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The Phantom and Mrs.Tye

17OctoberGarry Fletcher116, News, ReportsPhantom Orchid

“For twenty years Mrs. Katherine Tye had watched and worried over the rarest of North American Orchids, the phantom orchid, which grew on her property………

A Preliminary Report on Transient Orcinus orca Behavior and Acoustics in B.C. watersaa.

23MayGarry Fletcher111, Reports

Alexandra Morton in 1986 identified pods through photo identification by Michael Bigg, and assembled this ethogram from encounters in the Broughton Archiplago from October 1984 to April 1986. See 9 page PDF: preliminary_report_on_transient_whale_behaviour_and_acoustics

Vegetation and Ungulate Habitat —- Jim Pojar, 1986

6MayGarry Fletcher68, Rare Species, Reports, Species List

An extensive survey of vegetation communities and ungulates PDF 109 pages: pojar_1986_vegetation_&_ungulate_habitat_gladys_lake_er

Robson Bight ER Management Plan Phase 1

20AprilGarry Fletcher111, Issues, Management, Maps, Reports

An Assessment of the impacts of Human Activities on the Killer Whales of Robson Bight, April 1966 by James Darling. See 79 page PDF: er_management_plan_and_activity_assessment1986

Partial List of Hymenoptera aculeata of Hayne’s Lease ER

8AprilGarry Fletcher100, Reports, Species List

Albert T. Finnamore , Prov. Museum Alberta has determined the following from collection at ER #100: family Chrysididae (Cuckoo wasps) Family Tiphidae Family Sapygidae family Vespidae ( yellowjackets and allies) family Pompilidae ( Spider wasps) Family Sphecidae ( Thread-waisted and sand wasps) Bees: Andrewenidae Halictidae

The Tsitika-Robson Bight Wilderness Issue

22JanuaryGarry Fletcher111, 124, Issues, Management, Reports

A submission to the Wilderness Advisory Committee by George and Kay Wood in January 1986. In their view , the committee with its industrial bias was unfit and incompetent to give advice to the government on issues relating to naming and definition of the wilderness issue, and to the uncontorlled logging occurring in the Tsitika

Nimpkish RIver Ecological reserve Proposal 1985

15DecemberGarry Fletcher118, Reports

A report by the Parks and recreation Division of the Ministry of Lands Parks and Housing December . 1985 Nimpkish River ER Proposal 1985

Mount Griffin 1985 Report

14DecemberGarry Fletcher43, Maps, Reports, Species List

1985 report by Malcolm Martin Wap Lake-Griffin Mountain (PDF) Map of the region Wap Lake-Griffin maps (PDF)

Nimpkish Island

12DecemberGarry Fletcher118, Management, Reports

Written in 1985 during the proposal sages. , to preserve Canada’s tallest Douglas Firs in the Nimpkish Valley See the complete PDF: nimpkish_island

Robson Bight Ecological Reserve Upland Extension- 1985

20NovemberGarry Fletcher111, 124, Issues, Management, Reports

The report is concerned with the proposed addition of a land-based buffer zone to the existing Ecological Reserve established over the water portion of the bight in June 1982. See PDF: er_upland_extension

Natural Features Analysis of the Skagit Valley Recreation Area

13NovemberGarry Fletcher21, 22, 89, Geology, Maps, Reports, Species List

Part 1 of the Interpretation Assessment report for the Skagit Valley Rec. Area Physiography, Bedrock Geology, Surfield Geology, glaciation, Flora, vertebrate species. Includes several maps See the complete version of the PDF: natural_feature_analysis_of_skagit_valley_recreation_interpretation_assessment_report

Tsitika Watershed Proposed Timber Exchange Between The Province of B.C. and MacMillan Bloedel

22AugustGarry Fletcher111, 124, Management, Reports

Appraisal report by Karsten Holmsen The exchange of timber rights is proposed between the province of BC and MacMillan Bloedel Ltd. to offset the effect of land withdrawals from Tree Farm license #39 for the purposes of establishing an Ecological Reserve. See the 153 page PDF:proposed_timber_exchange_1985

Killer Whale Evolutionary Evaluation

15JulyGarry Fletcher111, Marine Reserves, ReportsOrca

A report by David Bain, University of California, Santa Cruz ” Connor and Norris( 1932) suggested that the odontocete cetaceans may have evolved reciprocal altruism. If this is correct, then odontocete schools could be used to examine levels of selection. For example , altruism could be analyzed to determine whether it is best explained by

The Ecology of the Northern Pacific Rattlesnake, Crotalus viridis oreganus

21JuneGarry Fletcher77, Reports, Researchhibernacula, rattlesnake, thermal biology

James Malcolm Macartney submitted this research for his thesis for the degree of Master of Science , June 1985. See the PDF:macartney_1985 (306 pages)

Strategies for Research into Non-Consumptive Use and Management of Cetaceans on the B.C. Coast

13JuneGarry Fletcher111, Reports, Research

Phil Dearden, U. Vic Geography Dept : It is important to begin research into recreational whale-watching to ensure that the activity can be managed in such a way that the resources base is not diminished by uncontrolled development that does not account for both social an d biological aspects. See the 5 page PDF: strategies_for_research_into_non-consumptive_use_management_of_whales

Mt. Maxwell ER Summary Research Reports 1984, 1985 on Pest Conditions

10JuneGarry Fletcher37, Reports, Species ListOak looper

John Vallentgoed , District FIDS Ranger at the Pacific Forest Centre reports on visits to Mt Maxwell ER primarily concerning the Oak looper infestation. summary_research_reports_1984_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

A Nocturnal Seabird, The Rhinocerous Auklet ( Cerorhinca monocerata)

11MarchGarry Fletcher13, Reports, Research

Gary Kaiser of the Canadian Wildlife Service reports in the BC Naturalist Spring,1985. See the full PDf filenocturnal_seabird_bc_naturalist_1985

The Development of an Ethogram for the Northern Vancouver Island Orcinus orca during the fall, Winter and Spring

23FebruaryGarry Fletcher111, Reports

Prepared by Alexandra Morton for Cetus Magazine. The project’s objectives included :mapping the movements of the northern Vancouver Island orcas, documenting their social structure and behaviour this time of year and recording their sound production. See 2 page PDF:development_of_an_ethogram_for_northern_bc

Takla Lake Ecological Reserve Overview: Physical and Biological

2FebruaryGarry Fletcher38, Reports, Species ListDouglas-fir

ORIGINAL PURPOSE To preserve the most northerly known stand of Douglas fir as a genetic bank and for research purposes. This report gives the Physical and Biological Overview plus a short species list. See the full PDF: Takla Lake ER 38 Physical: The reserve lies on hilly lower slopes of the Takla Range and includes