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Size
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Southern Vancouver Island
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1
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*
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Cleland
Island Ecological Reserve, Clayoquot Sound, W
of Tofino
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Great diversity
of seabird colonies
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8
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Northern Vancouver Island
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2
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East
Redonda Island Ecological Reserve, N end of Georgia Strait
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Representative
forest in three biogeoclimatic zones
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6,212
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Williams Lake / Kamloops Area
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3
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Soap Lake
Ecological Reserve, S of Spences Bridge
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Alkaline
lake, associated grass- land and Douglas-fir forest
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884
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Southern Vancouver Island
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4
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Lasqueti Island Ecological Reserve, Strait of Georgia, N of Parksville
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Shoreline
forest with large Rocky Mountain junipers
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201
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Okanagan
Area
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5
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Lily
Pad Lake Ecological Reserve, S of Lumby
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Undisturbed
bog lake on plateau
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101
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Okanagan
Area
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6
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Buck
Hills Road Ecological Reserve, S of Lumby
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Small
stand of mature western larch
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16
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Okanagan
Area
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7
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Trout
Creek Ecological Reserve, SSW of Summerland
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Ponderosa
pine parkland
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75
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North Eastern BC
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8
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Clayhurst Ecological Reserve, S of Clayhurst
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Eroding
bluffs within Peace River parklands
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316
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Queen Charlotte Islands / Prince Rupert Area
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9
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Tow
Hill Ecological Reserve, NE Graham Island
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Forested
sand dunes and swamp and peat bogs
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514
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Queen Charlotte Islands / Prince Rupert Area
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10
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Rose
Spit Ecological Reserve, NE point of Graham Island
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Sand
spit, open dunes and shoreline meadows
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170
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Northern Vancouver Island
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11
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Sartine Island Ecological Reserve, part of Scott Islands
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Seabird
colonies
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13
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Northern Vancouver Island
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12
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*
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Beresford
Island Ecological Reserve, part of Scott Islands
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Seabird
colonies
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8
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Northern Vancouver Island
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13
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*
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Anne Vallee (Triangle Island) Ecological Reserve,
outermost of Scott Islands
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Largest
seabird and sea lion colonies in the province
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85
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Northern Vancouver Island
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14
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*
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Solander Island Ecological Reserve, W of Brooks
Peninsula
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Seabird
colonies
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8
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Southern Vancouver Island
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15
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Saturna
Island Ecological Reserve, southern ridge of Saturna Island
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Coastal
Douglas-fir forest
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131
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Southern Vancouver Island
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16
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Mount Tuam Ecological Reserve, Saltspring Island
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Arbutus
/ Douglas-fir forest
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254
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Southern Vancouver Island
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17
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*
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Canoe
Islets Ecological Reserve , near S end of Valdes Island
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Seabird
colony
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1
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Southern Vancouver Island
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18
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*
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Rose
Islets Ecological Reserve, N of Reid Island
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Seabird
colony
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1
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Kootenay
Region
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19
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Mount
