October 2011 – Friends of Ecological Reserves

Trial Island Restoration Project

23OctoberGarry Fletcher132, BC's Marine Ecosystems, Invasive Species, Key Biodiversity Area, Marine Reserves, RestorationDalles Milk-Vetch, Louise Goulet, Matt Fairburns

This is an article published in the Garry Oak Recovery team newsletter of October 12 , 2011 https://goert.ca/trial-island/

Fraser River ER Field trip 2011photos: Rosemary Taylor

16OctoberGarry Fletcher76, Field Trips, Photos, Warden Meetings

Thanks to Rosemary Taylor for these images The Fraser River Field Trip October 2011

Lower Mainland Ecoreserve Warden Concerns, Oct 7, 2011 Field Trip

7OctoberGarry Fletcher21, 48, 74, 76, 89, 99, Issues, Management, Warden Meetings, Warden Reports

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

Riccia frostii, a new find on the Sandbars of the Fraser River Islands.

7OctoberGarry Fletcher76, Field Notes, Field Trips, Photos, Rare Species, Species ListDr.Tim Taylor, Garry Fletcher, Riccia frostii, Rosemary Taylor

Rosemary Taylor was along on the Fraser River Trip of October 7, 2011 doing photography. We came across a small green plant, at first thinking they were seedlings sprouting on a sandbank , I called over Terry Taylor for an identification . He immediately came up with the fact that it was a liverwort,

ER Warden Field Day: BC Parks Staff and Wardens Reconnect

7OctoberGarry Fletcher76, Field Trips, Photos, Rare Species, Warden Meetings, Warden ReportsBev and Bill Ramey, Chilliwack, Dr. Michael Church, Joanna Hirner, Mission, Riccia frostii, Rosemary Taylor, Terry Taylor

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)