A Sweep of the Broom: Why Trial Island matters and what we can do about it Trial Island is one of the last refuges for many rare species of plants of southeast Vancouver Island that occur nowhere else in Canada. What makes Trial Island so special and what does this mean for so many rare
The following has been reprinted from the Sierra Club website Once in a while the earth is blessed with a special person. Such a person was Dr. Chris Pielou who passed away recently in Comox. I was fortunate to have met a Chris a few times; however my lasting memories of her will be whenever
Laurie Rockwell sent this report on a new insect he had photographed in In the Trout Creek ER : My picture is the second one, thanks to my new camera and Tom for the ID. Another first for the TCER; (I must start an insect list for the ER! 🙂 “Fri, Jul 8, 2016 at
The 2016 Spring/Summer Newsletter is available. Click here to open the 2016 Spring/Summer edition of The Log (PDF format). Contents: Annual General Meeting Pink Mountain – A Strong Case for a new ER Andy MacKinnon Delivers FER AGM Talk on Cool Plants and Their Fungal Friends Fate of BC’s Old Growth Forests in Jeopardy Lasqueti Island Ecological Reserve Field Trip Vancouver Island
Laurie Rockwell submitted this wardens report in July, 2016 Here are the news after a 2 month absence due to a Bakers cyst: warm at 18c with a cool breeze at times under a cloudy sky. It was very quiet. I saw or heard 15 species of forest birds, none unexpected,including 4 blue listed Gray