Sabine Ecological Reserve, N of Canal Flats
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Mixed
conifer forest
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8
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Kootenay
Region
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20
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Columbia
Lake Ecological Reserve, East side of Columbia Lake
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Rare
limestone flora
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32
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Okanagan
Area
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21
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Skagit River Forest Ecological Reserve, Skagit Vailey
Recreation Area
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Douglas-fir
forest
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73
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Okanagan
Area
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22
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Ross
Lake Ecological Reserve, Skagit Valley Recreation Area
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Ponderosa
pine in coastal Douglas-fir forest
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61
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Queen Charlotte Islands / Prince Rupert Area
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23
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*
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Moore/McKenny/Whitmore Islands Ecological Reserve,
eastern Hecate Strait
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Diverse
seabird colonies
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73
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Southern Vancouver Island
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24
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*
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Baeria Rocks Ecological Reserve, Barkley Sound
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Seabird
colonies and subtidal marine life
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53
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Queen Charlotte Islands / Prince Rupert Area
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25
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*
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Dewdney
and Glide Islands Ecological Reserve, eastern Hecate Strait
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Variety
of maritime bog, pond and scrub forest communities
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3,845
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Kootenay
Region
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26
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Ram
Creek Ecological Reserve, SE of Canal Flats
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Hotsprings and associated plants and burnt forest
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121
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Okanagan
Area
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27
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Whipsaw
Creek Ecological Reserve, SW of Princeton
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Douglas-fir
and Ponderosa pine stands
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32
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Southern Vancouver Island
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28
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Ambrose Lake Ecological Reserve,
Sechelt
Peninsula
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Coastal
bog lake
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228
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Williams Lake / Kamloops Area
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29
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Tranquille Ecological Reserve, W of Kamloops
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Ponderosa
pine and sagebrush communities
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235
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Kootenay
Region
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30
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Vance
Creek Ecological Reserve, N of Lumby
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Highly
diverse mixed conifer forest
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49
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Kootenay
Region
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31
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Lew Creek Ecological Reserve, E of Upper Arrow Lake
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Three biogeoclimatic zones in one drainage basin
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815
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Kootenay
Region
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32
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Evans
Lake Ecological Reserve, Valhalla Provincial Park
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Subalpine forests including a stand of rare yellow cedar
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185
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Okanagan
Area
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33
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Field's
Lease Ecological Reserve, W of Osoyoos Lake
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Semi-arid
shrub grassland communities
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4
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Okanagan
Area
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34
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Big
White Mountain Ecological Reserve, E of Kelowna
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Subalpine and alpine plant communities
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951
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Williams Lake / Kamloops Area
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35
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Westwick Lake Ecological Reserve, S of Williams Lake
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Shoreline
and area surrounding an interior saline lake
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27
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Prince
George Area
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36
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Mackinnon
Esker Ecological Reserve, NW of Prince George
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Long
compound esker, well- developed lichen communities
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583
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Southern Vancouver Island
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37
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Mount
Maxwell Ecological Reserve, Saltspring Island
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Garry
oak stand
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65
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Queen Charlotte Islands / Prince Rupert Area
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38
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Takla Lake Ecological Reserve, E of Hazelton
