Bednesti Lake ER 86 Botany
Art Carson provided these images of plants in the Bednesti Lake Ecological Reserve, W. of Prince George BC June 1991
Sunbeam Creek ER 39 – Botany
Art Carson provided these images of plants in the Sunbeam Creek reserve.
Sunbeam Creek ER 39 – Scenery Etc.
Art Carson provided these scenery images from the Sunbeam Creek Ecological Reserve
InEx a direct in situ method to measure filtration rates, nutrition, and metabolism of active suspension feeders
Abstract: Sponges, bivalves, and tunicates play an important role in the trophic dynamics of many benthic communities. However, direct in situ measurements of their diet composition, filtration, and excretion rates are lacking for most species, and knowledge of these rates is based mostly on indirect, in vitro measurements. This paper presents and evaluates an in
Race Rocks Field Trip Spring 2012
In 2012, the Race Rocks Friends of Ecological reserves field trip will be on Saturday May 12, 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM (NOTE DATE CHANGE) Departing from Lester Pearson College docks. 10:00 AM Contact by the ecological reserves e-mail address Cost: Members; $15.00 Non-members $30.00 Friends of Ecological Reserves archival photo September, 1981?
Bowen Island Photo
This photo was provided by Stephen Hui from his Flickr site
Burnt Cabin Bog Ecological Reserve # 145 warden’s report
Burnt Cabin Bog Ecological Reserve # 145 Date of Report: March 20, 2012 Warden: Rosamund Pojar On October 15, 2011, I accompanied Scott McMillan and Alyson Brda (BC Parks staff) on a visit to the Canyon Creek (Burnt Cabin Bog) Ecological Reserve. We approached the reserve from the southern end via the Dome Mountain Road.
Torkelson Lake ER #73 Warden’s report 2012
Ecological Reserve Warden annual report by Rosamund Pojar Torkelsen Lake Ecological Reserve #73 Date of Report: March 20, 2012 We (Jim Pojar and myself) visited the reserve in March 2010 and snow – shoed on the creek along the northern edge of the reserve. The reserve boundaries are all intact as far as we can
Marine Based Ecological Reserves
Thirty three Ecological reserves have a component of marine within their boundaries. Some include adjacent sea floor within the reserve while others end at the high tide line. One reserve, Satellite Channel is entirely on the sea floor. however, most of the marine reserves are islands that are home to colonies of sea birds, sea
AGM speaker Dr. R. Page: Caribou, Wolves and Conflict in Society
Caribou are the Bison of the North and are at risk throughout the planet. Wolves are a magnificent and vicious predator, yet we have invited them into our homes. We will explore humanity’s love – hate relationship with the wolf, their status as an endangered species and their role in endangering caribou and other wildlife in BC. Rick Page,
Checleset Bay Sea Otter photos
Photos of sea otters by Sherry Kirkvold
Conversations with Ecological Reserve Elders.
Friends of Ecological Reserves 2011. Conversations with Ecological Reserve Elders. Part of the BC conservation Legacy.Friends of Ecological Reserves 2011. Conversations with Ecological Reserve Elders. Part of the BC Conservation Legacy. Summary This is a series of interviews with pioneers who built the Ecological Reserves System. The Ecological Reserves are part of the BC’s Parks
A Conversation with Trudy Chatwin
Trudy Chatwin is currently working with Nanaimo regional office for Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations as the Species-at-Risk Biologist for Vancouver Island. Mike Fenger (MF). I am here with Trudy Chatwin who has a long history with ecological reserves and conservation and the environment. We want to get a sense of
A Conversation with Bristol Foster
Bristol Foster is a naturalist, conservation biologist and documentary filmmaker with a PhD in Ecology. He has over forty years of experience as an ecologist and educator. Bristol’s illustrious career has included Head of Wildlife Ecology Graduate Studies program at the University of Nairobi (Kenya), Director of the Royal British Columbia Museum and Director of the
A Conversation with Peggy Frank
Interview with Peggy Frank about Ecological Reserves . This interview was videographed at Peggy Frank’s house on November 23rd 2011 by Ray Painchaud. Peggy Frank was an early organizer of Friends of Ecological Reserves and a past-President. Mike Fenger (MF) I am here with Peggy Frank a former President and volunteer for Friends of
A Conversation with Louise Goulet
This interview was videographed by Ray Painchaud at Louise Goulet’s home in Oak Bay Victoria Nov 4th 2011. Mike Fenger (MF) I am here with Louise Goulet who has a long association with Ecological reserves and we want to hear some of the tales from the historical vault and some of Louise’s impressions of the
A Conversation with Vicky Husband
Mike Fenger (MF): I’m here with Vicky Husband and this is Friends of Ecological Reserves; we are interviewing some of the people worked on Ecological Reserves early on in the program and Vicky is certainly part of that. Before we go into the history of Ecological Reserves I would just like to know a little
A Conversation with Lynne Milnes
Mike Fenger (MF). I am here with Lynne Milnes and we want to have a conversation and learn a little bit about the early days of Ecological Reserves (ERs) and Friend of Ecological Reserves. But before we do that we would be interested to learn what pulls people into conversation. What pulled you in Lynne?