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Wildflower families of the Discovery Islands

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Primary forest survey: Quadra Island

Plant species of the Discovery Islands (white-coloured wildflowers)

Loss of forest cover on Quadra Island

Plant species of the Discovery Islands (yellow-coloured wildflowers)

Plant species of the Discovery Islands (pink-coloured wildflowers)

Plant species of the Discovery Islands (Blue-flowered wildflowers)

Plant species of the Discovery Islands (Red-orange-flowered wildflowers)

Plant species of the Discovery Islands (brown-coloured wildflowers)

Plant species of the Discovery Islands (purple-coloured wildflowers)

Animal species of the Discovery Islands: Marine mammals

Animal species of the Discovery Islands: Land mammals

Animal species of the Discovery Islands: Marine birds

Animal species of the Discovery Islands: Forest birds

Animal species of the Discovery Islands: Amphibians

Animal species of the Discovery Islands: Reptiles

Animal species of the Discovery Islands: Marine Invertebrates

Animal species of the Discovery Islands: Fish

Plant species of the Discovery Islands (Green-flowered wildflowers)

Logging in the watersheds of Quadra Island

Plant species observed on the Discovery Islands that are endangered, threatened or species of concern

Animal species observed on the Discovery Islands that are endangered, threatened or species of concern

Plant species of the Discovery Islands (Trees and Shrubs)

Lichen species of the Discovery Islands

Primary forest survey: Read Island

Primary forest survey: Cortes Island

Primary forest survey: Maurelle Island

Primary forest survey: Sonora Island

Primary forest survey: West Redonda Island

Primary forest survey: smaller islands

Primary forest survey: East Redonda Island

Place names: Quadra Island

Place names: Cortes Island

Place names: Read Island

Place names: Maurelle Island

Place names: Sonora Island

Place names: West Redonda Island

Place names: East Redonda Island

Place names: smaller islands

Plant species of the Discovery Islands (Grasses, sedges & rushes)

Plant species of the Discovery Islands (Aquatics)

Plant species of the Discovery Islands (Ferns)

Plant species of the Discovery Islands (Lichens)

Plant species of the Discovery Islands (Fungi)

Plant species of the Discovery Islands (Mosses and Liverworts)

Animal species of the Discovery Islands: Butterflies, Skippers and Moths

Animal species of the Discovery Islands: Dragonflies and Damselflies

Animal species of the Discovery Islands: Bees, Ants and Wasps

Animal species of the Discovery Islands: Beetles

Animal species of the Discovery Islands: Slugs and Snails

Loss of forest cover on Read Island

Loss of forest cover on Cortes Island

Loss of forest cover on Maurelle Island

Loss of forest cover on Sonora Island

Loss of forest cover on West Redonda Island

Loss of forest cover on East Redonda Island

Solutions

Photographic survey

Forest carbon release by logging on the Discovery Islands

Portal: Public subsidization of logging on the Discovery Islands

Loss of forest cover on the Discovery Islands

The cost of the public subsidy of clearcut logging on the Discovery Islands

Impact of clearcut logging on forest-related employment

Loss of forest carbon sequestration capacity due to logging

Forest stewardship plans for area-based forest tenures on the Discovery Islands

History of forest loss on the Discovery Islands

Portal: A paradigm shift in how Discovery Islands forests are managed is urgently needed

Portal: Over-exploitation of BC forests

Portal: Imagining a new relationship with forests

Portal: Loss of primary forest

Portal: Destruction of wildlife habitat and loss of biodiversity

Portal: Loss of the hydrological functions of forests

Portal: Increase in forest fire hazard

Portal: Loss of carbon sequestration capacity

Portal: Increase in forest carbon emissions

Portal: Plantation failure

Portal: Use of ecologically damaging practices

Portal: Permanent loss of forest to logging roads, landings and quarries

Portal: Soil loss and damage

Portal: Loss of forest-related employment

Portal: Loss of employment resulting from the export of raw logs

Portal: Costs of floods, fires and clearcutting of community watersheds

Portal: The economic impact on communities of boom and bust cycles

Portal: The instability of communities dependent on forest extraction

Portal: Psychological unease caused by forest destruction

Portal: Loss of trust in institutions as a result of over-exploitation of forests