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Most
northerly known occurrence of Douglas-fir
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263
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Prince
George Area
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39
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Sunbeam
Creek Ecological Reserve, N of McBride
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Representative
subalpine plant communities
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511
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Northern Vancouver Island
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40
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Kingcome River/Atlatzi River
Ecological Reserve, near head of Kingcome
Inlet
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Rich
alluvial swamps, bogs and forest
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414
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Prince
George Area
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41
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Tacheeda Lakes Ecological Reserve, N of Prince George
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Representative
forest communities on the McGregor Plateau
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526
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Williams Lake / Kamloops Area
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42
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*
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Mara
Meadows Ecological Reserve, E of Salmon Arm
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Unique
calcareous fen, rare orchids
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189
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Kootenay
Region
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43
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Mount
Griffin Ecological Reserve, N of Mabel Lake
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Interior
cedar-hemlock and subalpine forest over wide elevational range
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1,376
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National
Park Reserve
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44
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Now part
of Gwaii Haanas / South
Moresby National Park Reserve
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Queen Charlotte Islands / Prince Rupert Area
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45
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Vladimir
J. Krajina (Port Chanal)
Ecological Reserve, W coast of Graham Island
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Virgin
marine shoreline, forest, muskeg and alpine communities, rare mosses, large
seabird colonies
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9,834
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North Eastern BC
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46
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Sikanni Chief River Ecological Reserve, headwaters
of Sikanni Chief River
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Engelmann
spruce at northern extremity of range. subalpine
lichens
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2,401
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North Eastern BC
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47
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Parker
Lake Ecological Reserve, W of Fort Nelson
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Extensive
bog habitat with pitcher plant (Sarracenia purpurea)
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259
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Vancouver Area
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48
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Bowen
Island Ecological Reserve, W of Apodaca Provincial Park
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Various
forest communities of Douglas fir; dry subzone of
western hemlock zone
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397
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Kootenay
Region
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49
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Kingfisher
Creek Ecological Reserve, Hunters Range, ESE of Sicamous
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Representative
flora of northern Monashee Mountains
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1,441
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North Eastern BC
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50
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Cecil
Lake Ecological Reserve, NE of Fort St. John
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Sphagnum
bog community with black spruce
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129
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Okanagan
Area
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51
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Browne
Lake Ecological Reserve, E of Kelowna
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Marsh
and forest rich in wildflowers
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124
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Queen Charlotte Islands / Prince Rupert Area
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52
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Drizzle
Lake Ecological Reserve, SE of Masset
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Lake and surrounding bogs unique species of stickleback
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837
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Williams Lake / Kamloops Area
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53
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Narcosli Lake Ecological Reserve, between Coglistiko and Baezaeko
rivers
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Various
wetland communities and a shallow lake
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1,098
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Southern Vancouver Island
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54
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Nitinat Lake Ecological Reserve, E shore of Nitinat Lake
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Steep
west coast forest; maritime population of Douglas-fir
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79
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Williams Lake / Kamloops Area
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55
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Cardiff Mountain Ecological
Reserve, W of Taseko
River
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Example
of lava plateau, basalt columns and crater lake
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65
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Kootenay
Region
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56
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Goosegrass Creek Ecological Reserve, W of Columbia Reach, Kinbasket Lake
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An elevational sequence of three biogeoclimatic
zones and a complete watershed
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2,185
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North Western BC
