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

Visit to Balingall Island by BC Parks staff.

On July 11, 2014, Roger Allen ( warden) and BC Parks Staff  Trudy Chatwin and Hugh McDonald with Darrian (student at UVIC ),  visited Balingall Islets Ecological Reserve. Seabird Census for Ballingall Island:. Black Oystercatchers – 2, Pelagic Cormorants – 6 (4 immature, 2 adults), Black Turnstones – 1 , Pigeon Guillemot – 8, Glaucous-winged

Lepas Bay Important Bird Area (IBA)

IBA Lepas Bay Islet Queen Charlotte Islands, British Columbia Site Summary BC008 Latitude Longitude 54.175° N 133.041° W Elevation Size 0 m 0.39 km² This page was accessed in may, 2014 at http://www.ibacanada.ca/site.jsp?siteID=BC008&seedet=Y Site Description This unnamed Islet lies about 150 m from shore near the head of Lepas Bay at the extreme northwest corner of

Elephant Seal Pup born at Race Rocks Ecological Reserve January 14, 2014

Warden’s report by Garry Fletcher:
 In the early morning hours of January 14, a new elephant seal pup was born at the Race Rocks Ecological reserve. This was the 5th pup born to a female called Bertha since January 2009. Ecoguardian on the island Alex Fletcher reported that it was born in the night, some

Cleland Island ER #1 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 vehicles are prohibited. Cleland Island Ecological

Lasqueti Island ER #4 Overview, Biological and Physical

ORIGINAL PURPOSE To protect vegetation and fauna characteristic of the Coastal Douglas-Fir Zone Access: Much of the reserve was selectively logged in the 1960s, and old logging roads are present. Part of the reserve is fenced to keep out feral sheep. See the complete PDF: lasqueti COMPOSITION The reserve contains a rocky, irregular hill with

Inventory Methods for Seabirds: BC Resources Inventory Committee

Inventory Methods for Seabirds: cormorants, gulls, murres, storm-petrels, Ancient Murrelet, auklets, puffins, and Pigeon Guillemot Standards for Components of British Columbia’s Biodiversity No. 13 Prepared by Ministry of Environment, Lands and Parks Resources Inventory Branch for the Terrestrial Ecosystems Task Force Resources Inventory Committee March 97 Version 0.0 © The Province of British Columbia Published

Ecological Reserve Proposal #290: Islets off Anthony Island

Trudy Carson provided a description of the islands and the bird species.  A species list of macrophytes, and Randy Baker has provided a report on annelids. The uniqueness of this reserve and why it was an IBP Area, is that they are a small group of islets with different habitats ( landform and vegetation) features

Summary of Seabirds breeding on Rose Islets 1963 through 1978. Also the Purpose Statement and macroalgae list

Also included here is the Purpose Statement  including ER map. R.W. Campbell submitted this report  on nesting seabirds . There is also a list of macrophytic Algae.  from June 1977 See the full PDF:Summary of seabirds breeding Rose Islets 1963_1978

A List of Seabird nesting sites in Barkley Sound, BC– 1971

Provincial Museum and UBC field parties conducted bird and mammal  investigations in Barkley Sound from 1954 to 1970 inclusive. 55 of approx. 55 islands,islets and reefs  were visited. Nesting sites of 6 species of sea birds  previously unrecorded are lsited. See the complete paper –PDF file: barkley_sound_sea_bird_nesting_sites