February 2021 – Friends of Ecological Reserves

Input to the BC Environmental Assessment Office and additional conditions proposed for the TMX project related to protecting the marine environment.

28FebruaryGarry FletcherBC's Marine Ecosystems, Friends of Ecological reserves, Marine Reserves, Oil Spill Threat, ReportsOil Spill, oil transport, wind speed

See this PDF for the Recommendations to the EAO (15 pages)TMX project–EAO Input to the BC Environmental Assessment Office and additional conditions proposed for the TMX project related to protecting the marine environment. February 28, 2021- -Prepared by Friends of Ecological Reserves: Former intervenors with the KM-NEB processes. As an Environmental Non-Government Organization, (ENGO) the

Update : Big White Proposed Development

22FebruaryGarry Fletcher34, BC Parks, Boundary Changes, History, Human Disturbance, Issues, Management, Maps, Reports

I received this email with maps attached after I made an inquiry into the nature of the proposed park development at Big White From: Baric, Keith J Feb 22, 2021, 9:40 AM Hi Garry Thanks so much again for your time on the phone last Friday afternoon. Fortunately, I was also able to touch base

Profiles of the Undeveloped Watersheds on Vancouver Island by Keith Moore 1991

17FebruaryGarry Fletcher400, Issues, Logging old-growth, Reportsproposed ecological reserve, watersheds

COASTAL WATERSHEDS An Inventory of Watersheds in the Coastal Temperate Forests of British Columbia by Keith Moore with an essay THE COASTAL TEMPERATE RAIN FOREST An Ecosystem Management Perspective By Spencer B. Beebe & Edward C. Wolf A BC ENDANGERED SPACES PROJECT WORKING PAPER Earthlife Canada Foundation & Ecotrust/Conservation International 1991 IMPORTANT NOTE: this document

Oceans Protection Plan Dialogue Forum – Transport Canada February 17-19 2021

16FebruaryGarry FletcherMarine Reserves, Oil Spill Threat, Rare Species, Reports, Warden Reports

Mike Fenger and Garry Fletcher will participate in the Oceans Protection Forum online February 17-19 . The Annotated_Agenda_2 We have several concerns as a result of our experience as Intervenors in both of the Hearings of the National Energy Board and produced a number of reports as a result of the process. Our participation in

Location of current shipping lanes threaten South Vancouver Island

15FebruaryGarry Fletcher300, BC's Marine Ecosystems, Maps, Marine Reserves, News, Oil Spill ThreatOil Spill

Location of current shipping lanes threaten South Vancouver Island – time for a change. By Mike Fenger, Victoria and Garry Fletcher, Metchosin. The 1891 Wreck of the S.S. San Pedro on Brotchie Ledge, a watercolour by Samuel McClure Starting in the mid-1800s, square-rigged ships and coal-fired steamers took on locally knowledgeable pilots at Brotchie Ledge,

Ecological Reserves management issues gap Analysis Survey -2021

15FebruaryGarry Fletcher300, 400, 500, BC Parks, Climate change, Human Disturbance, Invasive Species, Issues, Logging old-growth, Management, Oil Spill Threat, Reports, Research

PDF version: ER Management Issues Gap Analysis Summary update Feb 15 2021 Citation: Feick, Jenny L. Jan. 2021. Ecological Reserves Management Issues Gap Analysis Summary January 2021 Update. Victoria, B.C., Friends of Ecological Reserves, unpublished report. Acknowledgements: This report and the data analysis that supports it were prepared by Jenny Feick and Ian Hatter with

50th Anniversary Timeline – Ecological Reserve Act

14FebruaryGarry Fletcher300, 400, 500, BC Parks, History, News, People50th. anniversary, Vladimir Krajina

50th Anniversary Timeline – Ecological Reserve Act Following Canada’s commitment to implement the International Biological Program in the early 1960s, and scientific studies in the 1950s and 1960s by UBC Plant Ecologist Dr. Vladimir J. Krajina and other academics, Ray Williston, Minister of Forests, Lands and Water Resources supported the concept of protected reserves representing

Western Coast Region Warden’s meeting with BC Parks

13FebruaryGarry FletcherWarden Meetings

This zoom meeting is currently ongoing

Haley Lake Ecological Reserve Warden’s report, 2020

12FebruaryGarry Fletcher117, Photos, Warden Reports

We have made this report private and for research purposes only . Contact BC Parks for information to access if you are involved in research. Below are some of the images from the report

Protected: Haley Lake Ecological Reserve # 117 Wardens Report

11FebruaryGarry Fletcher117, BC Parks, Field Notes, Maps, Photos, Warden ReportsVancouver Island marmot.

There is no excerpt because this is a protected post.

Triangle Island Film , featuring Bristol Foster

10FebruaryGarry Fletcher13, BC's Marine Ecosystems, History, Marine Reserves, People, VideosAnne Vallee, Bristol Foster, Tufted Puffin

This National Film Board film of 1976 profiles Bristol Foster the First Director of the Ecological Reserves Division in British Columbia. It was made shortly after the creation of the Triangle Island – Anne Vallee Ecological Reserve

iNaturalist Biodiversity Surveys in BC Ecological Reserves

9FebruaryGarry Fletcher300, 400, 500, BC Parks, iNaturalist, Species List

Select Language▼ This article was published in the 2020-21 Autumn/Winter Newsletter (.pdf) 2020-21 Autumn/Winter Newsletter iNaturalist Biodiversity Surveys in BC Ecological Reserves By Brian Starzomski, Kate McKeown and John Reynolds. ………………………………………………………. iNaturalist is the most important development in biodiversity science in at least 100 years. This may sound like hyperbole – that period of time

The Log, 2020-21 Autumn/Winter Newsletter

7FebruaryFred Beinhauer141, Annual Reports, Coming Events, Ecological Monitoring, Estuary, FER Interviews, Field Trips, Logging old-growth, Newsletters, People, Research

The 2020-21 Autumn/Winter Newsletter is available. Just click below. Click here to open the 2020-21 Autumn/Winter edition of The Log (PDF format). Contents: Happy 50th Anniversary to B.C.’s Ecological Reserves!! iNaturalist Surveys in B.C.’s Ecological Reserves Trev Anderson, Race Rocks ER Advocate Turns 100 FER Weighs in on Old Growth Review Strategic Report A Trip