Warden Reports
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Mara Meadows Cranes
Mara Meadows has a pair of nesting cranes which reappear every spring. In 2010 they were seen with one healthy chick. In 2011 three cranes were seen in the Meadows on several visits. It is assumed that this was the nesting pair and the offspring. It has been several years since a successful mating season was ...
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New Elephant Seal Birth in ER #97
Click on images for larger version: The continuing unusual incidence of Elephant Seal birthing in one of the most northerly haulouts for Elephant Seals has again happened for the fourth year at Race Rocks, The first pup born survived but was badly beaten by one of the resident males. In the last two years, both pups were eventually killed by the male. So far, ...
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Field Notes 2011 Trout Creek (#007)
2011 Warden Notes From Warden Laurie Rockwell On 11/04/2011 4:25 PM, Laurie Rockwell wrote: Mark, here are the news from my monthly tour: • I was in the ER from 6.50-9.05 am; walk in and out time was 50 minutes. • at 8.25 it was 7 degrees, with minimal wind and periods of sun. • I saw or heard 11 species of birds, twice the number I expected in the winter, including a hooting Dusky Grouse and ...
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Lower Mainland Ecoreserve Warden Concerns, Oct 7, 2011 Field Trip
Lower Mainland Ecological Reserve Warden Concerns – for discussion with BC Parks staff (compiled by Bev Ramey for October 7, 2011 Field Trip) ER #21 Skagit River Forest and ER #22 Ross Lake Warden John Riley not much human impacts on these two reserves see comment re communication with BC Parks under Reserve #89 BC Parks Area Supervisor Darryl Paquette; Darryl.Paquette@gov.bc.ca; 604-824-2306 ER #48 Bowen Island (near Apodaca Provincial Park) Warden Alan Whitehead This ecoreserve is fortunate to be relatively isolated due ...
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ER Warden Field Day: BC Parks Staff and Wardens Reconnec
From: THE LOG FRIENDS OF ECOLOGICAL RESERVES NEWSLETTER AUTUMN/WINTER 2011 By Rosemary Taylor It has been several years since any gathering between Ecological Reserve wardens and Parks staff has occurred in the Lower Mainland, but on October 7, 2011, just such an event was organized by Bev Ramey (Co-Warden of ER#76, Fraser River Ecological Reserve) and Joanna Hirner (BC Parks Conservation Specialist). Very often wardens work in isolation ...
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Vancouver Island Wardens Meeting, March,2011
From: THE LOG FRIENDS OF ECOLOGICAL RESERVES NEWSLETTER SPRING/SUMMER 2011 Click to enlarge images in this article. By Steve Pratt, BC Parks A Vancouver Island Region Wardens Meeting was held on March 9, 2011. In attendance were: Genevieve Singleton, Honeymoon Bay ER; Dave Polster, Mt. Tzuhalem ER; Jenny Balke, Tsitika River ER; Helen & Robbie Robinson, Comox Lake Bluffs ER; Maggie Little, Bowser ER; Bill Merilees, Hudson Rocks ...
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The Rocky Mountain Naturalists
From: THE LOG FRIENDS OF ECOLOGICAL RESERVES NEWSLETTER SPRING 2008 Rocky Mountain Naturalists, Pictured at from L to R: Tara Szkorupa, RMN Vice President, Peter Davidson, RMN President, Brett Yeats, BC Parks representative and Greg Ross, RMN Director BC Nature. The Rocky Mountain Naturalists, a Cranbrook/ Kimberly naturalist group, have entered into a “Stewardship Partnership Agreement” with the Ministry of Environment (Parks). The Rocky Mountain Naturalists will ...
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Field Notes 2010 Trout Creek (#007)
2010 Warden Notes from Warden Laurie Rockwell ER 7 Trout Creek 16 March 2010 March hike in the Trout Creek Ecological Reserve I was in the actual park for 1.5 hours this morning. It was cool for the most part, but the increasing appearance of the sun warmed things up. The only wind was a little near the top. I saw or heard 9 species of birds, but none ...
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Vance Creek Biological Survey, 1988
From THE LOG FRIENDS OF ECOLOGICAL RESERVES NEWSLETTER AUTUMN 2008 See the complete report in the following PDF file. vance creek survey1988 By M.E. Martin Continuing with our ongoing quest for Wardens’ Reports, Friends of Ecological Reserves was sent a very detailed and fascinating field report from Malcolm Martin, the Warden for Vance Creek ER, dated 1988. Part of this report is reproduced here. INTRODUCTION In early 1939, 40 acres of what is now Vance Creek Ecological reserve was selected ...
