The Wildlife Management Area comprises beaches, foreshore gravel bars, and the Englishman River estuary and is located in a moderate coastal temperature zone under a mountain rain shadow. According to the
BC Government, the many estuaries, beaches, and coastal gravel bars offer essential staging grounds for the globally significant Pacific Brant Sea Goose.
The
PQBWMA protects a varied diversity of species and habitats that are important both locally and globally. According to RDN the PQBWMA's highlights include:
✓ It has a lot of estuaries, beaches, and coastal gravel bars that are significant staging areas for the Pacific Brant Sea Goose, which is an internationally important bird.
✓ It is home to around 60 different aquatic bird species.
Over 100,000 water birds visit the region to eat on the abundant beachfront waters.
✓ All pacific salmon species, steelhead, and coastal cutthroat trout rely on the estuaries and foreshore zones for rearing habitat.
✓ Each spring, millions of herring spawn on the foreshore's extensive eelgrass and algal beds; consequently,
✓ Several marine animals are drawn to the region to eat, including the California Sea Lion, Harbour Seal, Northern Seal Lion, and
Harbour Porpoise.