May 16-19, 1988

Naramata Centre

Naramata, B.C.

General Information

Location: at the Naramata Centre approximately 18 km north of Penticton.

Inquiries: Karen Yearsley Andrew Harcombe (604) 387-9798 or Bob Ogilvie (604) 387-2917.

** PROGRAM **

Monday, May 16

Evening - Registration

- Eco Reunion

Tuesday, May 17 - Plant/Animal Interactions

08:45 Introductory Remarks

- Chairperson: Andrew Harcombe

09:00 Use of edge habitats by deer

- Laurie Kremsater

09:30 Pollination

- Jim Pojar (Ministry of Forests and Lands)

10:00 COFFEE BREAK

10:15 Toxic elements in plants

- Walter Majak (Agriculture Canada)

10:45 Evolution of woody plants: chemical defence against herbivory

- John Bryant (Univ. of Alaska)

11:15 Effect of introducing deer on the Queen Charlottes

- Hans Roemer (Ecological Reserves Unit)

11:45 LUNCH BREAK

13:15 Substitute talk will be arranged if possible, for this time slot; otherwise, can be used for a longer mid-day break

13:45 Gnawing, Nipping and Stripping: vertebrate pests and plants

- Alton Harestad (Dept. of Biol. Sciences, SFU)

14:15 Trees beetles and arsenic

- Lorraine Maclauchlan

14:45 COFFEE BREAK

15:00 Effects of grazing on grasslands (history)

- Michael Pitt (Plant Science, UBC)

15:30 Horticultural use of alpine plants

- Gerald Straley (Botanical Gardens, UBC)

16:00 to be announced

DINNER BREAK

19:00 General Meeting BOTANY B.C.

19:30 Bat detection with Alton Harestad

Wednesday, May 18

I. Wetlands

08:30 Introductory Remarks

- Chairperson: Allen Banner

08:45 Aquatic plants in B.C.

- Adolf Ceska (Royal B.C. Museum)

09:15 Estuarine marsh creation and restoration on the East Coast of Vancouver Island

- Neil Dawe (CWS)

09:45 Some wetland ecosystems of the Cariboo Forest Region

- Anna Roberts (Consultant)

10:15 COFFEE BREAK

10:30 Biogeochemistry of bog ecosystems: a comparison of ombrotrophic bog ecosystems in temperate B.C. and tropical Sumatran rainforest

- Hamish Kimmins and M. Brady (Faculty of Forestry, UBC)

11:00 Vegetation patterns and surface water chemistry of Coastal Peatlands

- Dale Vitt (Dept. of Botany, Univ. of Alta, Edmonton)

11:30 Effects of climatic changes on wetlands in British Columbia

- Rolf Mathewes (Dept. of Biol. Sciences, SFU)

LUNCH BREAK

II. Alpine Areas

13:00 Introductory Remarks

- Chairperson: Bob Ogilvie

13:15 Alpine vegetation and floristics of B.C.: an overview

- Evelyn Hamilton (Research, Min. of Forests & Lands) and

Bob Ogilvie (Royal B.C. Museum)

13:45 Alpine and subalpine bryophytes of B.C.

- Wilf Schofield (Dept. of Botany, UBC)

14:15 Alpine vegetation in Alaska with some comparisons to Siberia

- Dave Murray (Univ. of Alaska)

14:45 COFFEE BREAK

15:00 Alpine flora and phytogeography of Idaho

- Douglas Henderson (Dept. of Biology, Univ. of Idaho)

15:30 Alpine flora and phytogeography of Glacial Peak in the Cassiar Range

- Larry Donovan (Dept. of Botany, UBC)

16:00 Alpine vegetation and reclamation in the South East Rocky Mountains

- Clint Smyth (Dept. of Geography/Biology, Univ. of Victoria)

DINNER BREAK

19:00 Ducks Unlimited and their role in wetlands (includes "Wetland" film)

- Ed Hennan

20:00 A slide talk on the natural history of the South Okanagan

- Steve Cannings

Thursday, May 19 - Field trip

1) rough fescue grassland

2) Vaseux Lk. wetland

3) semi-desert

4) alkaline wetland

5) burrowing owls

6) bighorn sheep: habitat use and needs

7) reptiles and amphibians??

!!!!!!! PHOTO CONTEST !!!!!!!

Prizes to be won!!!!!

1) Categories

a) Alpine vegetation - individual plant/closeup

- landscape/habitat

b) Wetland vegetation - individual plant/closeup

- landscape/habitat

c) Plant/animal interaction

2) Photos must be taken in your usual area of work (no exotic African vegetation from last year's vacation).

3) 5"x7" prints (black and white or colour).

4) Submit your entries at registration or send them ahead of time if you will not be arriving until the second day.

5) Prizes will be awarded Wednesday evening.

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*** RETURN OF THE ECO-PEOPLE ***

BCFS Ecology Program Reunion - Monday, May 16th 1988

Naramata Centre - Naramata, B.C.

The eco-people are going to converge on the Okanagan once again -- six years will have passed since the last big meeting! Come one-and-all for an evening of reminiscing, laughs, and fun! (on the eve of the BOTANY B.C. Workshop). Prizes for best hairdo, most hair, least hair, best beard, best dressed (all contests open to both sexes).

Program

4:00 Registration

4:30 Reception

5:30 Dinner ($10.00/person)

6:30 Slide Shows, or Skits by each Region and Headquarters on 'evolution of program'