February 4, 2024 Gerry and Pauline Hubregtse, BC WLRS, parked at the 90 km. sign at 9:30 and walked in to inspect the monitoring equipment. There has been a tree fall next to the tripod though there did not appear to be any damage. This will be reported to Jessica, with pictures that were taken.
Ernie Chang of Metchosin has produced this handbook which is useful in extracting various types of data and information on questions that you may have about the species of organisms that occur in the Ecological Reserves of British Columbia. The following link is to a .pdf version of the document: Using EcoReserves of BC Umbrella
https://inaturalist.ca/projects/bc-parks-ecological-reserves We also have a previous posting about the work done by iNaturalist observers in Ecological Reserves : https://ecoreserves.bc.ca/2021/02/09/inaturalist-biodiversity-surveys-in-bc-ecological-reserves/
Link to Bird List on the Race Rocks Website: https://racerocks.ca/bird-list-race-rocks-ecological-reserve/
The following article from the Victoria Time Colonist with a video of an interview with Dr. Martin Haulena of the Vancouver Aquarium appeared in the Times Colonist on October 29 2024 concerning the rescue of an entangled sea lion at Race Rocks Ecological Reserve: https://www.timescolonist.com/local-news/gut-wrenching-sea-lion-with-mouth-sealed-by-netting-rescued-at-race-rocks-9727516
PLANT LIST ECOLOGICAL RESERVE #76, FRASER RIVER, 2024 Plants identified by Frank Lomer Apr 22, Sept 15 & 30, Oct 7 & 8, 2024; includes plants confirmed on old plant list; plants not confirmed are listed separately at the end Genus Species Common Name Exotic – E Invasive TREES Or RARE – Blue-, Red-listed Acer
ER #76 Fraser River – September 30, 2024 Report by Bev and Bill Ramey Sunshine with clouds developing in afternoon, calm, 13 to 16 o C Walking distance about 10 km, but most was back and forth traverses across the silt and sand covered exposed accreted areas as well as bushwhacking circular loops through the
ER #76 Fraser River – September 15, 2024 Report by Bev and Bill Ramey Sunshine, a few clouds in morning, clearing to full sun, 15 to 21o C Walking distance about 10 km, but most of this distance measured by the GPS was back and forth traverses across the accreting gravel bars, now covered with
The 2024 Spring/Summer Newsletter is available. Just click below. Click here to open the 2024 Spring/Summer edition of The Log (PDF format). Contents: FER AGM 300 Hectares of Old Growth Habitat to be protected New Talking Tree Nature Reserve on Galiano Island BC Parks Foundation Receives Large Grant for Lumley Road Project (Salt Spring Island)
BC Ecological Reserve Warden Report by Kevin Tyler – ER Name: _Morice River, Ecological Reserve # 81 Link to this pdf.: 20240711KT _ER81 Morice River Report A further comment by Jim Pojar in a follow-up email : Thanks very much Kevin. Some years ago during a rainy summer I asked our local Wildfire crew if
ER #76 Fraser River – April 22, 2024 Report by Bill & Bev Ramey See the pdf with photos:ER #76 2024, April 22, pdf Sunshine, 9 to 18 degrees C, light breeze Launch kayaks from Nicomen Island 9:45 am, return 6:15 pm Walking distance about 11 km Water level at Mission gauge: 0.1 to 1.3
The 2023/24 Autumn/Winter Newsletter is available. Just click below. Click here to open the 2023/24 Autumn/Winter edition of The Log (PDF format). Contents: FER’s Response to the B.C. Biodiversity & Ecosystem Health Framework Oil Spill Response is Questioned An Ecological Reserve as an Outdoor Classroom ER Proposal History and Current Status Flora of Two East
Garry Fletcher Reporting: I got a ride with Greg from Peason College in the Second Nature vessel out to Race Rocks Ecological Reserve on June 14, 2024. This is probably the most relaxed time to go as ther are no sea lions and the gulls are not agressive yet. Noticeable was the change of vegetation.
Friends of Ecological Reserves (FER) Invite You to Our Virtual Annual General Meeting Wednesday May 15, 2024 UPDATE — A CHANGE TO THE AGENDA Due to unforeseen circumstances, our guest speaker, the Honourable Nathan Cullen has had to change the time he is available to speak. He was originally slated to begin his talk at 7:30
New Ecological Reserve Regulations for B.C. From the BC Parks BLOG Posted on February 23, 2024 BC Parks News As part of our mission to protect the many special natural places across British Columbia, in addition to provincial parks, BC Parks oversees over 150 ecological reserves. Ecological reserves are home to many rare and endangered
Link to the pdf version : Pink Mountain BC Nature article Note: tentative identification of 44 significantly rare species Pink Mountain BC Nature article
We have assigned an ER # 155 to Pink Mountain to reference research, photography and other information to this area which urgently needs protection. As of February 2024, 5 observers have added 16 species to the iNaturalist records link to the iNaturalist records .
https://inaturalist.ca/projects/bc-parks-ecological-reserves The reserves are listed by number of records . click on image below: and former Friends of Ecological Reserve Board member Kate McKeown has added the following page with all the ER projects linked https://inaturalist.ca/projects/bc-parks-ecological-reserves?tab=about BC Parks Ecological Reserves Ecological reserves are areas selected to preserve representative and special natural ecosystems, plant and animal
