On October 12, 2012, the Vance Creek Ecological Reserve Warden Rick Fairbairn met with Garry Fletcher, Friends of Ecological Reserves Board member and Niran Lella to talk about the reserve, its problems and its special features. A walk through several areas and a drive to a heavily logged area above the reserve demonstrated to us
On October 12, Ecological Reserve warden Norbert Maertens accompanied Friends of Ecological Reserves Board member Garry Fletcher and Niran Lella to the Lily Pad Lake Ecological Reserve. The photos below were taken by Niran and Garry. See the panoramas here:
On October 12, Ecological Reserve warden Norbert Maertens accompanied Friends of Ecological Reserves Board member Garry Fletcher and Niran Lella to the Lily Pad Lake Ecological Reserve. Niran made these panoramas from the northeast shore of the Lake. ( be sure to double-click on the photos to get enlarged versions.) See the photo gallery here:
On October 12, Ecological reserve warden Norbert Maertens accompanied Friends of Ecological Reserves Board member Garry Fletcher and Niran Lella to the Buck Hills Road Ecological Reserve. Niran made these panoramas of the areas showing the Larch trees in full autumn colour. See the image gallery for this visit:
On October 12, Ecological Reserve warden Norbert Maertens accompanied Friends of Ecological Reserves Board member Garry Fletcher and Niran Lella to the Buck Hills Road Ecological Reserve. The photos below were taken by Niran and Garry. Also see the Panoramas taken:
On the afternoon of October 11,2010, Ecological Reserve warden Linda Kennedy drove Garry Fletcher, Friends of Ecological Reserves Board member, Niran Lella and Roseanne Van Ee up to the top of The Campbell Brown Ecological Reserve, where we were able to walk down the full length of the reserve. Linda has a special connection to
On October 11, 2010, Ecological Reserve wardens Roseanne Van Ee and Dennis Seymour took Garry Fletcher, Friends of Ecological Reserves Board member and Niran Lella out to Kalamalka lake Provincial Park to view the Cougar Canyon Reserve from the cliffs at the east end. From the area used as a popular local rock-climbing cliff, we
On October 11, 2010, Ecological Reserve wardens Roseanne Van Ee and Dennis Seymour took Garry Fletcher, Friends of Ecological Reserves Board member and Niran Lella out to Kalamalka lake Provincial Park to view the Cougar Canyon Reserve from the cliffs on the East end. From the area used as a popular local rock-climbing cliff, we
1.2 Planning Area Mount Maxwell Ecological Reserve is located on the west side of Salt Spring Island in the southern Gulf Islands off the east coast of Vancouver Island, about half way between Nanaimo and Victoria. The ecological reserve contains a variety of features including Garry oak meadows, moss covered rocky outcrops and bluffs, species-at-risk,
We visited this reserve with the warden Don Guild on October 10, 2012. Don contacted the resort staff at the bottom of the ski run first and then drove us up what is probably the roughest boulder strewn washed out snow-cat road (without snow) on which I have ever traveled. Also see the Panoramas of
On a recent trip to the Okanagan, ER Warden Don Guild drove Garry Fletcher and Niran Lella to the alpine summit and the forested bottom of the Big White ER. Click on the image twice to see the following panoramas by Niran. From the small clearcut down in the lower valley to the right of
On October 10, 2012, the Browne Lake Ecological Reserve Warden Don Guild drove with Garry Fletcher, Friends of Ecological Reserves Board member and Niran Lella to the Browne lake Ecological Reserve. We went to check on the reserve and its special features. Some infractions were observed in the reserve which will be described later. It
On October 9, Laurie Rockwell, Ecological Reserve warden for Trout Creek ER , joined Garry Fletcher and Niran Lella to guide us through the Trout Creek Ecological Reserve near Summerland. Laurie makes regular visits to the reserve and has excellent cooperation with the local area BC Parks personnel in the management of the reserve. His
On our visit to Mahoney lake ER on October 8, 2012, Kathryn McCourt indicated that she had not seen the lake at such a low level and with such an intense colour before. She sent her archived photos to document the changes: Other images showing colour and water level can be seen on this page.
On October 9, 2012, the Mahoney Lake Ecological Reserve Warden Kathryn McCourt met with Garry Fletcher, Friends of Ecological Reserves Board member and Niran Lella to talk about the reserve, its problems and its special features. On October 8, 2012, Niran Lella and Garry Fletcher took the images below while on a trip to the
On October 8, 2012, Niran Lella took the panoramas below while on a trip with Garry Fletcher and the Mahoney lake Ecological Reserve warden Kathryn McCourt . Kathryn commented on the fragility of the lake, a rare meromictic or non-mixing lake which has unique chemical properties. She also pointed out the invasive species in the
On October 8, 2012 myself and Niran Lella visited Hayne’s Lease, the second of 11 Ecological Reserves in the Okanagan visited that week. We were not able to time this visit with the warden Robert Calder since he was away that week. Issues: The reserve looks to be in very good shape, with good signage
On October 8, 2012 myself and Niran Lella visited Field’s Lease, the first of 11 Ecological Reserves in the Okanagan visited that week. We were not able to time this visit with the warden Robert Calder since he was away that week. Issues: The reserve is very small and is surrounded by vineyards to the
On October 8, 2012 myself and Niran Lella visited Hayne’s Lease, the second of 11 Ecological Reserves in the Okanagan visited that week. We were not able to time this visit with the warden Robert Coulter since he was away that week. Issues: The reserve looks to be in very good shape, with good signage
