May 2016 – Friends of Ecological Reserves

The National Energy Board Sidesteps Marine issues in KM Pipeline Approval.

19MayGarry FletcherFederal Stewardship, Issues, Marine Reserves, Oil Spill Threat, Reports

http://docs.neb-one.gc.ca/fetch.asp?language=E&ID=A77045 Today The National Energy released this report approving the Kinder Morgan/Transmountain Pipeline Expansion Project. Our efforts as Intervenors for the Board of Friends of Ecological Reserves and similar concerns of many other intevenors to deal with the risk to the marine environment and the 19 Marine Ecological Reserves have not been considered to be

What Lies Below at Baeria Rocks Ecological Reserve

19MayGarry Fletcher24, Ecological Monitoring, Field Trips, Reports, Research, Species Listintertidal research, student research, underwater research

In 2016 The Friends of Ecological Reserves provided funding to the Diving Class at Bamfield Marine Station to do an underwater survey in the Ecological reserve to document for baseline Data purposes the species of the Underwater and Terrestrial portion of the reserve. The report by Isabelle Côté and Siobhan Gray is documented in the

Trout Creek Management Plan-2016

15MayGarry Fletcher7, Climate change, Controlled Burning, Human Disturbance, Management, Maps, Species List

See the full pdf of the plan here: trout-crk-er-mp 1.0 Introduction 1.1 Management Plan Purpose The purpose of this document is to guide the management of Trout Creek Ecological Reserve. This management plan:  articulates the key features and values of the ecological reserve;  identifies the types and levels of management activities;  establishes