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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

Trout Creek Ecological Reserve Warden’s Report: September 7, 2014

Ecological reserve Warden laurie Rockwell submitted this report ◦  I was in the reserve for 2 hours early this morning. At 15◦  c, sunny,very quiet and no wind it was a very peaceful experience. ◦  I saw or heard 16  species of birds including the seldom seen Hairy Woodpecker,American Kestrel and Steller’s Jay. I was

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

Klaskish River ER Purpose Reserve, 2003

KLASKISH RIVER ECOLOGICAL RESERVE Purpose Statement Ecological reserves are areas selected to preserve representative and special natural ecosystems, plant and animal species, features and phenomena. The key role 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

Blue/Dease River ER #58 Overview: Biological and Physical

Original Purpose: To establish a research area containing a variety of communities in the Boreal White and Black Spruce Zone. Physical:: The reserve lies on a plain of low relief in the Liard River drainage. Micro-relief is provided by many glacial features, oriented in an east-west direction, including eskers, drumlins and morainal landforms. These show

Tsitika River Ecological reserve #124 Overview: Physical and Biological

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)