PHYSICAL: The reserve consists of steep rocky south, east and northeast-facing slopes of a subalpine ridge and the upper parts of associated colluvial slopes. The ridge extends southeastward from Green Mountain in the Nanaimo River drainage. From BC Parks see complete PDF file: haley lake er BIOLOGICAL: Major plant community types in this reserve are
The images of Mahoney lake Ecological Reserve which appear on several Flickr sites suggest that it is a very unique ecosystem with unusual physical and biological characteristics. It is a meromictic lake, meaning a lake in which some water remains partly or wholly unmixed with the main water mass at the seasonal circulation periods, probably
Liparis loeselii is a rare red listed orchid and is a major reason that Mara Meadows was set aside as an ecological reserve. There are many orchid species in the Meadows, this is the rarest.
Mara Meadows has a pair of nesting cranes which reappear every spring. In 2010 they were seen with one healthy chick. In 2011 three cranes were seen in the Meadows on several visits. It is assumed that this was the nesting pair and the offspring. It has been several years since a successful mating season
Mara Meadows was set aside as an ecological reserve largely because of the unique variety of orchid species in this calcareous fen. Giant Helleborine, Epipactis gigantea is a blue listed orchid and is also called Stream Orchid. Over the last two summers many new plant locations have been found and there are hundreds of plants
Ed Note: This article provides full access information to the trails of the area, although they do say you are supposed to have access with permit only, it is questionable whether anyone would take this seriously.. From: http://www.sunshine-coast-trails.com/ambrose-lake.html Ambrose Lake Hiking & Biking Route Trail Rating for Bikers: Easy (Beginner) Ambrose Lake is an ecological
A map from mapcarta of Rankine Islands:
We are fortunate to have this image from the Bella Coola Blog of Sunday, December 18, 2011 The following are the comments on the picture: Itcha and Ilgachuz Mountain Ranges At the risk of messing up real bad in spelling and describing the location of another range of important mountains in the West Chilcotin after
Retaining the Flower Meadows: Douglas-fir Removal at Mount Tzuhalem Ecological Reserve A presentation by Dave Polster at the BC PROTECTED AREAS RESEARCH FORUM , UBC Dec 6, 2011 2011 Research Coll Df encroachment presentation . This is a presentation of a research program carried out in this ecological reserve. The controversial action was taken to
On Dec 5- 7, 2011 Four members of the Friends of Ecological reserve attended the BC Protected Areas Research Forum at UBC campus in Vancouver. FoER Board members Mike Fenger and Rick page convened a special session entitled: Ecological Reserves Where do we go from here? Management of Ecological Reserves Panelists Vicky Husband, Briony Penn
Also See a follow-up at the Big White Controversy Part 2 Proposal to extend the Big White Resort into the Big White Ecological Reserve . The e-mail at the end of this file offers a new video and raises the same concerns we had over a year ago. We involved Don Guild as the Big
Dr. Liana Zanette, Associate Professor in the Dept. of Biology , University of Western Ontario has done research on “Perceived Predation Risk Reduces the Number of Offspring Songbirds Produce per Year”. Her website for Zanette Lab carries the most recent research article and has links to excellent images of Song sparrows and their predators, and
Since 2000, the website www.racerocks.com & www.racerocks.ca have carried the observations at Race Rocks of ecoguardians, wardens, students and faculty of Pearson College. Posts tagged with warden’s reports on the ecoreserves website are located here: https://ecoreserves.bc.ca/category/97+wardenreports/ Posts on the Racerocks.ca site tagged as warden’s reports here: http://www.racerocks.ca/wp/category/er-warden-report/ These reports have been provided by Garry Fletcher
Coast Reporter – Sunshine Coast August 5 Elphinstone Logging Focus (ELF) wants to extend the boundaries of Mount Elphinstone Provincial Park to 1,500 hectares from the 139 hectares currently set aside in three parcels on the lower mountain slope.- File Photo Elphinstone Logging Focus (ELF) wants to extend the boundaries of Mount Elphinstone
FROM BC PARKS PRESS RELEASE: Det San Ecological Reserve (5.8 ha): This site, close to the Town of Smithers, is being established as an ecological reserve as a result of a private land acquisition. Det san is the Wet’suwet’en name for “juniper”, as it contains a regionally rare example of old-growth juniper. The area also
This document replaces the Carp lake and Mackinnon Esker Purpose statement : See the full PDF here: draft_mackinnon_esker_mp_may11 Introduction ………………………………………………………………………………………..4 Management Plan Purpose ………………………………………………………………………. 4 Planning Area …………………………………………………………………………………………. 4 Legislative Framework …………………………………………………………………………….. 4 Relationship with First Nations …………………………………………………………………. 5 Relationship with Ecological Reserve Warden …………………………………………….. 5 The Planning Process……………………………………………………………………………….. 5 Values and Roles of the
Produced by the Environmental Law Centre of the University of Victoria for the Coastal Guardian Watchmen Network (a project of the Coastal First Nation Great Bear Initiative) May, 2011 See page 74 for the section on Ecological reserves. See the full 104 page report at: EnviroLawFieldGuide-FINAL2 “This Field Guide is provided for general information as
Reproduced with permission from: GoCampbellRiver.com East and West Redonda Islands Twin Islands immediately adjacent to the mainland coast; It has been said that these two small islands that have souring peaks extending straight out of the water to heights of almost 1600 meters also have the deepest waters of the inside passage. It is no wonder the
From www.squamishchief.com Organizers of 25th annual event say small chum run likely to blame for low raptor numbers January 4, 2011Dawn Green Special to The Chief An undercurrent of excitement filled the air inside the Brackendale Art Gallery (BAG) in the early morning hours on Sunday (Jan. 2). This was the silver anniversary of the
OVERVIEW LGL Limited successfully completed 5 days of monitoring (28–30 November and 1–2 December 2010) of demolition training (Officer’s Course) in Exercise and Training area WQ. Monitoring comprised a day of pre-blasting, 3 days with blasting, and a day of post-blasting. We have not yet reviewed information on the sizes of the projects that were