Primary Role: The primary role of Nimpkish River Ecological Reserve is to preserve an exceptional growing site that supports Canada’s tallest coastal Douglas-fir forest. The majority of the Douglas-firs are estimated to be about 360 years old, but a few large-diameter specimens belong to an older generation that could be 500 to 600 years old.
Ecological Reserves are areas selected to preserve representative and special natural ecosystems, plant and animal species, features and phenomena. The key goal of ecological reserves is to contribute to the maintenance of biological diversity and the protection of genetic materials. All consumptive resource uses and the use of motorized vehicles are prohibited. Research and educational
We are highlighting this Management Plan here because of the way that BC Parks involved the community in it’s design. A quote from the acknowledgments: “BC Parks staff have prepared this management plan with assistance from a Francis Point advisory group, the McQuarrie family, The Nature Trust of British Columbia, and the Nature Conservancy of
Primary Role The primary role of Sartine Island Ecological Reserve is to protect internationally important nesting sites and terrestrial habitat for breeding birds, many of which are rare and endangered. Together with Triangle Island Ecological Reserve and Beresford Island Ecological Reserve, it represents the single most important seabird area in Pacific Canada. This highly productive
Access to the reserve was again intermittent due to periods when work at the gravel pit kept staff too busy to unlock the gate. The following visits were made :3rd May – Access not obtained.20th June – The area around the last lake at the south end was checked with no evidence of disturbance seen.A
Blackwater Creek Ecological Reserve Purpose Statement The Blackwater Creek Ecological Reserve is located between Blackwater Creek and Williston Lake, 43 km northwest of Mackenzie. The ecological reserve is 234 ha in size, and protects a site for research on sub-boreal forest types on a poor site, adjacent bogland, and intermediate vegetation types. See the Complete
BALLINGALL ISLETS ECOLOGICAL RESERVE Purpose Statement Ecological reserves are areas selected to preserve representative and special natural ecosystems, plant and animal species, features and phenomena. The key goal of ecological reserves is to contribute to the maintenance of biological diversity and the protection of genetic materials. All consumptive resource uses and the use of motorized
CARP LAKE PROVINCIAL PARK AND PROTECTED AREA and MACKINNON ESKER ECOLOGICAL RESERVE Purpose Statement and Zoning Plan Carp Lake Park is 38,612 ha in area and represents the undulating, glaciated landscape of the Nechako Lowlands Ecosection. The park is 32 km west of Highway 97 and 141 km north of Prince George. The park includes
Itcha Ilgachuz Provincial Park and Ilgachuz Range Ecological Reserve See the 58 page PDF hereitcha_ilgachuz_mp(1) Plan Highlights Cariboo-Chilcotin Land-Use Plan Commitments This Management Plan for Itcha Ilgachuz Park and Ilgachuz Range Ecological Reserve was developed with the direct involvement of several Advisory Groups comprising a wide variety of interests and perspectives. The Advisory Groups
Physical: The reserve is located near the dissected southwestern edge of the Thompson Plateau in the Similkameen River watershed. Regional soils are predominantly developed on glacial drift. The reserve straddles a low east-west oriented ridge and so has both southerly and northerly exposed slopes. Mean annual precipitation has been only slightly higher than that recorded
From The Sunshine Coast Conservation Association Newsletter Issue 5 PO Box 1969, Sechelt, BC, V0N 3A0; July/2002 Ambrose Lake Watershed to be Logged? by John Field (ER Warden) The Sunshine Coast’s only ecological reserve, at Ambrose Lake on the northern Sechelt Peninsula, is threatened by a new proposal to log a large area immedi- ately
Abstract The creation of a marine protected area in British Columbia is a political process that must reconcile the wants of several jurisdictions and interests. One forum for consultation and reconciliation is a consensus process, where individuals representing differing interests engage in long-term, face-to-face discussions, seeking agreement on strategy, plans, policies, and actions. LeRoy, S.,
Draft Management Plan for the Garry Oak (Quercus Garryana) Stand in and Adjacent to the Yale Ecological Reserve, Yale, British Columbia (Including Details of Activities to Date) March 31, 2002 Link to PDF report: 2002 Garry Oak Yale ER 144 Management Plan.
(Including Details of Activities to Date) March 31, 2002 Prepared by: Biospherics Environmental Inc. 1. INTRODUCTION This document describes initial restoration-related activities and presents a draft restoration plan for the Garry oak (Quercus garryana) stand in and adjacent to the Yale Ecological Reserve north-east of Yale, British Columbia (Appendix 1, Fig. 1). The Yale Garry
2002 Restoration Plan for Dionisio Point Provincial Park Galiano Island Prepared by: Nathan Gaylor Odin Scholz Keith Erickson May 2002 Link to PDF report: 2002RestorationPlanforDionisioPointProvincialParkGalianoIsland-FIA2002MR027. At the landscape level, Dionisio plays an important role in the protected areas strategy for Galiano Island. Connectivity between existing protected areas running from mid-island to the northern most point
Satellite Channel Ecological Reserve #067 (ER67), located between Saltspring Island and Saanich Peninsula, was designated in 1975 to conserve rich benthic communities typical of fine-grained, level-bottom environments in the southern Gulf Islands (Figure 1). Under the Ecological Reserve Act, industrial uses are prohibited in ecological reserves (ER) to protect the environmental values associated with these
