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2010 Spring/ Summer newsletter   [ pdf  4548 kb ]

          

              President’s Report

              Battling Broom on Trial Island

              Protected areas and climate change

              Race Rocks field trip

              Big White Ski Resort concerns

 

2009 Autumn/ Winter newsletter   [ pdf  974 kb ]

 

             Dialogue with MOE

             Okanagan Region Warden’s Meeting

             Plastic Trash on Beaches

             Research in Ecological Reserves

             Trial Island to lose Keeper

             Race Rocks considered for Marine Protected Area

             Wind  Sentinnel Deployed at Race Rocks                                                                                                                                                                                  

2009 Spring newsletter  [ pdf 1507 kb. ]

             President’s Report

             Sandhill Cranes of the B.C. Coast

             Spilled Oil Caught as Truck Salvaged

             Entangled Whale Freed At Sea

             Mount Maxwell Day Trip

            Owl-clover Found on Trial Island

2008 Winter newsletter  [ pdf 1105 kb.]

             Resident Killer Whales Face Double Whammy

             Overview of the Salmon

             Forest Research Program

             First Elephant Seal Born at Race Rocks

             The MSMS Story

2008 Autumn Newsletter [pdf 1185 kb]. 

             Summer meeting with MOE

             HAT Conservation Connection Gathering

             Robson Bight salvage operation.

             Checleset Bay Sea Otter research     

             Thanks Nancy Wilkin.

             Brackman Island ER

             Race Rocks Field Trip.

             Vance Creek ER Update.

2008 Spring Newsletter [pdf 2257 kb]

             Vance Creek ER water licence concerns.
             Graham Portage Field Review Report.
             New Professorship at U.Vic honouring Ian McTaggart-Cowan.

2007 Winter Newsletter [pdf 2746 kb]

             Climate change and E.R.s
             FER attends Elder’s Council Workshop
             A tribute to Bert (VC) Brink.

2007 Autumn Newsletter [pdf 923 kb]

Proposed Fort Graham Portage E.R.
Submission by FER on Wildlife Act revisions.
Overview of “Sustainable Forestry Benchmarks for BC”

2007 Spring Newsletter [pdf 993 kb]

Minister Penner responds to concerns raised by FER
Preservation of Genetic Diversity in ERs
Threatened Alpine Grouse and Climate Change

2006 Winter Newsletter [pdf 984 kb]

State of BC’ s Ecological Reserves
BC Protected Areas Research Forum
Sustainable Forestry Benchmarks

2006 Autumn Newsletter [pdf 1090 kb]

New Direction for The LOG
Proposed New ER I
ERs of Northern British Columbia – Part II

2006 Spring Newsletter [pdf 949 kb]

Presidents Report
ERs of Northern BC Part I
A lesson from the mountain pine beetle on sustainable forestry

2005 Winter Newsletter  [pdf 719 kb]

Islands in the Salish Sea – A Community Atlas
ERs of Southern Vancouver Island Part III
The Gathering 2006
....and more (16 pgs)

2005 Autumn Newsletter  [pdf 382 kb]

New Warden Handbook Launched
ERs of Southern Vancouver Island Part II
A Glimpse of Morgan McCarl’s
....and more (16 pgs)

2005 Spring Newsletter  [ pdf 1,385 kb]

Why Comox Bluffs ER Contains Out-of-Range Plant Species
ERs of Southern Vancouver Island
From Kelp to Snails
....and more (16 pgs)

2004 Winter Newsletter  [ pdf 592 kb]

Memberships keep on growing
Garry oak ecosystems
Tribute to Mekla Buchanan
....and more (20 pgs)

2004 Autumn Newsletter [.pdf 837 kb]

Process for Selling Crown Land
Introducing Morgan MacCarl
Ecological Reserves of Vancouver Island – Part II
....and more (16 pgs)

2004 Spring Newsletter [.pdf 359 kb]

Wardens’ Gathering – An Update
New Minister Appointed
Ecological Reserves of Vancouver Island – Part I
....and more (16 pgs)

2003 Winter Newsletter [.pdf  645 kb]

Wardens’ Gathering Delivers Action Plan
Call for Research Proposals
Ecological Reserves of the Okanagan – Part II
....and more (16 pgs)

2003 Summer Newsletter [.pdf  391 kb]

Butterflies on Vancouver Island
Report from Cougar Canyon
 Ecological Reserves of the Okanagan – Part 1
....and more (16 pgs)

2003 Spring Newsletter [ .pdf 274 kb]

Message from Nancy Wilkin, ADM
      Ministry of Water, Land and Air Protection
The Ecological Reserves of Kamloops/Thompson Region
Race Rocks Ecological Reserve

....and more (12 pgs)

2002 Winter Newsletter [ .pdf 316 kb]

GSX Pipeline and ER 67
The BC Ecological Reserve System
The Ecological Reserves of South Vancouver Island
Strait of Georgia Marine Conservation Action Plan
....and more (16 pgs)

2002 Summer Newsletter [ .pdf 386 kb]

The Subtidal Communities of Checleset Bay ER: New research
Long-Term Study of the Fungi of ER#15 on Saturna Island
Orchids and Congratulations
The Ecological Reserves of Skeena District
Ecological Reserves and Aboriginal Rights
....and more (20 pgs)

2002 April (Special Report) [ .pdf 129 kb]

MSRM Service Plan
MWLAP Service Plan
Help MELP
Who's Who, These Days...
....and more (12 pgs)

2002 Spring Newsletter [ .pdf 477 kb]

GSX Gas Pipeline Workshop
ERs of the Sunshine Coast
Satellite Channel...Maps
Warden Profile: John Riley
Global Warming Effects Noticed
....and more (20 pgs)

