. The hidden gems of British Columbia’s protected areas system are its ecological reserves, set aside for scientific study and education, not recreation. Two of the first ERs ever established sit above Columbia Lake at the headwaters of the Columbia Valley. Discover how a Czech refugee fleeing the Communists prompted B.C. to become the first
In 1978 The National Film Board of Canada produced a documentary on the work of Dr. Krajina called The Forests and Vladimir Krajina. Here is a link to the NFB. Description: Visually seductive, this film uncovers a few hard truths under the packaging. Dr. Vladimir Krajina, botanist and teacher, is waging a successful battle in
The pdf of this presentation is available here: 2016_Wali-Pojar_UBC_VJ Krajina Legacy Invited presentation for the Centennial of the University of British Columbia 2015 History of 100 years of the Department of Botany, 2016 The Legacy of Vladimir J. Krajina and Contributions to UBC Botany Mohan K. Wali1 and Jim Pojar2 For what is the present
50th Anniversary Timeline – Ecological Reserve Act Following Canada’s commitment to implement the International Biological Program in the early 1960s, and scientific studies in the 1950s and 1960s by UBC Plant Ecologist Dr. Vladimir J. Krajina and other academics, Ray Williston, Minister of Forests, Lands and Water Resources supported the concept of protected reserves representing
Our thanks to Will MacKenzie who took these photos in The Vladimir Krajina (Port Chanal) Ecological Reserve in September 2006:
GOOGLE TRANSLATION FROM CZECH: ( Approximately!!) Google sometimes translated Krajina as “landscape” See the complete PDF in its original form here: Vladimir Josef Krajina-1 Šumava, the last day of February 1948. Snowy mountain forest. He doesn’t know much about the Šumava forests, but how much have he experienced such, even riskier, moments? To illegally travel
This picture on the left is significant as it was taken by Hans Roemer when Dr. Krajina first visited what later became the Nimpkish Island Ecological Reserve. Hans says ” I took this photograph in June 1974, it shows Dr. Krajina, flanked by two foresters, making his way towards the largest Douglas-fir that then existed
NFB film on Ecological Reserves
From The Friends of Ecological reserves Newsletter Autumn/Winter, 2016 Karel Klinka – 1937 – 2015 It is with great sadness that we share the news that Dr. Karel Klinka, Professor Emeritus of the Forest and Conservation Sciences Department of UBC died on September 15, 2015. Dr. Klinka was an outstanding ecologist, forester, supervisor, mentor, collaborator
Vladimir Krajina was a Czech resistance hero who would rather have smelled the flowers kgriffin@vancouversun.com © Copyright (c) The Vancouver Sun In May 1942, when a seemingly invincible Nazi Germany controlled all of Europe and its disastrous invasion of the Soviet Union was only months away, a group of Czech and Slovak commandos were dropped
The author, Jan Drabek has provided us with the introduction and chapter 15 of his book on Vladimir Krajina . In Chapter 15, he discusses the origin of the Ecological Reserves Program. The book was published in 2012. It is available from Ronsdale Press. Introduction During the war “Krajina” was a just a concept which was
Heather Kellerhalls sent me this story about their experience as Ecological Reserve wardens for East Redonda Island. There is an interesting story about the East Redonda Ecological Reserve, one of the first to be set aside. Ralph and usually made one or two trips a year with our small boat to the reserve. The distance
This article appeared in the 2007 November December Issue of the BC Forestry Professional Magazine FORUM see page 14 BCFORPRO-2007-6
ECORESERVES AGAIN From The Log, Winter 2003, by Jim Pojar Late this past August [2003], towards the end of what was a magnificent summer in the northern hinterland, I was a guest at the marriage of two friends and colleagues-both keen botanists and naturalists. It was a moving ceremony, not least for me because the
MOHAN K. WALI , State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry, Syracuse, NY 13210, U.S.A. WALI, M. K. 1988. Reflections on the life, work, and times of Vladimir Joseph Krajina. Can. J. Bot. 66: 2605-2619. A distinguished teacher, botanist, ecologist, and conservationist, Professor Vladimir Joseph Krajina has made major contributions to
EcoCat:The Ecological Reports Catalogue. From https://a100.gov.bc.ca/pub/acat/public/search.do This is a good set of links of 122 complete pdfs of early reports done for the International Biological Program. Ministry of Environment EcoCat:The Ecological Reports Catalogue 122 Report(s) Found International Biological Programme Application: Antler Lake_Gold River (Nov 1974) Author: J. Krajina, H. Roemer, D. Kossick Old Reference Number: 177
This reserve was proposed as an IBP area as the Aleza Lake Sub-boreal Forest by Victor Krajina , Jim Pojar, C. Steneker, D.Araki and C. Parsons . It includes a comprehensive species list and surveyors maps. It includes Part of the gently dissected, forested lowlands between the Fraser and Bowron rivers. See pdf file: purpose_map_airphoto_alzea_lake_er
This report, edited by Vladimir Krajina in 1965 contains archival material on the Squamish River Floodplain coastal_western_hemlock_zone_sw_bc