2010 – Multi-Species Data – Incidental- South Okanagan

This data is a collection of incidental sighting recorded by Sara Bunge, BC Parks Ranger. Locations include: South Okanagan Parks and surrounding area: Skaha Bluffs Provincial Park, South Okanagan Grasslands Protected Area, White Lake Grasslands Protected Area, Haynes’ Lease Ecological Reserve,  East Chopaka, Green Lake Rd near Willowbrook, Kobau Forest Service Rd, North of Skaha Bluffs

Fraser River Species List

FRASER RIVER ER#76  SPECIES LIST FLORA Flora from records of J. Pojar in Liner et al. (1983) and past wardens: Anthea Farr (1985 – 1992), Dan Rempel (prior to 1985), assisted by Ray Gurr; and present wardens Bill and Bev Ramey (2003 – 2010), assisted by John Riley Trees alder, red (Alnus rubra) birch, paper

Video of Puffins on Triangle Island

Penguins of the North Puffins are excellent swimmers and are nicknamed the “penguins of the north,” which is a bit misleading because they can also fly at over 80 km per hour, sometimes travelling up to 100 km off shore in search of food for their chicks. For some reason, the grass turned out purple,

Long Distance Volunteering: the Effective “Citizen Science” of Pam Birley

From:THE LOG    FRIENDS OF ECOLOGICAL RESERVES NEWSLETTER    AUTUMN/WINTER 2010 By Garry Fletcher, Race Rocks ER Warden In an e-mail I received in 2004, Pam Birley told me she was a grandmother living in Leicestershire England, and that she used the remote cameras on the www.racerocks.com website to help her grandchildren learn about the environment. She

FER Board Field Trip to San Juan Ridge

From: THE LOG    FRIENDS OF ECOLOGICAL RESERVES NEWSLETTER    AUTUMN/WINTER 2010 By Louise Beinhauer On a balmy day in June, Friends of Ecological Reserves Board members Mike Fenger, Stephen Ruttan (trip organizer), Mary Rannie and Wynne Miles along with guests; our guide, biologist Hans Roemer, MOE’s Tory Stevens, Fred Beinhauer and I car pooled along Highway