Species List – Page 16 – Friends of Ecological Reserves

Warden’s report, Doc English Bluffs, 1990

30SeptemberGarry Fletcher101, Issues, Species List, Warden Reports

Anna Roberts reports on the Birds of the Doc English Bluffs, and some rare plants

BC Seabird Colony Inventory Report#4 Scott-Islands 1982-1989

15JulyGarry Fletcher13, Ecological Monitoring, Maps, Marine Reserves, Oil Spill Threat, Reports, Research, Species List

Census results from 1982-1989 with reference to the Nestucca Oil Spill, Technical report Series # 86, Canadian Wildlife Service. 1990 See the full pdf: BC-Seabird-Colony-Inventory-Report#4-Scott-Islands-1982-1989

Meridian Road ER #78 Overview, Biological and Physical

26AprilGarry Fletcher78, Reports, Species Listblack huckleberry, Dentroctonus ponderosae, Five leaved bramble, Mountain Pine Beetle, Rhododendron albiflorum, Rubus pedatus, Vaccinium membranaceum

MERIDIAN ROAD (VANDERHOOF) ORIGINAL PURPOSE :To retain a sample of mature Engelmann spruce – Subalpine fir forest representative of uplands within the Nechako Plateau OVERVIEW Date established: 15 Dec. 1977 Location: 40 km S of Vanderhoof 53º39’N 124º01’W Total Area: Land: 262 ha Elevation: 1,190-1,240 m Access: Access via rough logging roads from Vanderhoof. One

Anne Vallee ( Triangle Island) Ecological reserve #13 Overview: Biological and Physical

15AprilGarry Fletcher13, Reports, Species ListCassin's Auklet, Common Murre, hairy goldfields, Northern Abalone, Rhinoceros Auklet, Steller Sea Lion, Tufted Puffin

ORIGINAL PURPOSE To protect large colonies of breeding seabirds, other nesting birds, endemic mammals and their habitat on one of B.C.’s most remote islands Physical: This is a rugged, triangular-shaped island with associated offshore islets and reefs, situated on the Cook Bank. The island has steep outer slopes, and an undulating central plateau. Soils are

Heather lake Ecological Reserve ER #87

25MarchGarry Fletcher87, Reports, Species ListAlces americanus, Arctic grayling, moose

ORIGINAL PURPOSE To protect representative trembling aspen stands and associated vegetation and fauna within the Sub-Boreal Spruce Zone OVERVIEW Physical: The reserve encompasses an elongate, well-drained, northwest-southeast trending ridge with a low, rounded summit. The ridge lies at the eastern edge of the floor of the Rocky Mountain Trench, a structurally controlled valley with considerable

Parker Lake Ecological Reserve Overview, Biological and Physical

23MarchGarry Fletcher47, Rare Species, Reports, Species ListC aribou (boreal population), common pitcher plant, lousewort, Mackenzie’s water- hemlock, Pedicularis macrodonta

hysical: The reserve lies on a flat, boggy lowland within the Alberta Plateau. Low hills rise one or two kilometres to the north and Pouce Creek to the south has cut a channel into the lowland surface . However, the entire reserve is level and boggy with no organized drainage pattern. Four small shallow lakes,

Patsuk Creek Ecological Reserve #85 Overview, Physical and Biological

23MarchGarry Fletcher85, Reports, Species ListArctic grayling, Betula papyrifera, Cystopteris montana, mountain bladder fern, Paper Birch

ORIGINAL PURPOSE To protect excellent examples of paper birch forest and a rich assemblage of associated plants. Physical: The reserve is situated on moderate to steep mountain slopes bordering Patsuk Creek, which flows from the Misinchinka Range into Parsnip Reach of Williston Lake via Six Mile Creek. Most of the reserve is south of the

Cougar Canyon Ecological Reserve Overview: Biological and Physical

8MarchGarry Fletcher108, Reports, Species ListPainted Turtle, Racer, Western rattlesnake, White-throated Swift