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Tranquille # 29-Warden’s Report 1986 -2006
Prepared by Eco-Warden Eric McAlary 1986 Appointment as warden in Feb. Fire in reserve (June) caused by spark from chain saw. Culprits phoned in fire and fled. 20-25 small fir trees killed. Over 60 mature pines had been illegally cut and removed. Recommendation: Fencing needed. Visited with Carl Powel in Oct. Recommendation: Ditching road of reserve. 1987 3 visits. New signs & posts, especially at the road entry used by tree cutters (near S.W. border). Ditching completed in ...
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Honeymoon Bay Ecological Reserve
From THE LOG • FRIENDS OF ECOLOGICAL RESERVES NEWSLETTER • AUTUMN 2005 by Genevieve Singleton Warden, Honeymoon Bay Ecoreserve The late Cedric and Gertie Myers, residents of Honeymoon Bay, well- known naturalists and members of the Cowichan Valley Naturalists were instrumental among others in having the Sutton Creek area of Honeymoon Bay (9 km west of Lake Cowichan on Vancouver Island) protected for its outstanding populations of Erythronium revolutum. It is a pretty ...
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Why Comox Bluffs ER Contains Out-Of-Range Plant Species
From: THE LOG • FRIENDS OF ECOLOGICAL RESERVES NEWSLETTER • SPRING 2005 by Chris Pielou Comox Bluffs ER (47 ha), in the Comox Valley, Vancouver Island, is home to a number of interesting plants, which is why the Reserve was established (on April 30, 1996). Four of its botanical treasures are rare, blue-listed species, defined by the BC Conservation Data Centre as species of “special concern”. These ...
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Cougar Canyon ER #108 Warden’s Report – 2003
ANNUAL REPORT - 2003 COUGAR CANYON ECOLOGICAL RESERVE Access to the reserve was again intermittent due to periods when work at the gravel pit kept staff too busy to unlock the gate. The following visits were made : 3rd May - Access not obtained. 20th June - The area around the last lake at the south end was checked with no evidence of disturbance seen. A count of Western Painted Turtles had been intended but air temperature of ...
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Cougar Canyon Ecological Reserve #108 Management Plan:
Table of Contents: Introduction page 6 Background Summary page 6 Role and Long-term Vision page 8 Management Objectives and Five Year Plan page 8 Figures ............ I Introduction Ecological Reserve Purposes As stated in the Ecological Reserve Act of 1971, ecological reserves are established for the following purposes: Scientific research and educational use Representation of natural ecosystems Study of recovery processes after human disturbance Protection of rare and endangered native plants and animals in their natural habitat Protection of other unique and rare botanical, zoological or geological phenomena. Management ...
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Cougar Canyon E.R. 108 Warden’s report 1999/2000
COUGAR CANYON ECOLOGICAL RESERVE - E.R. 108 ANNUAL REPORT 1999/2000 Management and Visits 99.04.16 South end check. Recent fireplace use just outside reserve on east side of Lake 11. Check of salamander trap boards put out in previous October. 99.05.24 South end. Dragonfly survey. 99.06.18 South end. Dragonfly survey. 99.08.06 South end. Dragonfly survey. North end examination around Lake 1. No sign of entry or disturbance in that area. Check of reserve from various points along transmission line road revealed ...
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Cougar Canyon ER #108 1998-1999 Warden’s report
COUGAR CANYON ECOLOGICAL RESERVE - E.R. 108 Annual Report 1998/1999 Management and Visits 98.04.14 South end check. Track of light vehicle (mountain bike or trail bike) on north-west side of Lake 11; no damage; evidence disappeared by next visit. Start made on vegetation classification. 98.05.15 Examination made of two small wetlands south of Lake 9 near the 800 m contour above and outside the ER to assess whether they were worth incorporating into the reserve. One was a ...
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COUGAR CANYON E.R. 1997/1998 Warden’s report
COUGAR CANYON ECOLOGICAL RESERVE - E.R. 108 Visits Annual Report 1997/1998 97.04.28 The first inspection of the year revealed a fire ring constructed since the last visit of 1996 situated on the north side of the most southerly lake (#11). It was dismantled and garbage removed. As no ER sign has ever been placed in this area overlooking the lake one was fixed ...
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Campbell Brown Ecological Survey, 1987
Campbell-Brown ecological report 89 PDF FILE
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Kingfisher Creek Warden’s Report
Wardens Report : PDF file: Kingfisher Creek ER 49
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Mara Meadows map
Mara Meadows Maps PDF file