Protected Areas Management in Aquatic Environments Frequently Asked Questions: BC PARKS

Provincial protected areas include extensive submerged lands (foreshore) in tidal marine and non-tidal freshwater environments. Many of the natural, recreational and cultural values in protected areas are aquatic. Water-borne activities are important considerations in protected area management. The extent to which protected area management should deal with water-borne activities is a source of discussion and

Brown Peican at Race Rocks--Nov. 18, 2012

Rehabilitated Brown Pelican: Race Rocks ER #97, Nov. 2012

Warden’s report on unusual sighting of tagged Pelican at Race Rocks  Since 1997 we have been seeing individuals and sometimes small flocks of Brown Pelicans (Pelecanus occidentalis) visiting Race Rocks Ecological Reserve, often in the fall of the year.  Lester Pearson College hires an ecoguardian to live at Race Rocks and they and one of

Restoration Efforts at Oak Bay Islands and Trial Island Ecological Reserves

On Oct 18th, 2012,   Matt Fairbarns made this presentation to the Restoration of Natural Systems Speaker series on the restoration efforts at Oak Bay Islands and Trial Island Ecological Reserves: It includes a section on invasive species as well as native species. Be sure to see the PDF file to get information on the

An Overview of visits to some of the Okanagan Area Ecological Reserves, October, 2012

A trip through some of the Ecological  Reserves of the Okanagan in the fall of 2012. It is not often that members of the Board of Friends of Ecological Reserves get the opportunity to  meet with reserve wardens, hear their concerns, and get to see the Ecological Reserves looked after by those wardens. In the