COUGAR CANYON ORIGINAL PURPOSE To preserve representative Interior Douglas-Fir ecosystems, together witha chain of small lakes and associated wetland. Physical: The reserve lies on the moderately rugged western slopes of the Grizzly Hills. The ma jor physical feature is a narrow, relatively straight, sometimes canyon- like valley the length of the reserve. This appears to

Cinema Bog Ecological Reserve #82

6MarchGarry Fletcher82, Reports, Species Listraised bog

ORIGINAL PURPOSE To protect accessible diverse bog habitats containing many plants at or near their southern limit of distribution Physical: The reserve occupies the level bottom of a shallow north south trough which was probably an ancient meltwater channel. This trough is within the Fraser Basin, a drift-covered area of low relief lying below the

Chunamon Creek Ecological Reserve Overview: Physical and Biological

6MarchGarry Fletcher107, Reports, Species Listgray jay, marten, northern junco, Red Squirrel, red-backed vole, spruce grouse

ORIGINAL PURPOSE To establish a research area containing Sub-Boreal Spruce and Engelmann Spruce–Subalpine Fir ecosystems. Physical: From its western boundary along the summit of the Butler Range at the 1500 m elevation, the reserve slopes moderately to the northeast for nearly three kilometres, to its base at the 875 m level. Average slope is 10-15º.

Grayling River Hotsprings Overview , Biological and Physical

5MarchGarry Fletcher147, Geology, Reports, Species ListAlces americanus, Dichanthelium acuminatum var. fasciculatum, Erigeron philadelphicus, hotspring, Mimulus guttatus, Muhlenbergia racemosa, Myotis lucifugus, Parietaria pensylvanica, Salvelinus confluentus, Sphenopholis obtusata, Thymallus arcticus, Ursus arctos

Note there is no management plan available yet on BC Parks website. Physical: Located on the Grayling River approximately 50 km upstream of its confluence with the Liard River. The ecological reserve represents the Hyland Plateau ecosection and contains a thermal and mineral spring complex of national significance. The ecological reserve is rated one of

Tsitika River Ecological reserve #124 Overview: Physical and Biological

5MarchGarry Fletcher124, Reports, Species Listblack bear, Roosevelt elk, Wolf

Physical: The reserve comprises a flat to gently sloping, wet flood plain that has developed thin peat deposits adjacent to the Tsitika River. Biological: A variety of bog and fen communities are surrounded by a fringe of forest communities. Bog and fen communities are: (1) Labrador tea -sphagnum moss, (2) shore pine-western redcedar-Labrador tea, (3)

The Lower Tsitika River and Robson Bight Area: An Inventory of Salmonid and Marine Resources

22JuneGarry Fletcher111, 124, Maps, Reports, Research, Species List

TheRobson Bight Preservation Committee of the island Econauts Society did this report for DFO in 1980 See the 70 page PDF:inventory_of_salmonid_and_marine_resources

Aleza Lake Species List

15MayGarry Fletcher84, Species List

Mara Meadows ER 42 Addendum #2 (1989)

22AprilGarry Fletcher42, Reports, Species List

Malcom Martin of the North okanagan Naturalist Club, Vernon, lists a number of additions to the list of vascular plants made during visits in 1989 including one new record for BC. Additionally the two survey transects established in 1984 were resurveyed on their 5 year anniversary. See the complete PDF: martin_1989_addendum_2_mara_meadows_er Yellow lady’s Slipper Cypripedium

Pender Harbour & District Wildlife Society Letter re: Ambrose Lake

25MarchGarry Fletcher28, Reports, Species List

A letter from the Pender Harbour and District Wildlife Society to Dr. Louise Goulet , then Ecological reserves Coordinator. It describes the recent field trips made by the group and request for Collection Permit to be extended. . and has a species list – birds and mammals attached. John Field author. letter_to_er_coordinator_lgoulet

Inventory Study of Cougar Canyon

21MarchGarry Fletcher108, Maps, Reports, Species List, Warden Reports

After passage of 11 years from the original proposal by the North Okanagan Naturalist’s Club, Cougar Canyon was finally granted ER status in November, 1981 443 ha 10km south of Vernon running in a south-westerly direction almost to the south end of Kalamalka Lake. Malcolm Martin did this report in 1984 and 1989 Vegetation ,

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