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57
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Chickens
Neck Mountain Ecological Reserve, N of Dease Lake
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Climax
stand of white spruce and subalpine fir
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680
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North Western BC
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58
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Blue/Dease Rivers Ecological Reserve, W of Lower Post
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Terrestrial
and aquatic communities in the boreal white and black spruce zone
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777
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North Western BC
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59
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Ningunsaw River Ecological Reserve, SE of Bob Quinn Lake
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Coastal
western hemlock zone near its northern limit and asso-
ciated Englemann
spruce-sub- alpine fir and alpine tundra zones
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2,046
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Prince
George Area
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60
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Drywilliam Lake Ecological Reserve, S of Fraser Lake
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Excellent
old growth stand of Douglas-fir
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95
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Kootenay
Region
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61
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Upper
Shuswap River Ecological Reserve, E of Mabel
lake
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Excellent
alluvia stands of western redcedar
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70
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North Eastern BC
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62
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Fort
Nelson River Ecological Reserve, N of Fort Nelson and Muskwa rivers
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White
spruce within alluvial stands of black cottonwood
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121
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Queen Charlotte Islands / Prince Rupert Area
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63
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Skeena River Ecological Reserve, near mouth of Exchamsiks River
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Mature
cottonwood on floodplain islands
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91
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Williams Lake / Kamloops Area
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64
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Ilgachuz Range Ecological Reserve, N of Anahim Lake
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Volcanic
mountain mass with various alpine vegetation communities
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2,914
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Williams Lake / Kamloops Area
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65
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Chasm
Ecological Reserve, N of Clinton
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Ponderosa
pine at its northern limit
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197
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Southern Vancouver Island
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66
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Ten
Mile Point Ecological Reserve, Victoria
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Inter-
and subtidal marine life Rich subtidal
marine life
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11
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Southern Vancouver Island
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67
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Satellite
Channel Ecological Reserve, N of Saanich Peninsula
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Rich subtidal marine life
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343
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North Western BC
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68
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Gladys
Lake Ecological Reserve, Spatsizi Plateau Wilderness Provincial Park
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Stone
sheep, mountain goats, caribou and their environment
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48,560
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Vancouver Area
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69
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Baynes Island Ecological Reserve, Squamish River
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Undisturbed
alluvial black collonwood forest
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71
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Williams Lake / Kamloops Area
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70
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Mount
Tinsdale Ecological Reserve, ESE of Barkerville
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Representative
alpine and subalpine communities
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419
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Prince
George Area
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71
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Blackwater Creek Ecological Reserve, NW of Mackenzie
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Boreal
forest and portion of extensive low moor area
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234
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Prince
George Area
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72
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Nechako River Ecological Reserve, W of Prince George
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Southern
occurrence of excellent tamarack stand
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133
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Queen Charlotte Islands / Prince Rupert Area
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73
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Torkelsen Lake Ecological Reserve, W of Babine Lake
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Low
moor wetlands with cloudberry
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182
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Vancouver Area
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74
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UBC
Endowment Lands Ecological Reserve, Pacific Spirit Park
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Second-growth
Puget Sound lowland forest
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90
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Northern Vancouver Island
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75
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Clanninick Creek Ecological Reserve, N of Kyuquot
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Exceptional
old-growth Sitka spruce stand
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37
