BC’s Old Growth Forest: A Last Stand for Biodiversity

This report was published in April 2020 Authors: Karen Price , PhD.,  Rachel F. Holt, PhD., R.P.Bio and Dave Daust R.P.F., M.Sc. See the full pdf of the report here: bcs-old-growth-forest-report-web Conclusions Productive old forest has almost vanished across BC. Low productivity inaccessible old forest remains in some forest types. Forest policy in BC does

The Unique Biodiversity of Pink Mountain-

Ron Long has assembled this report on field research that illustrates the unique  biodiversity of Pink Mountain. This is an area that the Friends of Ecological Reserve considers to have the ideal characteristics to be designated as an Ecological Reserve. See this 11 Mg pdf:   Pink Mountain report here:  Pink Mountain See this 11

Bowen Island ER #48 Resource Inventory Data Report 1997

SUMMARY Ecological reserves are areas of land that have been protected from the consumptive resource use under the Ecological Reserves Act.  The Bowen Island Ecological Reserve was established in May 1973 to preserve dry subzone forest ecosystems in the Coastal Western Hemlock Zone at a location convenient for research. The purpose of this study was