2. Great Bear Rainforest

Bella Bella area

Sea plane, boats, old pier, old tug, McInnes Island manned lighthouse, intertidal species, leather star, ochre star, rock weed, kelp
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Dead man's fingers (sea sacs) and sea lettuce, near McInnes Island, BC
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Dead man's fingers (sea sacs) and sea lettuce, near McInnes Island, BC

  • Pacific Coastal seaplane, Bella Bella, BC <br /> <br /> Huge tracts of the mid-coast of British Columbia that comprise the Great Bear Rainforest <a href="http://www.britishcolumbia.com/regions/towns/?townid=4120">http://www.britishcolumbia.com/regions/towns/?townid=4120</a> and the Fiordland Conservancy <a href="http://www.britishcolumbia.com/parks/?id=24">http://www.britishcolumbia.com/parks/?id=24</a> are roadless wilderness, composed of myriad islands and long deep fjords. The area, and its few small communities, are only accessible by boat and by seaplane. The area and its abundant wildlife are at risk from tanker traffic if the Enbridge pipeline development goes forward <a href="http://wcel.org/our-work/tar-sands-tankers-pipelines-0">http://wcel.org/our-work/tar-sands-tankers-pipelines-0</a>. Information about trips to this area can be found here: <a href="http://www.oceanadventures.bc.ca/">http://www.oceanadventures.bc.ca/</a>
  • Great-Bear-at-the- wharf-at-Bella-Bella
  • Barnacles and mussels on an old pier post, Bella Bella, BC
  • Love me, love me not?<br /> <br /> Motor boat that has seen better days, Bella Bella, BC
  • Fishing gear, Bella Bella, BC
  • Off the beaten track, Shearwater, Denny Island, BC
  • Remains of old pier-1, Bella Bella, BC
  • Remains of old pier-2 at low tide, Bella Bella, BC<br /> <br /> The tidal range can be over 25 feet at times on the northern BC coast, and at low tide a rich intertidal community is exposed. This old disused pier is covered with barnacles and mussels. For photos of an old tug and a fisheries research boat see here: <a href="http://goo.gl/RknQF">http://goo.gl/RknQF</a>
  • Woman sheltering from the rain under the awning of her schooner, Denny Island, BC. (better to see the rain lines at larger sizes)<br /> <br /> I don't often use filters, but did use an angled strokes filter (one of the embedded filters in Adobe CS6) in this photo to emphasize the lines of the rain that was pelting down.....it is the north temperate RAIN forest after all!<br /> <br /> Other new photos, including an interesting moon snail egg case can be seen here: <a href="http://goo.gl/QwY5U">http://goo.gl/QwY5U</a>
  • Old tug boat, Shearwater, Denny Island, Bc
  • Fisheries research boat-1, near Denny Island, BC
  • Fisheries research boat-2, near Denny Island, BC
  • McInnes Island manned lighthouse, which marks a series of reefs along the Inside Passage from Vancouver to Prince Rupert.
  • Ochre sea star (Pisaster ochraceus), near McInnes Island, BC. (This is a 'wild' sea star photographed near McInnes Island, which is a manned lighthouse near the Inside Passage up the coast of British Columbia. A photo of the lighthouse can be seen here: <a href="http://goo.gl/op4XM">http://goo.gl/op4XM</a>).<br /> <br /> Piaster is a keystone species, and is considered an important indicator for the health of the intertidal zone. They feed on mussels and other sea shells. Keystone species play a critical role in maintaining the structure of an ecological community, affecting many other organisms in an ecosystem and helping to determine the types and numbers of various other species in the community. If the sea star is removed from the ecosystem, the mussel population explodes uncontrollably, driving out most other species. Fortunately, we saw lots of these in the coastal water of Northern BC.<br /> <br /> For other intertidal photos (leather star, dead man's fingers, rockweed, giant kelp with kelp crab, sea lettuce) see here: <a href="http://goo.gl/op4XM">http://goo.gl/op4XM</a>
  • Leather star and rockweed, near McInnes Island, BC
  • Dead man's fingers (sea sacs) and sea lettuce, near McInnes Island, BC
  • Giant kelp with kelp crap (lower right), near McInnes Island, BC
  • Rockweed at low tide, near McInnes Island, BC
  • Cockle shells with dead man's fingers (sea sacs) and limpets, near McInnes Island, BC
  • Moon snail egg case, near McInnes Island, BC<br /> <br /> The moon snail is a large predatory gastropod that feeds on clams and other snails by drilling a small hole in their shells. It extrudes a large rubbery egg case (sand collar) that is composed of snail eggs sandwiched between layers of mucus coated with sand.
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