Western rattlesnake – Friends of Ecological Reserves

Tranquille Ecological reserve #29 Warden’s Report.2013 (Kitamura)

25JanuaryGarry Fletcher29, Species List, Warden ReportsAstragulus americanus, Astragulus purshi, Crotalius viridis, Stephanomeria pauciflora, Western rattlesnake, Western Yellow-bellied racer

This report was submitted by Kats and June Kitamura, ER Reserve Wardens who share the duties with ER Warden Joan Best

Tranquille Ecological Reserve Overview: Physical and Biological

5AprilGarry Fletcher29, Reports, Species ListAndrosace occidentalis, awned cyperus, Bighorn Sheep, Crotalus oreganus, Dalles Milk-Vetch, dotted smartweed, Gopher Snake, grey horsebrush, Hudson Bay sedge-, Odocoileus hemionus, Ovis canadensis, Pituophis catenifer ssp.deserticola, Poa secunda ssp. sandbergii), slender plantain, western fairy-candelabra, Western rattlesnake

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

Cougar Canyon Ecological Reserve Overview: Biological and Physical

8MarchGarry Fletcher108, Reports, Species ListPainted Turtle, Racer, Western rattlesnake, White-throated Swift

COUGAR CANYON ORIGINAL PURPOSE To preserve representative Interior Douglas-Fir ecosystems, together witha chain of small lakes and associated wetland. Physical: The reserve lies on the moderately rugged western slopes of the Grizzly Hills. The ma jor physical feature is a narrow, relatively straight, sometimes canyon- like valley the length of the reserve. This appears to

The Importance of the Facial Pit of the Northern Pacific Rattlesnake

21MayGarry Fletcher77, ResearchWestern rattlesnake

The Importance of the Facial Pit of the Northern Pacific Rattlesnake(Crotalus viridis oreganus) Under Natural Conditions in Southern British Columbia. An MSc thesis submitted by William Barton Preston UBC, 1964. See full PDF : preston_1964_importance_of_facial_pit_of_north_pac_rattlesnake_southern_bc_thesis reference: The Western ratttlesnake: http://www.env.gov.bc.ca/wld/documents/rattlesnake.pdf photos from the bc govt. publication above