Images from Hippa Island : Vladimir Krajina Ecological Reserve : 2014

Laas Parnell, a student from Haida Gwaii  who attended Lester Pearson College in 2012-2014. She  spent the summer in 2014 on a boat 7 hours a day in the ocean around Hippa island which is on the outer ocean side of the Vladimir Krajina Ecological reserve.  She has sent us these images of this beautiful

Parks staff visit Canoe Islets Ecological Reserve

On July 11, 2014, Roger Allen ( warden) and BC Parks Staff  Trudy Chatwin and Hugh McDonald with Darrian (student at UVIC ),  visited Canoe Islets Ecological Reserve. Canoe Islet: No Pelagic Cormorants or Double-crested Cormorants, Bald Eagle -1, Black Oystercatchers  – 4, Surfbirds – 7, Ruddy Turnstone – 1, Black Turnstones – 5, Glaucous-winged

Fraser River Islands Ecological Reserve #76 warden’s report September 27, 2009

Visit to ER #76 – Fraser River Islands, September 27, 2009 Sunny, warm; low water, 18 degrees rising up to about 23 degrees C, wind picked up during the day, blowing sand across sand bars. Total distance 13 km. Launched from Nicomen Boat Launch at 10:45 pm. Carried boats in from locked gate. Returned by

Warden’s report -Visit to ER #76 – Fraser River Islands, April 26, 2008

Visit to ER #76 – Fraser River Islands, April 26, 2008 Sunny, warm; very low water – 0 to 1.5 m at Mission Put it at Nicomen Island boat launch after carrying our boats from the locked gate. River very low with large sand/gravel bars exposed. Landed lower big island and observed bald eagle in

Warden’s report -Visit to ER #76 – Fraser River Islands, March 31, 2007

Visit to ER #76 – Fraser River Islands, March 31, 2007 Sunny, but cold day, with temperatures down to 0 degrees overnight in Vancouver, up to about 9 degrees in day. Fresh snow on higher mountains (like Cheam), on top of existing high snowpack. Some wind. Water level low, around 1 metre at Mission. Departed

Francis Point ER Overview: Physical and Biological

ORIGINAL PURPOSE To protect a relatively undisturbed example of one of B.C.’s most underrepresented biogeoclimatic variants (CWH xm1), and sensitive mosses and lichens on the shallow-soiled coastal bluffs. OVERVIEW See the complete PDF at : francis-point-er-153 Access: The reserve can be accessed via trails through the adjacent Francis Point Provincial Park to the east, with

San Juan River Estuary Ecological Reserve Purpose Statement

Purpose Statement Ecological reserves are areas selected to preserve representative and special natural ecosystems, plant and animal species, features and phenomena. The key goal of ecological reserves is to contribute to the maintenance of biological diversity and the protection of genetic materials. All consumptive resource uses and the use of motorized vehicles are prohibited. Research

Lasqueti Island ER #4 Overview, Biological and Physical

ORIGINAL PURPOSE To protect vegetation and fauna characteristic of the Coastal Douglas-Fir Zone Access: Much of the reserve was selectively logged in the 1960s, and old logging roads are present. Part of the reserve is fenced to keep out feral sheep. See the complete PDF: lasqueti COMPOSITION The reserve contains a rocky, irregular hill with

Baynes Island, Biological and Physical Overview

ORIGINAL PURPOSE: To preserve floodplain cottonwood stands for purposes of hybridization and stock improvement Biological: Baynes Island, except for narrow gravel bars at its perimeter, is completely forested. One community of shrubs and four forest communities have been described. Shrub stands, of limited extent, are dominated by the tall shrubs Pacific willow and Pacific ninebark.

Brackendale Eagles Provincial Park Background Document BC Parks.. 1999

Introduction: This report has been prepared to provide natural, cultural, and recreational information to assist the management planning process for Brackendale Eagle Provincial Park. Brackendale Eagles Provincial Park is located on the west side of the Squamish River, near the community of Brackendale, B.C., approximately 70 km. north of Vancouver (Figure 1). It is 755