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Monday, April 2, 2012

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EVENTS

  • S.O.S FEST 2013, SATURDAY, APRIL 20TH 4PM - 1AM AT THE SHIRLEY HALL

‘Muir Creek rumbled and decided of its own accord that the community should get together in the Spirit of peace, love and unity and celebrate, with conscious, local music as a vehicle for positive evolution.’

LINKS FOR MUIR CREEK

  • Muir Creek Protection Society
  • Dakini Tidal Wilds
  • Big Tree Registry

Blog Archive

  • ►  2013 (2)
    • ►  April (1)
    • ►  March (1)
  • ▼  2012 (12)
    • ►  May (5)
    • ▼  April (4)
      • S.O.S Fest 2012 Tickets Now For Sale!
      • S.O.S. Fest 2012 Poster
      • Sponsors So Far (Thanks!!)
      • S.O.S. Fest 2012~~~Line-up
    • ►  March (2)
    • ►  February (1)
  • ►  2011 (8)
    • ►  May (2)
    • ►  April (5)
    • ►  March (1)

Blog List

  • Biscuit's Blog
  • CPAWS News
  • Dakini Tidal Wilds
  • Dogwood Initiative
  • T'Sou-ke Nation
  • Vancouver Island Big Trees
  • Water Blogged
  • Wild Blog

READ ABOUT MUIR CREEK

  • 20 Million Year Old Earthcache: The Muir Creek Fossil Beds
  • British Columbia Ancient Forests News: CRD Parks Public Input Process Presents Golden Opportunity to Protect Canada’s Most Magnificent Old-Growth Forests
  • British Columbia White Water: Help Save Muir Creek!
  • Cathedral Grove: Muir Creek Big Trees
  • Dogwood Initiative: Protecting Muir Creek
  • John Horgan, MLA: Mining Permits, Arden Gravel Pit Public Consultation
  • Muir Creek Protection Society Prospectus PDF
  • Peace, Earth and Justice News: Gravel Pit at Muir Creek in Sooke
  • Salmon Enhancement and Habitat Advisory Board: Roundtable: South VI
  • Sierra Club BC: BC Forest Policy, Coastal Rainforest At Risk
  • Sierra Club BC: Muir Creek: an old growth forest emergency
  • Sierra Club BC: Proposed CRD Regional Park near Sooke being Clearcut!
  • Sierra Club BC: What is Enviro 911?
  • Sooke News Mirror, Park acquisition fund wanted
  • Times Colonist, Plenty Of fossils found here
  • Times Colonist: Muir Creek logging denounced
  • Vancouver Island Big Trees: Muir Creek: Potential Old Growth Parkland
  • Vancouver Island Big Trees: Multi-Century Cedars: Canada's Largest, Oldest Trees
  • Vancouver Island Big Trees: Vancouver Island Home To Some Of BC's Tallest, Largest, Oldest Trees
  • Vancouver Sun: TimberWest to log large tracts on Vancouver Island bought from Western Forest Products
  • WCWC: Preservation groups alarmed by Muir Creek clear cut
  • WCWC: Timberwest says only moderate logging done in Muir Creek, near Sooke

Books with Reference to Muir Creek

  • Muir Creek Protection Society Prospectus 2007 PDF
  • Ancient Volcanoes of Southern Vancouver Island by R. Connell, 1926 - Page 114
  • Life in Stone: a Natural History of British Columbia's Fossils by Rolf Ludvigsen, 1996 - Page 207

Old Growth Trees

  • The second largest Pacific Yew on the Big Tree Registry, with a circumference of 3.58 meters (11ft, 9in), is reported to be 5.5 to 6 km up Muir Creek.
  • Western Red Cedar - nine over 5m (19ft) in circumference, the largest 8.9m (29ft, 6in)
  • Sitka Spruce -seven over 5.1m (17ft) in circumference, the largest 7.58m (25ft, 3in)
  • Bigleaf Maple – several between 4.2-4.5m (15-16ft) in circumference
  • Douglas Fir – several having a circumference in range of 5.4-6m (18-20ft)

Salmon and Steelhead

  • Chinook, spawn in Muir Creek
  • Coho, spawn in Muir Creek
  • Chum, spawn in Muir Creek
  • Steelhead, Muir Creek is 1 of only 3 remaining viable Steelhead Habitats between Victoria and Port Renfrew

Species at Risk-Birds

  • American Bittern (Botaurus lentiginosus)
  • Band-Tailed Pigeon (Patagioenas fasciata)
  • Barn Owl Western (Tyto alba)
  • Caspian Tern (Hydroprogne caspia)
  • Common Nighthawk (Chordeiles minor)
  • Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias fannini)
  • Green Heron (Butorides virescens)
  • Marbled Murrelet (Brachyramphus marmoratus)
  • Northern Goshawk laingi subspecies (Accipiter gentilis laingi)
  • Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus anatum)
  • Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus pealei)
  • Western Screech-Owl kennicottii subspecies (Megascops kennicottii kennicottii)

Species at Risk-Mammals

  • American Water Shrew, brooksi subspecies(Sorex palustris brooksi)
  • Ermine (Mustela erminea anguinae)
  • Grey Whale (Eschrichtius robustus)
  • Humpback Whale North Pacific (Megaptera novaeangliae)
  • Keen's Long-eared Bat (Myotis keenii)
  • Killer Whale - Northeast Pacific southern resident (Orcinus orca)
  • Killer Whale - Northeast Pacific transient (Orcinus orca)
  • Steller Sea Lion (Eumetopias jubatus)
  • Townsend's Big-eared Bat (Corynorhinus townsendii)

Species at Risk-Insects

  • Monarch Butterfly (Danaus plexippus)

Species at Risk-Molluscs

  • Olympia Oyster (Ostrea lurida)
  • Warty Jumping Slug (Hemphillia glandulosa)

Species at Risk-Fish

  • Coastal Cutthroat Trout (Oncorhynchus clarkii clarkii)

Species at Risk-Amphibians / Reptiles

  • Western Toad (Anaxyrus boreas)
  • Red-Legged Frog (Rana aurora)
  • Sharp-tailed Snake (Contia tenuis)

Species at Risk-Plants

  • Creeping Wildrye (Leymus triticoides)
  • Sandmat (Cardionema ramosissimum)

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