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Krebs 1974 Colonial Nesting and Social feeding as Strategies for exploiting food resources in the Great Blue Heron, ( Ardea Herodias)

7FebruaryMike Fenger74, Reports, Research

files pdf : Krebs_1974_Blue_Heron_Ecology

1974 Vertebrate List Saturna ,Mount Tuam, Mount Maxwell ERs

2FebruaryMike Fenger15, 16, 37, Research, Species ListCatherine Guest, Rana aurora aurora, red-legged frog

PDF file: Catherine Guest (U Vic) 1974, Vertebrates Saturna Mt Tuam Mt Maxwell Below: one of the vertebrates in the survey, The Northern red-legged frog (Rana aurora aurora) photo by G.Fletcher

Survey of Educational and Research Use of the University Endowment Lands

21AugustGarry Fletcher74, Management, Reports, Research

Art Klassen reports on a survey done in 1982 by the Greater Vancouver regional District Parks Department of educational use of the UBC endowment lands See PDF Klassen_1983_Survery_Education_Research_Use_UBC_Endownment_Lands

1973 Application for Ecological Reserve: Boulton Lake

19AprilFred Beinhauer52, ER Proposals, Maps, Reports, Research

1973 Application for Ecological Reserve: Boulton Lake Here is a link to the application, 1973 Boulton Lake Application for ER, proposed to protect three-spined sticklebacks. The location of the proposed ER is below Drizzle Lake, ER # 52. Here is a link to the map area, http://tinyurl.com/cljq9b5.

1973 Proposed Mayer Lake Ecological Reserve

20MarchFred Beinhauer10, 9, ER Proposals, Reports, Research

Mayer Lake of Haida Gwaii is the largest lake in the Naikoon Provincial Park (located south-west corner of the park, http://tinyurl.com/dxlhenf) on Graham Island near both the Tlell and Port Clements areas. Nestled on the southern tip of Mayer Lake is a small picnic campground park with a boat launch. The area is enclosed with

Application for Ecological Reserve at Drizzle lake

5JuneGarry Fletcher52, Reports

Alex Pedden of the BC Prov. Museum submitted this application for ER status in 1972 See comlete PDF:application_for_ecological_reserve

The Gerridaae ( Hemiptera) of British Columbia

12AugustGarry Fletcher35, Rare Species, Research, Species List

G. Scudder records eight species of Gerris from BC The distribution and co-existence is documented and a key to the species is included. Collections were made from Westwick lake among others. Published in Entomological Society of BC 68 (1971), Aug.1 1971 In this PDF, scrolldown to the second paper; cannings_&_scudder_1977_diptera_saline_lakes_central_bc_westwick_er

The Future of the Skagit Valley

13JuneGarry Fletcher106, 21, 22, 89, Reports, Species List

The Skagit Valley Study group submitted this report in 1971 See PDF: future_of_the_skagit_valley

Seabirds Breeding along the East Coast of Moresby Island, QCI, BC -1971

17MayGarry Fletcher44, Marine Reserves, Research, Species List

Kenneth Summers conducterd this survey between May 17 and July 17 of 1971. Forty Five colony locations are described. published in Syesis, Vol 7 1974 See the complete PDF: summers_1973_seabird_breeding_east_moresby_syesis

Ecological Reserves Created in British Columbia May4 , 1971

4MayGarry FletcherBC Parks, ER, History, News, Reports

By Jenny L. Feick, PhD. “On May 4, 1971, the Government of British Columbia became the first jurisdiction in Canada to pass legislation to protect ecological reserves. May 2021 marks the 50th anniversary of the Ecological Reserves Act and regulations and the establishment of B.C.’s first ecological reserves. Ecological reserves are permanent sanctuaries, located throughout

A List of Seabird nesting sites in Barkley Sound, BC– 1971

29AprilGarry Fletcher24, Reports, Research, Species ListAmerican Black Oystercatchers, Boreal Petrel, brandt's cormorant, Cassin's Auklet, Charles Guiguet, fork-tailed petrel, Glaucous-winged Gull, marbled murrelet, Pelagic Cormorant, pigeon guillemot, Rhinocerous auklet, Tufted Puffin

Provincial Museum and UBC field parties conducted bird and mammal investigations in Barkley Sound from 1954 to 1970 inclusive. 55 of approx. 55 islands,islets and reefs were visited. Nesting sites of 6 species of sea birds previously unrecorded are lsited. See the complete paper –PDF file: barkley_sound_sea_bird_nesting_sites

Seasonal Changes in the Limnology of Some Meromictic Lakes in Southern BC

5SeptemberGarry Fletcher130, Research

For the complete article, see this PDF file: Limnology research paper

Botanical and Physiographic Reconnaissance of Northern BC

6AugustGarry Fletcher68, Geology, Reports, Species List

In the summer of 1969 , Stanley L. Walsh and J.Keith Rigby surveyed the Sustut Basin and surrounding mountains in Northern BC . This report describes the physiography and geology of the region and plant communities are enumerated with an annotated list of 205 species , 11 subspecies and 35 varieties collected. See the PDF

1969 International Biological Programme, Conservation of Terrestrial Biological Communities – Lilypad Lake

22JuneFred Beinhauer5, Management, Maps, Reports, Research, Species ListTom Northcote

On June 5. 1969, T.G. Northcote, and P.G. Haddock, with assistance of Mr. John L. Shephard and Miss Joan E. Heriot from the North Okanagan Naturalists Club, made a brief survey of Lilypad Lake, southeast of Vernon, to evaluate its potential as an Ecological Reserve. Species list and maps included Author: Northcote, T. G. Date

The Distribution of two species of Cenocorixa in Inland Saline lakes of BC.

12JuneGarry Fletcher35, Research

C.C.E.Scudder published this report in the Journal of the entomological Society of BC Vol 66 ( 1969), Aug 1. See the complete PDF:scudder_1969_two_cenocorixa_saline_lakes_westwick_er the photo below is a temporary one of a water boatman until a photo of the correct species is obtained. Corixa punctata from the Netherlands (species uncertain)photo by Piet Spaans

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