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Vancouver Area
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76
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Fraser
River Ecological Reserve, N of Chilliwack
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Serial
alluvial cottonwood and willow forest
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76
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Okanagan
Area
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77
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Campbell
Brown (Kalamalka Lake) Ecological Reserve, SW
of Vernon
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Ponderosa
pine-bunchgrass site, rattlesnake den
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107
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Prince
George Area
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78
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Meridian
Road (Vanderhoof) Ecological Reserve, S of Vanderhoof
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Engelmann
spruce-subalpine fir-lodgepole
pine forest
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262
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Prince
George Area
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79
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Chilako River Ecological Reserve, S of Vanderhoof
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Wetland
and forest ecosystem mosaic
|
64
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North Western BC
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80
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Smith
River Ecological Reserve, near junction with Liard River
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Representative
boreal white and black spruce forest
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1,326
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Queen Charlotte Islands / Prince Rupert Area
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81
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Morice River Ecological Reserve, SW of Houstcn
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Burnt
sub-boreal spruce forest
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358
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Prince
George Area
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82
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Cinema
Bog Ecological Reserve, NNE of Quesnel
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Lowland
black spruce sphagnum bog
|
68
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Southern Vancouver Island
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83
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San
Juan Ridge Ecological Reserve, E of Port Renfrew
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Protection
of rare white avalanche lily (Erythronium montanum)
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98
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Prince
George Area
|
84
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Aleza Lake Ecological Reserve,
NE of Prince George
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Representative
sub-boreal forest. lakes and wetland ecosystems
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242
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North Eastern BC
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85
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Patsuk Creek Ecological Reserve, N of Mackenzie
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Paper
birch and other seral forest species
|
554
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Prince
George Area
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86
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Bednesti Lake Ecological Reserve, W of Prince George
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Kettle
lake wetland succession
|
139
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North Eastern BC
|
87
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Heather
Lake Ecological Reserve, NW of Mackenzie
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Excellent
aspen-dominated ecosystems
|
235
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Williams Lake / Kamloops Area
|
88
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Skwaha Lake Ecological Reserve, N of Lytton
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Subalpine forest and variety of outstanding flower meadows
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850
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Okanagan
Area
|
89
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Skagit River Cottonwoods Ecological Reserve, Skagit Valley Recreation Area
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Excellent
cottonwood stands
|
69
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Southern Vancouver Island
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90
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Sutton
Pass Ecological Reserve, W of Port Alberni
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Rare
adder's tongue fern (Ophioglossum vulgatum)
|
3
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North Eastern BC
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91
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Raspberry
Harbour Ecological Reserve, Willisten Lake NW of Finlay
Forks
|
Outstanding
lodgepole pure stands and adjacent bogs
|
143
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Vancouver Area
|
92
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Skihist Ecological Reserve, NE of Lytton
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Ungrazed Ponderosa pine-bunchgrass site
|
36
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Queen Charlotte Islands / Prince Rupert Area
|
93
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Lepas Bay Ecological Reserve, off NW corner of Graham Island
|
Seabird
colonies, mainly petrels
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4
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Southern Vancouver Island
|
94
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Oak Bay
Islands Ecological Reserve, E of Victoria
|
Natural
meadow communities, rare plants, seabirds and marine life
|
211
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National
Park Reserve
|
95
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|
Now
part of Gwaii Haanas /
South Moresby National Park Reserve
|
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National
Park Reserve
|
96
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|
Now
part of Gwaii Haanas /
South Moresby National Park Reserve
|
|
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Southern Vancouver Island
|
97
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Race
Rocks Ecological Reserve, SW of Victoria
|
Outstanding
marine community, sea lion haul-out, seabirds
|
220
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Vancouver Area
|
98
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Chilliwack
River Ecological Reserve, S of Chilliwack
|
Mature
alluvial forest with large western red cedars, hybrid spruces
|
86
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Vancouver Area
|
99
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Pitt
Polder Ecological Reserve, S of Pitt Lake
|
Two
