From The Friends of Ecological reserves Newsletter Autumn/Winter, 2016 By Mike Fenger and Garry Fletcher The summer LOG 2015 included the Executive Summary of the final written evidence from the Board of Friends of Ecological Reserves (Board of FER) sent to the National Energy Board (NEB) in May 2015. We focused our concerns on the
From From The Friends of Ecological Reserves Newsletter Autumn/Winter, 2016 By Rod Mickleburgh, Excerpted from the November 2, 2015 edition of The Globe and Mail Soft-spoken and unassuming, Ken Millard thought nothing of leaving his small Galiano Island cabin, heading to the big city and taking on the captains of industry. He considered it a
From The Friends of Ecological reserves Newsletter Autumn/Winter, 2016 By Louise Beinhauer Two late summer articles, one appearing in Science an online Journal of original scientific research and the other in Smithsonian Magazine, whose focus was on the research of Tom Reimchen, Chris Darimont, Caroline Fox and Heather Bryan caught my attention. The article in
Fast away the old year passes, join the new yea lads and lasses so the old carol goes, and yes we need to look ahead to what may be difficult times with regard to changes around the globe and shifts in species and ecosystems in response. For me this year has flown by and FER
See the pdf for the Log: autumn-winter2015-colour-final From the article “The Life of Ken Millard”in this issue of the LOG
Our AGM will be next Tuesday, April 26. The business meeting will start at 7:30 and then at 8:00 PM Andy MacKinnon will give a talk. The meeting will be in room A102 in the David Turpin Building which was formerly the Social Sciences and Math building on the University of Victoria Campus. All are
Scientific Name: Erythronium revolutum J.E. Sm. Family: Liliaceae English Name: pink fawn lily
A friend and I made a visit to the reserve Saturday 9 April, a calm, beautiful day. Broom is beginning to bloom on the trail out. As we entered the reserve we met a fellow on a small motor cycle with three dogs off lead leaving the area; he politely paid attention while I pointed
ER Warden Laurie Rockwell submitted this warden’s report on his latest monthly tour of the reserve near Summerland BC. cool at 9c at 7.30,some light wind under a sunny,clear sky. My tour was cut short by a sore leg. I saw or heard 15 bird species,most expected. I was delighted however to hear my first
Amanda Vaughn has sent this wardens report on March 22, 2016 I made a visit to the reserve Wed aft, 16 March. Broken cloud and sunshine but chilly! Kinglets and chicadees, lots of water in the creeks, the several bridges look ever more dilapidated but I brought rubber boots and waded. Dirt bike tracks on
Laurie Rockwell the ER Warden for Trout Creek ER has submitted this wardens report. due to a rainy morning I toured the reserve in the early afternoon. It reached 17c under a broken sky with periods of sunshine and a brisk wind on the ridges. There was no snow and the frost was out of
FROM: EnergeticCity.ca- everything Fort Saint John https://www.energeticcity.ca/2016/03/artifacts-pink-mountain-bring-understanding-first-nations-history ByMontana Cumming March 31, 2016 8:05 am FORT ST. JOHN, B.C. — An archaeologist working in the Peace Region says a newly discovered spear point could improve our understanding of First Nations history. It was Steve Kasstan and his team who discovered a Clovis point — a rare, distinctive
Pink Mountain – A Strong Case for a New Ecological Reserve by Mary Rannie, (Board member , Friends of Ecological Reserves) FROM: THE LOG– FRIENDS OF ECOLOGICAL RESERVES NEWSLETTER SPRING/SUMMER 2016 As one of the FER board members present at the Victoria Natural History Society’s Botany Night held at Swan Lake Nature Centre on February
The final written Argument in Chief that the Friends of Ecological reserves submitted is referenced on the National Energy Board website at: https://apps.neb-one.gc.ca/REGDOCS/Item/View/2450919 The Final Exhibit List with comments of all the intervenors during the National Energy Board hearings on the Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain Pipeline since 2014 are included here: https://docs.neb-one.gc.ca/ll-eng/llisapi.dll?func=ll&objId=2484704&objAction=browse&viewType=1
(Click to enlarge image) In keeping with Coast Salish tradition, the Sacred Trust Initiative of the Tsleil-Waututh Nation, carried out an “honoring” ceremony prior to the commencement of the National Energy Board hearings on Monday January 18th 2016 at the Tsleil-Waututh Community Centre – 3010 Sleil-Waututh Road, North Vancouver Their ceremony was to “stand up”
LINKS TO THE FOLLOWING SUBMISSIONS MAY BE FOUND AT https://apps.neb-one.gc.ca/REGDOCS/Item/View/2450919 C033 – Board of the Friends of Ecological Reserves C33-0 – Board of the Friends of Ecological Reserves – Application To Participate (A57279) C33-0-1 – Application To Participate – A3T8V2 02/07/2014 C33-01 – Board of Friends of Ecological Reserves – Information Request to KM on