In the Canadian Press today, Stanley Tromp writes on the problems of handling potential oil spills in British Columbia. Our concern with the effect of Oil Spills from the proposed increase in tanker traffic past our ecological reserves has been mentioned in previous posts. See :https://ecoreserves.bc.ca/category/issues/oil-spill-threat/ “VANCOUVER – Officials in British Columbia privately warned the
Warden’s report from Mandy Vaughan: A report from our Aug 20 trip to the bluffs: Two large firepits in the carpark area, I know for sure had been built sometime during the total fire ban. In the woods where the trail meets the beach, evidence of camping included firepits, several hacked down trees and branches,
Prepared By: Jared Hobbs, M.Sc. / RPBio August 15, 2013 Abstract You can access the complete report in PDF form here: CROR sps account This account is intended to provide a complete synthesis of over a decade of research and inventory on the Northern Pacific Rattlesnake (Crotalus oreganus oreganus) throughout the species’ Canadian range. This
This report was submitted by Laurie Rockwell. A very warm morning, 22C at 7.45 and no wind. The sky was covered with cloud and forest fire smoke, so sunlight was diffused. It was very quiet. The reserve is unusually green (grasses) for August, despite many dead and dying plants. I saw/heard 13 species of birds