forested hills surrounded by swamp, fen and beg communities
|
88
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Okanagan
Area
|
100
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Haynes'
Lease Ecological Reserve, N end of Osoyoos Lake
|
Most
arid ecosystem in Canada with numerous rare plants and
animals
|
101
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Williams Lake / Kamloops Area
|
101
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Doc
English Bluff Ecological Reserve, SE of Williams Lake
|
Limestone
cliff with rare plant species, colony of vhite-throated
swifts
|
52
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North Western BC
|
102
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Charlie
Cole Creek Ecological Reserve, S of Teslin Lake
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Unique
cone-shaped cold-water mineral springs used by ungulates as salt licks
|
162
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Queen Charlotte Islands / Prince Rupert Area
|
103
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Byers/Conroy/Harvey/Sinnett Islands Ecological Reserve, Hecate Strait, NW of Bella Bella
|
Important
seabird and marine mammal breeding areas
|
12,205
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Kootenay
Region
|
104
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Gilnockie Creek Ecological Reserve, E of Kingsgate
|
Mature
western larch, seral lodgepole
pine. small wetiand
|
58
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Northern Vancouver Island
|
105
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Megin River Ecological Reserve, NW of Tofino
|
Typical
west coast alluvial and upland forests
|
50
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Vancouver Area
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106
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Skagit River Rhododendrons Ecological Reserve, Skagit Valley Recreation Area
|
Two
stands of Pacific rhododendrons (Rhododendron macrophyllum)
|
70
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North Eastern BC
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107
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Chunamon Creek Ecological Reserve, NE of Germanson Landing
|
Two
small drainages; Engelmann and white spruce forest
|
344
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Okanagan
Area
|
108
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Cougar
Canyon Ecological Reserve, E Side of Kalamalka Lake
|
Mosaic
of plant communities in- cluding wetlands in
canyon setting
|
550
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Northern Vancouver Island
|
109
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Checleset Bay Ecological Reserve, NW of Kyuquot
|
Extensive
area of marine shoreline reefs and islets providing habitat for B.C.'s
prime sea otter population
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35,650
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Williams Lake / Kamloops Area
|
110
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McQueen
Creek Ecological Reserve, N of Kamloops
|
Native
grassland with many wildflowers
|
35
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Northern Vancouver Island
|
111
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*
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Robson
Bight (Michael Bigg) Ecological Reserve, Tsitika Valley, Johnston Strait
|
Killer
whales and a crucial part of their habitat; pristine estuary and forested
slopes
|
1,715
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Southern Vancouver Island
|
112
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Mount
Tzuhalem Ecological Reserve, NW of Duncan
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Outstanding
Garry oak vvoods with profusion of spring
wildflowers, rare plants
|
18
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Southern Vancouver Island
|
113
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Honeymoon
Bay Ecological Reserve, Cowichan Lake
|
Outstanding
population of pink fawn lily (Erythronium revolutum)
|
8
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Queen Charlotte Islands / Prince Rupert Area
|
114
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Williams
Creek Ecological Reserve, SE of Terrace
|
Representative
coastal western hemlock forest and outstanding terraced bogs
|
700
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North Western BC
|
115
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Gingietl Creek Ecological Reserve, upstream of
mouth of the Nass River
|
Undisturbed
watershed in virgin coastal western hemlock forest
|
2,873
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|
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Vancouver Area
|
116
|
|
Katherine
Tye (Vedder Crossing)
Ecological Reserve, SE of Chilliwack
|
Rare
white phantom orchid (Cephalanthera austiniae) and its habitat
|
3
|
|
|
Southern Vancouver Island
|
117
|
|
Haley
Lake Ecological Reserve, SW of Nanaimo
|
Population
of endangered Vancouver Island marmots and their habitat
|
120
|
|
|
Northern Vancouver Island
|
118
|
|
Nimpkish River Ecological Reserve, N of Vernon Lake
|
Some of
Canada's tallest Douglas-firs
|
18
|
|
|
Northern Vancouver Island
|
119
|
|
Tahsish River Ecological Reserve, S of Port McNeill
|
Pristine
westcoast estuary
|
70
|
|
|
Northern Vancouver Island
|
120
|
|
Duke
of Edinburgh (Pine/Storm/Tree Islands) Ecological Reserve, NW of Port
Hardy
|
Largest
seabird nesting colony in Queen Charlotte Strait
|
660
|
|
|
Southern Vancouver Island
|
121
|
|
Brackman Island Ecological Reserve, N of Sidney
|
Pristine,
ungrazed Gulf island vegetation and marine buffer
|
35
|
|
|
Northern Vancouver Island
|
122
|
|
Tsitika Mountain Ecological Reserve, S of Port
McNeill
|
Alpine
communities, wet subalpine forest. unusual
terraced fen, and small lake
|
554
|
|
|
Northern Vancouver Island
|
123
|
|
Mount
Derby Ecological Reserve, S of Port McNeill
|
Alpine
peak and precipitous, partly forested slopes
|
557
|
|
|
Northern Vancouver Island
|
124
|
|
Tsitika River Ecological Reserve, S of Port McNeill
|
Low
elevation swamp / fen / bog complex
|
110
|
|
|
Northern Vancouver Island
|
125
|
|
Mount
Elliott Ecological Reserve, S of Port McNeill
|
Representative
subalpine subdrainage
surrounding a lake
|
324
|
|
|
Northern Vancouver Island
|
126
|
|
Claud Elliott Creek Ecological Reserve, NE Vancouver Island
|
Representative
hemlock, amabilis fir and redcedar
forest
|
231
|
|
|
Williams Lake / Kamloops Area
|
127
|
|
Big
Creek Ecological Reserve, SW of Williams Lake
|
Representative
natural grasslands of Chilcotins
|
257
|
|
|
Southern Vancouver Island
|
128
|
|
Galiano Island Ecological Reserve, N end of Galiano Island
|
Rare
undisturbed peat bog ecosystem in dry coastal Douglas-fir zone
|
30
|
|
|
Northern Vancouver Island
|
129
|
|
Klaskish River Ecological Reserve, SW of Port Alice
|
Estuarv and alluvial forest in coastal western hemlock zone,
native oysters
|
132
|
|
|
Okanagan
Area
|
130
|
|
Mahoney
Lake Ecological Reserve, S of Okanagan Falls
|
Southern
interior saline lake with unique limnological
features of significance
|
29
|
|
|
Vancouver Area
|
131
|
|
Stoyoma Creek Ecological Reserve, near Boston Bar
|
Exceptional
diversity of conifers and the juncture of three biogeoclimatic
zones
|
76
|
|
|
Southern Vancouver Island
|
132
|
|
Trial
Islands Ecological Reserve, S of Oak Bay
|
The
most outstanding assemblage of rare and endangered plant species in B.C.
