In April, 2009 Connor Scheu and Wouter Zwart, second year students at Lester Pearson College did this analysis from data supplied by Clean Current Connor communicated with Russ Stothers of Clean Current for his project; “Here is a simple synopsis of the project I will be doing this week. It is called a group four
Since Solander Island Ecological Reserve is a seabird colony and a sea lion rookery, one is not allowed to go ashore on the island. Richard So and his friends sailed past it on a trip in August of 2009 and he produced these images of an area few of us get a chance to see.
This video is an interview with Jim Borrowman. Jim has, since the 1980’s been the Ecological reserve warden of Robson Bight . He has through his Ecotour business helped in educating thousands of visitors on the values of the Orca and the rubbing beach areas. See the interview on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yeLEPaueWVw You may access photos
LGL Ltd has done research for DND for several years in response to complaints from the public using Race Rocks as a centre for observation. Typical patterns of blasting on Bentinck Island in the past have resulted in disturbance of sea lions at Race Rocks. See the PDF: http://racerocks.ca/racerock/admin/military/bentinck2089report.pdf
By Marilyn Lambert After a night of howling winds, the day we picked for this year’s Trial Island trip dawned bright, sunny and, most importantly, calm! Our usual trip leaders, Adolf and Oluna Ceska, weren’t available this day, so we were fortunate to have Trial Island Ecological Reserve warden, Matt Fairbarns share his views on
There are many special areas of the province with sensitive ecosystems which need protection. Not all are well represented in our Parks / ER System so we encourage individuals to offer their proposals which we will carry and publicize on this website. In the Ecological Reserve Newsletter, The Log , we have often carried articles
Click on any title below to view the report. Reports from current years are contained in the LOG newsletters. 2011 Report (AGM Mar 2012) 2010 Report (AGM Feb,2011) 2009 Report (AGM Mar 2010) 2008 Report (AGM Mar 2009) 2007 Report (AGM Mar 2008) 2006 Report (AGM Mar 2007) 2005 Report (AGM Feb. 2006) 2004 Report
By Denise de Montreuil From: THE LOG • FRIENDS OF ECOLOGICAL RESERVES NEWSLETTER • SPRING 2006 The Annual General Meeting of the Friends of Ecological Reserves took place on Friday, February 24, 2006 in Room 157 of the Murray and Ann Fraser Building at the University of Victoria. Secretary Tom Gillespie read the minutes of
Ecological Reserve Warden Roseanne Van Ee and her husband Rick visited Cougar Canyon Ecological Reserve on March 6, 2009. They took these pictures while going through the reserve : Roseanne noted in her report to the BC Parks Area Supervisor: “Attached are photos from our Cougar Canyon expedition. We entered through the gravel pit end
Seabird nest and roost sites are important to maintenance of BC’s biodiversity and many of the important nest colonies are protected in Ecological Reserves and Parks. Disturbance to wildlife is a major issue that park and wildlife managers routinely face, yet information to assess threat is often not available, —-Need to set guidelines based on
Rick Van Ee has made this map of the trip through Cougar Canyon that he and Roseanne did in March 2009.
These maps are adapted from the BC Parks website:
ORIGINAL PURPOSE To protect the most easterly isolated stand of Garry oak and associated ecosystem in British Columbia Physical: The reserve consists of a series of rocky outcrops and bluffs that have been cut through by the Canadian National Railway line which separates the upper part of the stand from the more open lower portion.
This map was produced by the BC forest service in 2009.