PLANT LIST ECOLOGICAL RESERVE #76, FRASER RIVER, 2024
PLANT LIST ECOLOGICAL RESERVE #76, FRASER RIVER, 2024 Plants identified by Frank Lomer Apr 22, Sept 15 & 30, Oct 7 & 8, 2024; includes plants confirmed on old plant list; plants not confirmed are listed separately at the end Genus Species Common Name Exotic – E Invasive TREES Or RARE – Blue-, Red-listed Acer
Pink Mountain. and I –by Ron Long
Link to the pdf version : Pink Mountain BC Nature article Note: tentative identification of 44 significantly rare species Pink Mountain BC Nature article
Columbia Lake Ecological Reserve #20 Warden Report, 2023
The report is available in this PDF link Columbia Lake Ecological Reserve Warden Report 2023_final Link to the iNaturalist entries: https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/columbia-lake-ecological-reserve. Report completed by: Ian W. Hatter, ER Warden for Columbia Lake Ecological Reserve, and Dr. Jenny Feick, ER Warden for Mt. Sabine Ecological Reserve. All photos were taken by Jenny Feick. Report completion date:
Triangle Island IBA. BC Nature Visit
BC Nature’s IBA/KBA Coordinator mentioned two areas that are ERs in his recent report to the BC Nature board. Triangle Island (ER #13, no warden) In B.C. Nature’s first visit to the Scott Island Group IBA we joined Coastal Rainforest Safari and their Tlatlasikwala staff to visit Triangle Island. This, and ensuing discussions with both the
Race Rocks Ecological Reserve Proposed as a KBA – Key biodiversity area
In June 2023 Ian Adams presented for the Annual General Meeting of Friends of Ecological Reserves on the Key Biodiversity Areas program in Canada. This presentation is available here: https://ecoreserves.bc.ca/2023/06/07/key-biodiversity-areas-ian-adams-fer-agm-june-2023/ The website of KBA Canada is here: https://gis.natureserve.ca/portal/apps/dashboards/8a89d50ea0b04c7790e19791ab9ae6e8 Race Rocks Ecological Reserve is on the list of proposed KBAs in British Columbia along with several
Conservation Options for the Elk and Flathead Valleys and The Proposed Fording River Grasslands ER#159
Click here for the full report: Elk Flathead Stetski FINAL. the complete PDF file Attached is a copy of my report, commissioned by Parks Canada, on Conservation Options for the Elk and Flathead River Valleys in SEBC. This is a critical area in the Yellowstone to Yukon corridor. I will be presenting on the report
The Life and Legacy of Harvey Janszen
This presentation was made by Andrew Simon and Pam Janszen at the AGM of Friends of Ecological Reserves, April 21,2022 PART 1 PART 2 PART 3 PART 4 Part1 Part2
BRYOPHYTES ON THE SUMMIT OF PINK MOUNTAIN
Published at: https://www.ou.edu/cas/botany-micro/ben/ben533.html#6 BRYOPHYTES ON THE SUMMIT OF PINK MOUNTAIN, NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA From: Wu, E.T.Y., D.P. Mosquin, & R.D. Guy. 2018. An Inventory of Bryophytes on the Summit of Pink Mountain (Peace River District, British Columbia, Canada). Western North American Naturalist 78(1): 17-25. 78(1), 17-25, (12 April 2018) https://doi.org/10.3398/064.078.0104 Abstract The bryophyte diversity in northern
Phragmites australis var. americanus in Ecological Reserves?
I have had an ongoing question about the native Common Reed grass Phragmites australis var americanus and its occurence in Ecological Reserves . Two Reserves have had it listed in plant surveys in the past, but I have been unable to determine whether it still exists in those reserves. Recently, John Field, the Ecological Reserve
Nunataks and Nootka : The Brooks Penninsula, Vancouver Island’s Ice Age Refugium, by Jim Pojar
Jim Pojar in February of 1981, as a member of the British Columbia Forest Service wrote this paper . “a small intact west coast drainage system, biologically representative but with several floristic rarities; vegetation modified by extreme exposure; an estuary and a sand beach ecosystem; and the possibility (which needs further investigation) that the Brooks
VASCULAR PLANTS OF BROWNE LAKE ECOLOGICAL RESERVE
Peter Courtney, who along with George Scotter and the Central Okanagan Naturalists’ Club botany group have documented the plants found in the Browne Lake Ecological Reserve near Kelowna. He sent warden Don Guild his updated list of their findings. VASCULAR PLANTS OF BROWNE LAKE ECOLOGICAL RESERVE Peter Courtney, March 2021 INTRODUCTION At the request of
Oceans Protection Plan Dialogue Forum – Transport Canada February 17-19 2021
Mike Fenger and Garry Fletcher will participate in the Oceans Protection Forum online February 17-19 . The Annotated_Agenda_2 We have several concerns as a result of our experience as Intervenors in both of the Hearings of the National Energy Board and produced a number of reports as a result of the process. Our participation in
Rare Species Observed on Fraser Islands Ecological Reserve #76
Rare Species observed on ER #76, pdf (1)
Update on Clack Creek Logging and Robert’s Creek Headwaters Forest
May 26: Update from Elphinstone Logging Focus Please note that Roberts Creek Headwaters Forest has been removed from the BCTS Planning Schedule. For a few years it appeared as an OGMA, but they don’t want that designation. The BCTS Forest Planner at the time (Norm Kempe in Campbell River) urged us to contact FoER and have you folks submit it as an ER
Forestry Policy Update on Rubus nivalis
When we were concerned about the logging policies in the Elphinstone area , the BC Timber Sales Interim Management Protocol for Rubus nivalis was outlined. Since then there has been an update on the status of this species PDF of the Policy :tsg_rubus_nivalis_protocol_update_May_2012 May 2012 Page 1 Rubus Nivalis: Rationale for Discontinuing Protocol (May 2012)
Research Projects on Pink Mountain
Research Projects Pink Mountain is an ideal location for many kinds of Arctic /alpine research. The summit plateau offers tundra, geological phenomena, most arctic/alpine plants, insects and butterflies. It is relatively close and has road access. The summit is long but narrow making any research site only a short distance from the road. Botanical Studies: A
Pink Mountain Website
Link to the website on Pink Mountain by Ron Long
Fraser River Ecological Reserve #76 Warden’s Report Oct 2019
Ecological Reserve Wardens Bev and Bill Ramey submitted this report on a visit to the Ecological reserve on October 29, 2019 See this pdf at: FER #76 2019, October 29, for FER November 2019 saw a fresh water mussel shell, in similar location to shells found Dec 2014, and in a couple of other subsequent