Overview Ilgachuz Range To preserve extensive and diverse alpine-subalpine ecosystems in an isolated massif of volcanic origin

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Original Purpose: To preserve extensive and diverse alpine-subalpine ecosystems in an isolated massif of volcanic origin Physical: The Ilgachuz Range is one of three distinct mountain masses which lie within the confines of the Fraser Plateau in the Anahim Lake area. All were formed by shield volcanoes of Miocene age which built up dome-like piles

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Oribatid Mites ( Acari: orbatida) of Hayne’s Lease ER

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Valerie M. Behan-Pelletier of Biosystematics Research Centre , Agriculture Canada, Ottawa did this research in the 1980s. Oribatida are a quantitatively important component of most soils. They affect litter decomposition by feeding on and dispersing fungi, and by stimulating senescent fungal colonies through grazing. See the PDF: oribatid_mites_of_haynes_lease It notes that two generas were found

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The Osoyos Arid Biotic Area

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G.G.E. Scudder of the Dept of Zoology, UBC The Osoyoos-arid Biotic Area has a distinctive faunal assemblege found nowhere else in Canada. Some of the species are found nowhere else in British Columbia. While they may not all be endangered, that they occur to the south, the populations in BC are peripheral ones. See the

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Beresford Island ER #12 Overview: Physical and Biological

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Original Purpose: To protect colonies of nesting seabirds and their habitat Physical: A small, rocky island, roughly oval in shape, which rises steeply from deep water to a rounded top. The shore is rock and the upper slopes tend to have less soil cover than Triangle and Sartine islands. A number of rocks and reefs

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Sartine Islands Ecological Reserve Ecological Overview, Physical and Biological

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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

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Alpine Plant Communities of British Columbia : 1980

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1980 Alpine Plant Communities of British Columbia and Their Occurrence in Existing or Proposed Ecological Reserves by George W. Douglas, Douglas Ecological Consultants Ltd. Link to report, 1980 Alpine Plant Communities. Alpine vegetation in British Columbia has received little attention from scientists and land managers. Unfortunately, most of the work that has been done remains

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Chilliwack lake Management Plan, 1980

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This is  the early management plan for the ER. It has now been replaced with a more recent one ( 2002) A. INTRODUCTION The Chilliwack River flows westward from glacier- fed Chilliwack Lake to the flood plain of the lower Fraser River. Its broad valley, framed by the western Cascade Mountains, lies in the wet

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