Black oystercatchers on the Front Line for Oil Spills.

On December 16, I  accompanied a tour to Race Rocks Ecological Reserve. On board was Todd Golumbia who, while working  for Environment Canada out of Sidney, Vancouver Island,  was involved with research on the Black Oystercatchers of the Salish Sea. (See research papers below) Today there were 31 Oystercatchers  in their favourite roosting area in

Failing To Plan Or Planning To Fail: A Case For A New Protected Areas Vision In BC

Mike Fenger and Jenny Feick, Ph.D. We are critical of conservation initiatives and the messaging to British Columbians of the adequacy and success of conservation measures within existing Parks and the areas between Parks. A new approach is desperately needed. We provide both evidence of current shortcomings and elements integral to a new conservation vision.

Are Ecological Reserves fulfilling their Mandate for Research and Education?

BC Protected Areas Research Forum: Conservation Connections, Thompson River University,  Kamloops, BC  December 5, 2013 by Garry Fletcher of  Friends of Ecological Reserves. Presentation Outline: •When Ecological Reserves were first being set up from 1971 on, some universities and colleges in British Columbia went to great lengths to involve their faculty and students in baseline

How To Manage Ponderosa Pine Ecosystems In BC’s Protected Areas After The Pine Beetle

This presentation  was given in December 2013 by  Alan Vyse of  Thompson Rivers University at the BC Protected Areas Research Forum, BCPARF 2013 – December 3-5th at Thompson Rivers University in Kamloops BC. It is presented here as it represents research done in part in Tranquille Ecological Reserve Abstract: Ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa) ecosystems are