The report is available in this PDF link Columbia Lake Ecological Reserve Warden Report 2023_final Link to the iNaturalist entries: https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/columbia-lake-ecological-reserve. Report completed by: Ian W. Hatter, ER Warden for Columbia Lake Ecological Reserve, and Dr. Jenny Feick, ER Warden for Mt. Sabine Ecological Reserve. All photos were taken by Jenny Feick. Report completion date:
Report completed by: Jenny L. Feick, PhD, ER Warden for Mount Sabine Ecological Reserve Report completion date: September 4, 2023 See the PDF of the report here: Mt Sabine Ecological Reserve Warden Report for 2023 final The iNaturalist entries for this ER can be found at this link: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?project_id=mount-sabine-ecological-reserve&place_id=any&verifiable=any Table of Contents Acknowledgements ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 2
ECOLOGICAL RESERVES — NEWS/ARTICLES: #132 Trial Island proposal — March 1989 #132 Trial Island: Broom & Gorse Removal — Autumn 2000 #132 Trial Island: Victoria’s Owl-clover Found — Spring 2009 #132 Trial Island: Battling Broom — Spring/Summer 2010 ========================================== ARTICLES: #132 Trial Island — August 1991 #132 Trial Island Field Trip — Spring 1998 #132
Board member Harold Sellers has compiled the following Index of publications by topic in the past editions of the Friends of Ecological Reserves Log …December 2023 THE LOG INDEX – 1988 to 2023 THE FRIENDS OF ECOLOGICAL RESERVES 10th Anniversary of FER — October 1992 Science Advisory Committee — Autumn 2006 Strategic Plan for FER
Race Rocks Ecological Reserve #97 Wardens Report December 2023
2023 Ecological Reserve #130 Mahoney Lake Wardens’ Annual Report Wardens: Kathryn McCourt, Dan Nieman Report date: November 15, 2023 April 13, 2023 – Kathryn McCourt 9:45 – 10:49. 6℃, sky overcast, wind calm Plants in bloom: Ranunculus glaberrimus, Frittilaria pudica Birds: Redwinged Blackbird, American Robin, Song Sparrow, Black-capped Chicadee, American Coot, Ruddy Duck, Canada Goose,
2023 Ecological Reserve #7 Warden’s Annual Report Wardens: Kathryn McCourt, Mark Gardiner Report Date: November 15, 2023. Again in 2023, Warden Mark Gardiner was unable to access the reserve because of mobility issues. April 15, 2023. 9:45-10:49. 6℃. Sky overcast, wind calm. Birds outside ER: Pine Siskin, American Robin Birds inside ER: Pine siskin,
These links care for a ist of reports and updates on the Stickleback Recover Strategy: https://www.canada.ca/en/environment-climate-change/search.html?q=stickleback&wb-srch-sub= https://www.canada.ca/en/environment-climate-change/services/species-risk-public-registry/consultation-documents/unarmoured-threespine-stickleback.html in Canada for the Period 2018 to 2022 Under the Species at Risk Act (SARA), a Progress Report summarizing recovery document implementation is prepared and posted to the public registry. Progress Reports include information on recovery efforts underway.
Location: islands in middle of Fraser River, near Chilliwack Report by Bill & Bev Ramey Sunshine, 13 to 21 degrees C, sunny, calm Launch kayaks from Nicomen Island 10:30 am, return 4:00 pm Walking distance: 9.5 km Water level, Fraser River at Mission: 0.4 to 1.1 metres (tidal) Water level, Fraser River at Hope: 3.3
An Ecological Reserve as an Outdoor Classroom by Harold Sellers Vance Creek Ecological Reserve was visited this past September by a group of high school students from Vernon. Rob Buchanan is a teacher at Clarence Fulton Secondary School in Vernon, where he leads the Awaken Inquiry Adventure Okanagan(AIAO) program. There are about 30 students in
Friends of Ecological Reserves compiled by Harold Sellers 2023 Note: Link to the Articles below on the LOG NEWSLETTER ARCHIVES PAGE THE LOG INDEX – 1988 to 2023 THE FRIENDS OF ECOLOGICAL RESERVES 10th Anniversary of FER — October 1992 Science Advisory Committee — Autumn 2006 Strategic Plan for FER — Autumn 2006 Strategic Plan
BC Nature’s IBA/KBA Coordinator mentioned two areas that are ERs in his recent report to the BC Nature board. Triangle Island (ER #13, no warden) In B.C. Nature’s first visit to the Scott Island Group IBA we joined Coastal Rainforest Safari and their Tlatlasikwala staff to visit Triangle Island. This, and ensuing discussions with both the
BC Nature’s IBA/KBA Coordinator mentioned two areas that are ERs in his recent report to the BC Nature board. Moore & Byers Islands (Byers Is. is one island of several in ER#103, no warden) On the same trip as above we supported a joint trip to Moore and Byers Islands to set out trail cameras to
The 2023 Spring/Summer Newsletter is available. Just click below. Click here to open the 2023 Spring/Summer edition of The Log (PDF format). Contents: FER 2023 AGM FER Revised Strategic Plan 2023-2025 Morice River ER Warden’s Report Remembering Alfred Gaensbauer Province Strengthens Protection of ERs 1000-year-old redcedar Mara Meadows ER To see a complete list of
The Friends of Ecological Reserves is concerned that the boundaries of Ecological Reserves must be well marked so that the public is aware of their existence, and that management plans should be clearly outlined for all Ecological reserves. In a recent examination of the maps available online, we have been concerned with evidence of incursion
Province strengthens protection of B.C.’s ecological reserves Tuesday, July 18, 2023 1:30 PM https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2023ENV0047-001163 (accessed July 20, 2023) Media Contacts: Ministry of Environment and Climate Change Strategy Media Relations 250 953-3834 New regulatory changes are being made to safeguard the province’s ecological reserves.The new Ecological Reserve Regulation will enable compliance and enforcement measures in ecological
This wardens report was prepared by Kevin Tyler- July 5 2023 ER Name: _Morice River__ Ecological Reserve # __81 ____ Report Date: ___5 July 2023__ Warden Name: Kevin Tyler_ Travel / Timings. I departed Smithers at 11 am. It was a 90 mins drive one way to Houston and south to the ER. I did
In June 2023 Ian Adams presented for the Annual General Meeting of Friends of Ecological Reserves on the Key Biodiversity Areas program in Canada. This presentation is available here: https://ecoreserves.bc.ca/2023/06/07/key-biodiversity-areas-ian-adams-fer-agm-june-2023/ The website of KBA Canada is here: https://gis.natureserve.ca/portal/apps/dashboards/8a89d50ea0b04c7790e19791ab9ae6e8 Race Rocks Ecological Reserve is on the list of proposed KBAs in British Columbia along with several
A REVIEW OF MILESTONES – Jan 2022 TO Dec 2022 Rick Page, President The 2023 Annual General Meeting was held virtually on June 7, 2023. I’d like to acknowledge the directors that are not standing for re-election – Stephen Ruttan and Megan Howse. Thank you for your contributions. Stephan has been on the Board for
