American Pika – Friends of Ecological Reserves

Buck Hills Road Overview: Biological and Physical

22MayGarry Fletcher6, Reports, Species ListAmerican Pika, Larix occidentalis, Northern Alligator lizard, western larch, Wyeth’s lupine- northern golden-saxifrage

ORIGINAL PURPOSE To conserve a small stand of western larch which includes large, old specimens Physical: The reserve is located on the Okanagan Highland, an upland between the Thompson Plateau and Monashee Mountains. The undulating plateau surface is widely mantled with glacial drift. Piles of large, weathered granitic boulders, uncommon in surrounding terrain, are a

Evans Lake ER #32 Overview, Physical and Biological

PURPOSE: To protect one of the few known stands of yellow-cedar in interior British Columbia for future research. Physical: The spectacular and rugged Valhalla Ranges of the Selkirk Mountains are the location of this reserve. The area was heavily glaciated by Pleistocene ice sheets and more recent alpine glaciers, resulting in deep steep-sided valleys and