The provincial government established Chickens Neck Mountain Ecological Reserve (E.R. #57) as an ecological reserve on February 6, 1975 by Order-in- Council #440/75 under the authority of the Ecological Reserve Act. The Protected Areas of British Columbia Act provided legislated status to the ecological reserve boundaries on June 29, 2000. See the full MDS in
Original Purpose: To preserve an excellent stand of mature spruce-subalpine fir in the Boreal White and Black Spruce Zone. Physical: The reserve is within the Stikine Ranges of north-western British Columbia. These mountains have a core of granitic rocks which intrude folded sedimentary and volcanic rocks. The reserve is on relatively steep north-facing slopes in
This 371 page, 50 mb book may be downloaded from http://www.for.gov.bc.ca/HFD/library/documents/bib32374.pdf Thanks to Jody Krakowski ER warden for Baynes Island ER #69 for showing us the location of this important document. It provides a page and a map on each of the reserves created up to 1992. Include are the Ecological Reserves now lost from
This document outlines the background leading to the designation of the Dease River Deferred Planning Area, the resource values of the study area , and four land status alternatives to manage the resources therein. See the Complete PDF file : bc government 1982 dease_river_deferred_study_area