ermine – Friends of Ecological Reserves

Drizzle Lake ER 52 Management Statement

MANAGEMENT DIRECTION STATEMENT September 2004 PDF File:drizzle_lk Excerpt below: Ecological Reserve Statement Conservation Role Drizzle Lake Ecological Reserve serves a conservation role within the British Columbia protected areas system. The ecological reserve protects an international significant and critically imperiled population of giant black stickleback that is one of only three known populations in British Columbia.

Mount Tzuhalem Overview: Physical and Biological

10AprilGarry Fletcher112, Reports, Species ListCalifornia-tea, deltoid balsamroot, ermine, farewell-to-spring, Garry oak-California brome association, Garry oak-oceanspray association, Nutall's quillwort, purple sanicle, Scouler's catchfly, small-flowered godetia yellow montane violet, white meconella, white-top aster

Original Purpose: To preserve outstanding Garry oak-wildflower communities Physical:Mount Tzuhalem consists of strongly bedded conglomerates and sandstones. The reserve, at middle elevations on the western side of the mountain, faces southwest and has strongly sloping, internally hilly terrain. Soils, where developed, are shallow Sombric and Dystric Brunisols. Hollows between rock outcrops may contain seepage water