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Application for Ecological Reserve at Drizzle lake

Alex Pedden of the BC Prov. Museum submitted this application for ER status in 1972 See comlete PDF:application_for_ecological_reserve

The Future of the Skagit Valley

13JuneGarry Fletcher106, 21, 22, 89, Reports, Species List

The Skagit Valley Study group submitted this report in 1971 See PDF: future_of_the_skagit_valley

Ecological Reserves Created in British Columbia May4 , 1971

4MayGarry FletcherBC Parks, ER, History, News, Reports

By Jenny L. Feick, PhD. “On May 4, 1971, the Government of British Columbia became the first jurisdiction in Canada to pass legislation to protect ecological reserves. May 2021 marks the 50th anniversary of the Ecological Reserves Act and regulations and the establishment of B.C.’s first ecological reserves. Ecological reserves are permanent sanctuaries, located throughout

A List of Seabird nesting sites in Barkley Sound, BC– 1971

29AprilGarry Fletcher24, Reports, Research, Species ListAmerican Black Oystercatchers, Boreal Petrel, brandt's cormorant, Cassin's Auklet, Charles Guiguet, fork-tailed petrel, Glaucous-winged Gull, marbled murrelet, Pelagic Cormorant, pigeon guillemot, Rhinocerous auklet, Tufted Puffin

Provincial Museum and UBC field parties conducted bird and mammal investigations in Barkley Sound from 1954 to 1970 inclusive. 55 of approx. 55 islands,islets and reefs were visited. Nesting sites of 6 species of sea birds previously unrecorded are lsited. See the complete paper –PDF file: barkley_sound_sea_bird_nesting_sites

Botanical and Physiographic Reconnaissance of Northern BC

6AugustGarry Fletcher68, Geology, Reports, Species List

In the summer of 1969 , Stanley L. Walsh and J.Keith Rigby surveyed the Sustut Basin and surrounding mountains in Northern BC . This report describes the physiography and geology of the region and plant communities are enumerated with an annotated list of 205 species , 11 subspecies and 35 varieties collected. See the PDF

1969 International Biological Programme, Conservation of Terrestrial Biological Communities – Lilypad Lake

22JuneFred Beinhauer5, Management, Maps, Reports, Research, Species ListTom Northcote

On June 5. 1969, T.G. Northcote, and P.G. Haddock, with assistance of Mr. John L. Shephard and Miss Joan E. Heriot from the North Okanagan Naturalists Club, made a brief survey of Lilypad Lake, southeast of Vernon, to evaluate its potential as an Ecological Reserve. Species list and maps included Author: Northcote, T. G. Date

Ambrose lake , Sechelt Penninsula report ,1968

25JulyGarry Fletcher28, Field Notes, Reports, Species List

By Dr. K.I. Beamish, Contains a species list of vegetation. Description of a Coastal Peat-bog lake shoreline and rocky headlands . Apparently never burned, most of the shoreline is quite natural beamish_description_plant_list_ambrose_lake 1968

Proposed Re-introduction of the Northern Sea Otter to BC Canada

27FebruaryGarry Fletcher109, Maps, Reports, Research

Ian MacAskie and Donald Blood report on the history and rationale for the scheme. Maps are included See the complete PDF: proposed_reintroduction_northern_sea_otter_to_bc

Natural History of Cleland Island– Emphasis: Breeding Bird fauna

7AprilGarry Fletcher1, Marine Reserves, Reports, Research, Species ListWayne Campbell

R. Wayne Campbell and David Stirling did this report for the BC Provincial Museum in 1967. It includes an extensive annotated bird and vegetation species list. In addition other animals , invertebrates, etc are documented. See the complete PDF:

Report on the Special Cruise of Yellow Pine On lots 962 and 148

30OctoberGarry Fletcher27, Reports, ResearchYellow Pine

E.L. Young of the the B.C. Forest Service did this report in October 1966. Long before it was proposed as an Ecological reserve. See the PDF file : special_cruise_of_yellow_pine