We are sorry to announce that Tomas Walter Gillespie, our secretary treasurer on the Friends of Ecological Reserves Board, passed away in hospital on November 26th at the age of 68. Tom lived with lung cancer over the past year, but continued to maintain his commitment to several environmental organizations in that difficult time. We
Ecological Reserve Name; #29, Tranquille. Report Date; November 30, 2013 Warden’s name; Joan Best. Number of volunteer hours logged; 40 Mileage; 400 kilometres Extent of the Reserve visited; Not yet in its entirety. Initially, almost all of my time was spent on fence repair. After the Kitamuras became wardens, more exploration was carried out.
Ecological Reserve #29 Tranquille Warden’s Report 2012 Amanda Weber-Roy, the BC Parks Thompson Grasslands Area Supervisor, Thompson Cariboo Region forwarded his report. She notes “Please find attached the second 2012 report for the Tranquille ER. The Tranquille ER is blessed to have three ER Wardens who visit the ER at different times and conduct similar,
Monthly tour November 9 2013 by Warden Laurie Rockwell • I made this tour in the afternoon as I knew it would be warmer. It was mild afternoon hike at 5c,minimal wind,some sun and no snow. • The downside was seeing/hearing only 5 species of birds; all were expected forest birds,but I did see the
From The Raincoast Conservation Foundation and the Georgia Strait Alliance: BACKGROUNDER Kinder Morgan’s proposed Trans Mountain expansion will significantly increase oil tanker traffic through Vancouver harbour1 and the Salish Sea, from just 22 visits in 2005 to over 400 – see Table 1 below. Current plans indicate 408 tankers visits each year, increasing the Westridge
Board members of the Friends of Ecological Reserve have expressed concern about the risk of Oil spills with projected taker traffic past our BC Ecological reserves :https://ecoreserves.bc.ca/category/issues/oil-spill-threat/ Our major concern has been the many Ecological reserves which have been created to provide habitat and shelter for the millions on Shorebirds that nest in British Columbia.