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Lac du Bois Crown land Plan

wildlife management area above Kamloops Lake Waterfowl management, research Area, Includes maps. lac_du_bois_dewdrop_crown_land_plan Photo by Garry Fletcher ( ducks unlimited!!)

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

8AprilGarry Fletcher100, Reports, Species ListExechocepheus, oribatid mites, Passalozettes

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

Hayne’s Lease Araneae (Spiders) (2)

8AprilGarry Fletcher100, Reports, Species List

Hayne’s Lease Araneae: ( Spiders) Spencer Entomological Museum, UBC, Determined by C.Dondale and J. Redner haynes_lease_araneae_in_spencer_entomological_museum

The Osoyos Arid Biotic Area

8AprilGarry Fletcher100, Reports, Species ListAmbystoma tigrinum slater, Antelope Brush, Antrozous pallididus cantwelli, bitterroot, Canyon wren, Eumeces skiltonianus, Great-basin spadefoot toad, Lewisia rediviva, myotis leibii melananorhinus, Opuntia fragilis, Pallid bat, Purshia tridentata, Scaphiopus intermontanus, short-horned lizard, small footed bat, Tiger salamander, western skink

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

Beresford Island ER #12 Overview: Physical and Biological

5AprilGarry Fletcher12, Reports, Species ListAbalone, Black, brandt's cormorant, Cassin's Auklet, Common Murre, Deermouse, Fork-tailed, Leach’s, Oystercatcher, Pelagic Cormorant, Peregrine Falcon spp. pealei, peromyscus maniculatus, Pigeon Guillemots, Storm-petrel

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

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

Alpine Plant Communities of British Columbia : 1980

20MarchFred Beinhauer31, 34, 39, 46, 59, 64, 68, 70, Reports, Research

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

The sea Otter in BC: A Problem or Opportunity

7MarchGarry Fletcher109, Reports

A.C.M. Farr and F.L. Bunnel report presented to a Symposium on Threatened Species and habitats in March 1980. History is also presented. See PDF: sea_otter_in_bc_problem_opportunity

Map of ER #15 Saturna Island

6MarchGarry Fletcher15, Maps, Reports

Map showing the location of research plots for the Fungi study by by Janszen 2001

Preliminary Results of a Baseline Study of the Lower Tsitika River and Estuary, May, June and July, 1979

5MarchGarry Fletcher111, 124, Maps, Reports, Research

DFO investigation on Fisheries resources and ecosystem parameters of the Lower Tsitika River. See the 27 page PDF: preliminary_results_of_a_baseline_study

Chilliwack lake Management Plan, 1980

3FebruaryGarry Fletcher98, Reports

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

Doc English Bluffs ER Application letter to Ministry of Transport , 1979

1NovemberGarry Fletcher101, ReportsER Application, moon road

Doc English Bluffs and Moon Road image by Anna Roberts, 1982

Big Creek Ecological Reserve Proposal

26SeptemberGarry Fletcher127, Maps, ReportsHans Roemer, mule deer

Located at the Confluence of Big Creek and the Chilcotin River, ca 30 km ESE of Hanceville… includes maps and airphotos. To protect an exceptionally well-preserved natural grassland ecosystems representative for the lower elevations bunchgrass prairie of the Chilcotin. Also protection for the resident mule deer herd and its predators. See the PDF file: Roemer

Introductory Floristic Analysis of Coastal Salt marsh Communities of the QCI

19AugustGarry Fletcher45, Reports, Research, Species List

A report by Alex Inselberg August, 1979 Part 1 Windy Bay Part 2 Kootenay Inlet, Part 3 Port Chanal See the complete PDF: Salt Marsh Plant Communities

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

Evaluation of Potential Booming and Barge Loading Sites in the Vicinity of Tsitika River

20JuneGarry Fletcher111, Issues, Management, Maps, Reports

A Feb 1979 report on behalf of MacMillan Bloedel Ltd. evaluation_of_booming_and_barge_loading_sites

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

Race Rocks Ecological reserve Workshop on Proposal, 1979.

21AprilGarry Fletcher97, ER Proposals, Marine Reserves, Reports

This report was done by Students of the Marine Science Class at Lester Pearson College as a working paper for a workshop held at the colleg to begin the process of establishing an Ecological reserve at Race Rocks. See the 43 page PDF at Race Rocks ER Workshop on Proposal 1979 See the PDF of

Race Rocks Ecological Reserve Proposal and workshop held at Pearson College:-1979

21AprilGarry Fletcher97, ER Proposals, History, Reports

Abstract: Race Rocks Ecological Reserve Proposal – Lester B. Pearson College On April 21, 1979, a proposal for an Ecological Reserve at Race Rocks was presented to the Ecological Reserves Branch of the Ministry of the Environment by the students of the diving service and the marine science class at Lester B. Pearson College. The

Application for Ecological Reserve for Anthony Islets

29MarchGarry Fletcher95, Maps, Reports, Species List

This is the complete application form . The report No. 290 includes legal description, geographical location, maps and purpose of the reserve. Also species list. Foster_et_al_ER Application_IBP_Form