Portal: Social division caused by over-exploitation of BC forests

Portal: Loss of economic potential of other forest-related sectors

Portal: The economic cost of converting forests into sawdust and wood chips

Portal: The need to reform BC forest legislation

Portal: The need to expedite treaties with First Nations

Portal: The need to get informed, organized and ready for change

Portal: Surveys

Portal: The case for much greater conservation of forests on the Discovery Islands

Portal: Greater conservation of forests is needed to mitigate climate change

Portal: Retention of old and mature forest is necessary to protect biodiversity

Portal: Compared with old and mature forest, logged areas have a higher fire hazard

Portal: The extraordinary beauty of the Discovery Islands needs to be protected

Portal: We support Indigenous title and rights on the Discovery Islands

Portal: Logging on the Discovery Islands is heavily subsidized by the public

Species at risk on the Discovery Islands

Historical record of forest fires on the Discovery Islands

Lakes and wetlands of the Discovery Islands

Recreation Resources: Morte Lake-Chinese Mountain area

Recreation Resources: Nugedzi Lake-Mount Seymour area

Recreation Resources: Newton Lake-Small Inlet-Waiatt Bay area

Recreation Resources: Mud Lake-Nighthawk Lake area

Recreation Resources: Eagle Ridge-Blindman's Bluff area

Recreation Resources: Heriot Ridge area

Recreation Resources: Shellalligan Pass area

Recreation Resources: Two-Mile Lake-Clear Lake-Hummingbird Lake area

Recreation Resources: Maud Island-Saltwater Lagoon

Recreation Resources: Hyacinthe Point area

Recreation Resources: Raven Lake-Raven Ridge area

Recreation Resources: Main Lake Provincial Park

Recreation Resources: Octopus Islands Provincial Park

Recreation Resources: Darkwater Lake-Darkwater Mountain

Salmon bearing streams

Portal map: Salmon bearing streams of the Discovery Islands

Library: Logging and plantations create higher forest fire hazard

Libary: Conservation of forests needed to protect biodiversity

Library: Conservation of forests is needed to mitigate climate change

Library: Supporting Indigenous title and rights

Central library

Portal: Discovery Islands' place names

Export of raw logs from the Discovery Islands

Log exports from the Discovery Islands

Discovery Islands forest tenures and logging plans

Discovery Islands Protected Areas

Place names of the Discovery Islands

Portal: Calculation of direct local employment

Watersheds of Quadra Island

Watersheds of Read Island

Watersheds of Cortes Island

Watersheds of Maurelle Island

Watersheds of Sonora Island

Portal: Watersheds of the Discovery Islands

Engaging the mindustry

Species at risk of local extirpation

Artistic Expression

Volunteer

Discussion

Project calculations

Definitions

Fisheries surveys of Discovery Islands creeks

Portal: Resolution of forest-use conflicts

Vancouver Island Land Use Plan

About the Discovery Islands Conservation Project

Recent satellite imagery of forest cover loss on the Discovery Islands

Forest planning documents

Sources for April 2023 complaint to Forest Practices Board

Woodlot 2031 (Okisollo Resources)

Herbicide use

DI Forest Bulletin

Sources for 2024 submission on TFL 47 Johnstone Strait FSP

Comments on proposed cutblocks and roads

Blogs

Events

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Everything posted by Project Staff

