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Warden’s report on Doc English Bluffs, 1985

30MayGarry Fletcher101, Rare Species, Warden ReportsDraba reptans, Golden Eagles, Rubber boa, White-throated Swifts

Anna Roberts reports on her observations in the field in 1985

Vegetation Classification of the Endowment lands

21AprilGarry Fletcher74, Rare Species, Reports, Research, Species List

Grant Thompson compiled this description of vegetation communities and a comprehensive annotated list of flora in 1985. See the 116 page PDF: Thompson_1985_Vegetation_Classification_UBC_Endownment_Lands

Population Trends in Nesting Double-crested and Pelagic Cormorants in Canada

22JulyGarry Fletcher17, Issues, Management, Rare Species, Research

Breeding Populations of Double-Crested Cormorants and Pelagic Cormorants were surveyed in the Strait of Georgia, BC in 1983. Double-crested Cormorant numbers have increased 2.4 fold and Pelagic Cormorant numbers 1.1 fold since 1975 PDF: canoe_islets_cormorant_article By Kees Vermeer and Leo Rankin Click on the introduction to the article below:

Vegetation and Foraging Ecology of the Vancouver Island marmot, Marmota vancouverensis

15JulyGarry Fletcher117, Rare Species, ResearchMarc Bell, Marmota vancouverensis, Robert Milko

Thesis , Department of biology U.Vic Robert Joseph Milko, July 1984 vancouver _island_marmot_foraging_thesis

Nimpkish River Ecological Reserve Tall Trees report 1983, and letters.

15NovemberGarry Fletcher118, History, Logging old-growth, Rare Species, ReportsDouglas-fir, krajina, Vladimir Krajina

George Lepore, Director Area D( Nimpkish) Regional District of Mount Waddington did this report for the Wilderness Advisory Committee in 1983, before the creation of the reserve. There are also several letters about the politics leading up to the decision to protect the park, especially of note are the lobbying letters from Vladimir Krajina. See

Notes on the Lichens of Saltspring Island

12JuneGarry Fletcher16, Rare Species, Reports, Species List

C.D. Bird published this in The Oystercatcher (2) : 5. June 1983.

Oak Bay Islets , Alpha Island, Field Notes , H. Roemer

10MayGarry Fletcher94, Rare Species, Reports, Species List

Hans Roemer provides field notes on his field trip to Alpha Islet on May 10, 1982. 1982 See the PDF: Oak Bay Islets ER 1982 plant survey

Letter to ER Unit from Anna Roberts re: lichens and three reserves

26NovemberGarry Fletcher101, 35, 55, Rare Species, Warden Reports

Anna Roberts wrote this letter to Lynne Milnes in the Ecological reserves Unit in 1981 . In it she comments on the lichens of Cardiff mountain.

Vascular Plants of Drizzle lake ER: Species List and Habitat Description, 1981

12NovemberGarry Fletcher52, Rare Species, Reports, Species ListJuncus nevadensis Watson

75 species of vascular plants are found in this reserve, Their habitats and general sabundance are listed A species not previously known to QGI , Juncus nevadensis (Watson) forms a large colony in the major inlet of the lake. See complete PDF: vascular_plants_species_list_and_habitat

Preliminary Checklist of the Lichens of Doc English Bluff Ecoreserve

30SeptemberGarry Fletcher101, Rare Species, Species Listlichen, Limestone

Anna Roberts, Trevor Goward and Rainer Schuen did the field work for this impressive list of Lichens in September, 1981

The First Breeding record for Thick-Billed Murres (Uria lomvia) In BC

11AugustGarry Fletcher13, Rare Species, ResearchAnne Vallee, Richard Cannings, Uria lomvia

The late Anne Vallee and Richard Cannings recorded the breeding of these arctic and subarctic alcids for the First time on the Pacific Coast of Canada in 1981. See the PDF recording this event: thick_billed_murre_breeding_record

Queen Charlotte Islands Herbarium

15JuneGarry Fletcher52, Rare Species, Species List

## sites on Haida Gwaii were sampled by Mary Morris and Sheila Douglas as part of a natural history Project conducted by the Queen Charlotte Islands Museum for its herbarium. See this PDF file for the complete species list.qci_herbariumqci_herbarium

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

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

The Sandhill Crane in the Lower Fraser Valley

16JulyGarry Fletcher99, History, Rare Species, Reports

Barry A. Leach of the Institute of Environmental Studies, Douglas College, NewWestminster, BC presented this report on Grus canadensis. It is comprised of the historical context and the reasons for decline in population. See complete PDF:sandhill_crane_in_lower_fraser_valley

Native Oysters , Ostrea lurida in Checleset Bay

1JuneGarry Fletcher109, Marine Reserves, Rare Species, Reports

A report of a survey1978 to provide data relevant to Application No. 279. by R.V. Ellis and B. Emerson., Biology Dept, U. Victoria See the PDF: Checleset Bay ER Native Oysters 1978

Project Plan: The Ecology of Great Blue Heron Colonies on the Lower Mainland of British Columbia

10JulyGarry Fletcher74, Rare Species, Reports, Research

John Kelsall and Keith Simpson wrote this report for the Canadian Wildlife Service, who have the mandate as custodian of the Migratory Birds Convention Act, to monitor bird populations. See the 16 page PDF: project_plan_ecology_of_gbh_colonies

The Vegetation of Alpha and Griffin Islands

7OctoberGarry Fletcher94, Maps, Rare Species, Research, Species ListBraun-Blanquet, Ceska-Roemer, Lynne Milnes, Trudy Chatwyn

During the fall of 1977 the vegetation of alpha and Griffin Isalnds …was described and classified. the Braun-Blanquet releve method of phytoassociation was used in conjunction with the Ceska-Roemer computer program. —- Fall, 1977, Trudy Carson and Lynne Milnes: for Biology 418, Dr. Marcus Bell See the complete report in the PDF file:Vegetation(2)

Vegetation and Some Plant-Animal Relationships of Ecological Reserve #68 Gladys Lake

6SeptemberGarry Fletcher68, History, Maps, Photos, Rare Species, Species List

Jim Pojar and R.Carswell in the summer of 1975 collected , described and interpreted animal and plant resources of Gladys Lake ER before it was designated as a reserve in November of 1975. See the 220 page PDF of this comprehensive baseline study.:pojar_vegetation_1976.pdf

Flora and vegetation of Lasqueti Islands Ecological reserve ER (#4)

8JuneGarry Fletcher4, Rare Species, Species Listdavid clark, Marcus Bell, Russ George

PDF file: vegetation