Trout Creek Ecological Reserve Warden report June 20, 2014

Laurie Rockwell, Ecological reserve warden visited the Trout Creek Ecological reserve today with the intent of surveying the foot of the rock bluff on the east side. He writes, “ ◦  I had not spent concentrated time in this area and wanted to survey flora,fauna and the landscape.I went roughly NW from the gate for about 75-100m

Trout Creek Ecological Reserve Wardens’s report , May 11, 2014

Ecological reserve Warden Laurie Rockwell reported on his monthly tour of the TCER. ◦    I was in the reserve for 2.40 hours,plus travel to and from, under ideal conditions-10 degrees at 7am, little wind and sunshine. ◦    I saw or heard 15 species of birds including a calling Pygmy Owl (Glaucidium sp),a seldom seen or heard

Trout Creek Ecological Reserve Warden report, July 7, 2013

Laurie Rockwell writes this report for July 7, 2013 it was mild early morning at 15c,with little wind and later sunshine. I saw/heard 18 species of birds,none of them unexpected.I heard 3-4 blue-listed Gray Flycatchers. The White-breasted Nuthatch nest,with parents feeding nestlings, that I found last month was abandoned. I presume the nestlings fledged as

Trout Creek ER warden’s report: May 8th 2013

Laurie Rockwell sends this report and photos. [ bulletlist] A good day to hike at 5c at 6.30 am, light, periodic breezes and sunshine. I saw/heard 15 species of birds including 6 blue-listed Gray Flycatchers ( 2 calling from a new area), many Cassin’s Finches and Townsend’s Solitaires and a Bullock’s Oriole, an infrequent visitor

Field’s Lease Overview: Physical and Biological

Original Purpose: To protect a small example of the antelope brush community, the most arid shrub-steppe ecosystem in Canada Physical: Rocky knolls thinly covered with sandy soil form the central axis of this reserve. These are bordered by sandy flats on their west and south sides, and a steep northeast-facing slope along the northeast boundary.

Tranquille Ecological Reserve Overview: Physical and Biological

ORIGINAL PURPOSE Preservation of representative ponderosa pine and Douglas-fir ecosystems in a prominent interior valley Physical: This reserve, located on the north side of the Thompson River valley, has two distinct landforms. Its northeastern half consists of steep, gullied slopes which drop away sharply from the Red Plateau to the north. These have much exposed