an exceptionally well-preserved natural grassland ecosystems representative for the lower elevations bunchgrass prairie of the Chilcotin. Also protection for the resident mule deer herd and its predators. See the PDF file: Roemer