2001 Winter Newsletter [ .pdf 353 kb]

Need for a Clean Ocean
Letters from Wardens
Universal Shoreline Speed Restrictions
ERs of the Kootenays
Research Reports
....and more (16 pgs)

2001 Summer Newsletter [ .pdf 529 kb]

What are Protected Areas Worth?
The ERs of the Cariboo District
An Innovative Approach to a Serious Problem
Hotspring Invertebrates of BC
Stopping Crimes in our Forests
....and more ( 16 pgs)

2001 Spring Newsletter [ .pdf 242 kb]

25 Years and Still Loving it
Working Holidays
The Slow Disappearance of ER 39
The ERs of the Prince George District
Using Fire to Save the Garry Oak Ecosystem
....and more ( 12 pgs)

2000 Winter Newsletter [ .pdf 454 kb]

A Warden is a Warden is a Steward?
ERs-Haida Gwaii/Queen Charlotte Islands
ERs-Smithers Area
Race Rocks Marine Protected Area Announced
....and more ( 12 pgs)

2000 Autumn Newsletter [ .pdf 351 kb]

We May not be Big, But We're Small
Broom and Gorse Removal at Trial Island ER
Okanagan Wardens
Mahoney Lake ER
Entomological Reserve on the Haynes ER
racerocks.com
Past Uses and Future Potential of Arrow-leaved Balsamroot
....and more ( 12 pgs)

2000 Spring Newsletter [ .pdf 289 kb]

Strathcona District: Focus on Ecological Reserves
A Day in the Life of an ER--#126 Claude Elliot Creek
Nitrogen, Salmon and Bears in Coastal Forests
....and more ( 12 pgs)

1999 Autumn Newsletter [ .pdf 268 kb]

Bogs and the Economics of Carbon
Rare Fern research on Texada Island
ER Volunteer Warden Program
Macro-Fungi Inventory and Long-term Fungi Study
Identifying Priority Conservation Areas for Rare Species
....and more ( 12 pgs)

1999 Spring Newsletter [ .pdf 356 kb]

Ecological Reserves: Where have we been; where are we going?
New Ecological Reserves
The Board Retreats!
Wildlife and Programs in Crisis
Wanted: Bull Frog and Green Frog Sightings
Prescribed Burn in Tranquille ER #29
....and more ( 16 pgs)

1998 Autumn Newsletter [ .pdf 220 kb]

If You Go Down in the Woods Today...
Guest Editorial: A Plea for an Island of Wilderness
Hope for Mara Meadows
Species at Risk in BC
Update on the Marmot, from the Marmot Recovery Team
Sleuths at Work
Good News for Fish!
Landowner Contact Project Update
Ecological Reserves in BC: Our History
Grasslands Update
Response to the Interim Report of the BC Parks Legacy Project
....and more ( 20 pgs)

1998  Spring  Newsletter [ pdf 21,651 kb]

             Walking Softly
             Trout Creek Ecological Reserve
             Celebrate the Marmot
              Pacific Marine Heritage Grows

 

The following files provide selected articles from older newsletters,
one file per year (no graphics):

1997 Spring & Fall [ .html 23 kb]

How well protected are our protected areas?
Rare trout in the UEL ER
The Urban Ecological Reserve: A tour of the UEL
....many more articles in print version

1996 Spring & Fall [ .html 29 kb]

Will ecological reserve wardens get lost in BC's new protected areas?
New woodlot to border Mara Meadows ER
....many more articles in print version

1995 Summer [ .html 14 kb]

Some of BC's new parks incorporate ecological reserves
....many more articles in print version

1995 Spring Edition not available

1994 Spring & Winter [ .html 19 kb]

Towards Meaningful Protection
The Mt. Tuam Saga Continues
....many more articles in print version

1993 Spring & Fall [ .html 49 kb]

Dr. Vladimir Krajina, 1905-1993
Reconsider the Clayoquot Decision
Mount Tuam On the Road to Development (3rd in a series)
Protection Imminent for Khutzeymateen
....many more articles in print version

1992 Spring & Fall [ .html 44 kb]

Mt. Tuam Reserve Threatened
The Road through Mt. Tuam Ecological Reserve
Sighting and Counting Sea Otters
....many more articles in print version

1991 Spring & Summer [ .html 25 kb]

Why Biodiversity? Part 2
Undeveloped Watersheds on Vancouver Island
....many more articles in print version

1990 Spring, Summer & Winter [ .html 45 kb]

Stickleback Research in the QCI
Biological Diversity: What's it all about? Part 1
Nimpkish Island's Tall Trees
Sea Otter Research in ER 109
....many more articles in print version

1989 Spring & Fall [ .html 24 kb]

ER additions in the Tsitika Watershed
The Osoyoos-Arid Biotic Zone
....many more articles in print version

1988 Spring & Fall [ .html 22 kb]

Khutzeymateen Research
Anthony Island ER
 ....many more articles in print version

 

Why is it called The Log?

The word comes to us from 14th century Middle English "logge" by way of the Old Norse, läg, fallen tree and Old English, licgan, to lie.

Our newsletter name, The Log, derives from its root in a symbolic way. The nurse log that graces our masthead and inspired the name suggests:

·         the nurturing, self-sustaining spirit of the ancient forest, which happens to be one of the Friends' principal interests;

·         the intact forest's genetic diversity, which Ecological Reserves conserve and protect; and

·         the log's fertile wood/soil that is productive ground for new trees and new ideas - the research projects we support.

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