Bowser ER #135 Overview: Biological and Physical

ORIGINAL PURPO E To protect a highly productive forest ecosystem and wetland representative of the south-eastern coast of Vancouver Island for research and educational use. Physical:The reserve is located in the Nanaimo Lowlands Ecosection. It has uniform gentle slopes and small wet basins. The soils are developed on a mosaic of colluvial (slopewash) till and

Skagit River Forest ER#21 Overview: Biological and Physical

ORIGINAL PURPOSE To preserve representative valley-bottom forest in an area transitional between coastal and interior climatic conditions Physical: The reserve lies in the Skagit River valley, bounded in the west by the Skagit Range and east by the Hozameen Range. Local peaks rise to the 2150 m elevation. It is primarily on the alluvial fan