|
23
|
|
|
Queen Charlotte Islands / Prince Rupert Area
|
133
|
|
Gamble
Creek Ecological Reserve, E of Prince Rupert
|
North
coastal forest/ bog complex and occurrence of amabilis
fir near northern limit of its range
|
1,026
|
|
|
Prince
George Area
|
134
|
|
Ellis
Island Ecological Reserve, W of Vanderhoof on
Fraser Lake
|
inland breeding
colony of herring and ring-billed gulls
|
1
|
|
|
Southern Vancouver Island
|
135
|
|
Bowser
Ecological Reserve, 15 km N of Parksville
|
A high-productivity
Douglas-fir forest with small inclusions of wetlands
|
116
|
|
|
Southern Vancouver Island
|
136
|
|
Comox
Lake Bluffs Ecological Reserve, 8 km SW of Courtenay
|
Bluffs
and shallow soils with an assemblage of regionally rare plants and
communities
|
47
|
|
|
Southern Vancouver Island
|
137
|
|
Hudson Rocks
Ecological Reserve, 25 km N of Newcastle Island
|
Nationally
significant breeding colony of pelagic cormorants
|
50
|
|
|
Southern Vancouver Island
|
138
|
|
Klanawa River Ecological Reserve, 20 km SE of Bainfield
|
Floodplain
Sitka spruce forest and largest
population of rare redwood sorrel
|
90
|
|
|
Southern Vancouver Island
|
139
|
|
Ladysmith
Bog Ecological Reserve, 10 km S of Nanaimo
|
Diverse
CDF forest, fen and bog communities; rare plants associated with beaver
ponds and small lakes
|
141
|
|
|
Northern Vancouver Island
|
140
|
|
Misty
Lake Ecological Reserve, 12 km NW of Port McNeill
|
Small
lake, one of three occurrences of the endemic giant black stickleback
|
55
|
|
|
Southern Vancouver Island
|
141
|
|
San
Juan River Estuary Ecological Reserve, 5 km NE of Port Renfrew
|
Early seral floodplain plant communities; rare Tooth-leaved
monkey-flower
|
79
|
|
|
Southern Vancouver Island
|
142
|
|
Woodley
Range Ecological Reserve, 2 km N of Ladysmith
|
CDF
forest, woodland and species-rich meadows on shallow soils; rare plants
|
166
|
|
|
Vancouver Area
|
143
|
|
Liumchem Ecological Reserve, 16 km S of Chilliwack
|
Subalpine plant communities; interesting plant occurrences on
limestone; spotted owl habitat
|
2,190
|
|
|
Vancouver Area
|
144
|
|
Yale
Garry Oak Ecological Reserve, E of Yale
|
Isolated
stand of Garry oaks and associated vegetation
|
12
|
|
|
Queen Charlotte Islands / Prince Rupert Area
|
145
|
|
Burnt
Cabin Bog Ecological Reserve, 15 km SE of Smithers
|
Large
wetland complex with a variety of bog, fen, swamp and shallow water habitats;.resident beaver and moose
|
670
|
|
|
Queen Charlotte Islands / Prince Rupert Area
|
146
|
|
Catherine
Creek Ecological Reserve, 12 km SE of Hazelton
|
Stand
of large old growth western redcedar in the Moist
Cool ICH subzone
|
45
|
|
|
North Western BC
|
147
|
|
Grayling
River Hot Springs Ecological Reserve, 67 km NE of Muncho Lake
|
A
series of hot springs on both sides of the Grayling River; tufa
terraces, karst and caves, bats, and rare
vegetation
|
1,421
|
|
|
North Eastern BC
|
148
|
|
Kotcho Lake Ecological Reserve, 100 km ENE of Fort Nelson
|
Nesting
colony of three species of gulls and other water birds on two flat islands;
also important as migration stopover
|
64
|
|
|
North Western BC
|
149
|
|
Portage
Brule Rapids Ecological Reserve, 110 km SE of Watson Lake
|
Hot springs formations on the banks of the Liard River; unusual vegetation including
rare plants; BWBS forests on river terraces
|
724
|
|
|
North Eastern BC
|
150
|
|
Rolla
Canyon Ecological Reserve, near Dawson Creek
|
Narrow
canyon and site of rare fossils
|
43
|
|
|
Southern Vancouver Island
|
151
|
|
Ballingall Islets Ecological Reserve, 7 km NNE of Ganges
|
Nesting
colony of glaucous-winged gulls, double-crested
cormorants and pigeon guillemots
|
0.2
|
|
|
North Eastern BC
|
152
|
|
Ospika Cones Ecological Reserve, 50 km ENE of the N
end of Williston Lake
|
Unique spring
pools forming their own lime- stone dams, surrounding wetlands, forested
slopes, subalpine and alpine habitats above
|
1,282
|
|