  1. Project Staff
    More information about "Aphyllon uniflorum (One-flowered Cancer Root)"
    Aphyllon uniflorum (One-flowered Cancer Root) Observed by Luna Loiseau near Cape Mudge on April 28, 2022 BC List: No status For more information see: http://linnet.geog.ubc.ca/Atlas/Atlas.aspx?sciname=Orobanche uniflora Photograph by Luna Loiseau
  2. Project Staff
    More information about "Prosartes hookeri (Hooker's Fairybells)"
    Prosartes hookeri (Hooker's Fairybells) Observed by Luna Loiseau near Cape Mudge on May 3, 2022. BC list: S5 (Yellow) For more information see: http://linnet.geog.ubc.ca/Atlas/Atlas.aspx?sciname=Prosartes hookeri Photograph by Luna Loiseau
  3. Project Staff
    Source of sector employment: https://www2.gov.bc.ca/assets/gov/data/statistics/employment-labour-market/lfs_employment_by_industry.xls
  4. Project Staff
    Please share your knowledge about Two-Mile Lake and the Granite Creek watershed.
  5. Project Staff
    Please share your knowledge about Little Lake and the Village Bay Creek watershed.
  6. Project Staff
    Please share your knowledge about Lax Lake and the Village Bay Creek watershed.
  7. Project Staff
    Please share your knowledge about Floating Islands Lake.
  8. Project Staff
    Please share your knowledge about Hummingbird Lake and the Waiatt Creek watershed.
  9. Project Staff
    Please share your knowledge about Mud Lake, Tan Creek, Reed Lake wetland area and Hyacinthe Creek.
  10. Project Staff
    If you have a question relating to First Nations and forests on the Discovery Islands, please consider posting it below. Or contact us directly. The project will endeavour to answer your question.
  11. Project Staff
    If you have a question relating to First Nations and forests on the Discovery Islands, please consider posting it below. Or contact us directly. The project will endeavour to answer your question.
  12. Project Staff
    If you have a question relating to First Nations and forests on the Discovery Islands, please consider posting it below. Or contact us directly. The project will endeavour to answer your question.
  13. Project Staff
    If you have a question relating to First Nations and forests on the Discovery Islands, please consider posting it below. Or contact us directly. The project will endeavour to answer your question.
  14. Project Staff
    IN RETHINKING OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH THE LAND and talking about what our future on it might be, it is helpful to be able to refer to specific places by name. Place names are essential reference points that help us create a common understanding about the physical state of the land. Many of the official place names for prominent Discovery Islands geographical features were assigned by British colonial government officials (who never lived here) and were intended to honour other government officials who never set eyes on this place. Perhaps those names’ most useful service now is to remind us that this land was appropriated from the original inhabitants by a colonizing government that understood how to create the illusion of ownership by putting it’s own place names on maps. Part of the necessary reconciliation between settler culture and Indigenous people is to change the British place names back to the traditional names used by the Indigenous inhabitants. For now, we are stuck with a smaller but still vexing problem: Many geographical features of the Discovery Islands are nameless. For example, Quadra Island has over 80 lakes of various sizes and significance, yet only 13 of those have official names. Since lakes make very useful reference points for developing an understanding about the land and what’s happening to it, the lack of named lakes creates unnecessary difficulty in creating the common understanding necessary to steward the land. The same applies to creeks, mountains, wetlands, bogs, points of land on the coasts, and so on. The map below shows both official and unofficial place names. Names with a white dot in front of the name are local names in common usage—or placeholder names used by this project. Eventually, each place name will have its own page on this website. A brief explanation of where each official place name came from for each of the Discovery Islands can be found by following the links immediately below. If you have knowledge of the origin of place names on your island, please consider adding them in the comments section for each name. If you know of a commonly used place name that is not shown on the map below, please tell us about it in the comments section on this page (below). Origin of place names: Quadra Island Cortes Island Read Island Maurelle Island Sonora Island
  15. Project Staff
    More information about "Calypso bulbosa var. occidentalis (Fairy Slipper)"
    Calypso bulbosa var. occidentalis (Fairy Slipper) Observed at Rebecca Spit on April 23, 2022 by Luna Loiseau BC List: S5 (Yellow) For more information see: http://linnet.geog.ubc.ca/Atlas/Atlas.aspx?sciname=Calypso bulbosa var. occidentalis Photos by Luna Loiseau
  16. Project Staff
    This is a work in progress Protected Area Size: 157 hectares Date Established: April 14, 2016
  17. Project Staff
    BC provincial government description of why Mitlenatch Island Nature Provincial Park was created:
  18. Project Staff
    BC provincial government description of why Roscoe Bay Marine Provincial Park was created:
  19. Project Staff
    BC provincial government description of why Walsh Cove Marine Provincial Park was created:
  20. Project Staff
    BC provincial government description of why Rendezvous Island South Provincial Park was created:
  21. Project Staff
    More information about "Smelt Bay Provincial Park"
    BC provincial government description of why Smelt Bay Provincial Park was created: Smelt Bay Provincial Park Purpose Statement and Zoning Plan.pdf
  22. Project Staff
    More information about "Manson's Landing Provincial Park"
    BC provincial government description of why Manson's Landing Provincial Park was created:
  23. Project Staff
    More information about "Octopus Islands Provincial Park"
    BC provincial government description of why Octopus Islands Provincial Park was created:
  24. Project Staff
    BC provincial government description of why Teakerne Arm Marine Provincial Park was created:
  25. Project Staff
    More information about "Ha'thayim Marine Provincial Park"
    BC provincial government description of why Ha’thayim Marine Provincial Park was created: Below: Robertson Lake looking south from the bluff at the lake's north end
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