BLACK BEAR DEN FIELD SURVEYS (JUNE 11, 2015) ON DAKOTA RIDGE RE PROPOSED BC TIMBER SALES (BCTS) CUTBLOCKS A87126 – DK042 & DK044

BLACK BEAR DEN FIELD SURVEYS (JUNE 11, 2015) ON DAKOTA RIDGE RE PROPOSED BC TIMBER SALES (BCTS) CUTBLOCKS A87126 – DK042 & DK044 & COMMENTS ON IMPACTS, INCLUDING ON OTHER CAVITY-USING VERTEBRATES RESULTS OF GIS MAP MODEL OF HIGH VALUE BLACK BEAR DEN HABITATS FOR CHAPMAN-HOWE LANDSCAPE UNITS (LUs), BC SUNSHINE COAST See the 14

Motions to compel full and adequate responses by Government of Canada intervenors submitted by the Board of Friends of Ecological Reserves

In July, all intervenors had the opportunity to file information Requests to other intervenors in Kinder Morgan/ Trans Mountain Expansion Project.. This is the original link to this filing: An internal version is available here in PDF: Unfortunately, the government of the Province of British Columbia had not filed final Written Evidence so our questions

NEB forwards one of our requests on effect of sea-sprayed oil on terrestrial systems to TMX.

As part of their most recent round of Information requests to Kinder Morgan/TMX, The National Energy Board has forwarded one of our concerns for a formal answer. This shows how important it is to have documented the foreshore as well as upland segments of our marine Ecological reserves. Hopefully, the support of this question by

Final Evidence Report Submitted to the National Energy By the Board of FER Regarding the Kinder Morgan – Trans Mountain Pipeline Project

From the: THE LOG FRIENDS OF ECOLOGICAL RESERVES  NEWSLETTER SPRING/SUMMER, 2015 By Mike Fenger and Garry Fletcher Please visit: https://ecoreserves.bc.ca/2015/05/28/final-evidence-report-tmx/ to view the report in its entirety. Executive Summary from the Report This evidence report from Board of the Friends of Ecological Reserves (Board of FER) is for the National Energy Board (NEB) to inform

The Board of FER files Information Requests on Government Intervenors Today

This past week we submitted an application to participate in the NEB Oral Summary Arguments  in Burnaby in September of this year. Today we completed filing the Information requests on other intervenors. Because of the disappointing “Written Evidence ” provided by the federal departments,  we decided to file on the following Federal Departments : Transport

Warden’s Report- Trout Creek Ecological Reserve June 7 2015

Warden’s Report by Laurie Rockwell I was in the reserve by 5am for my monthly tour,but by 6am it was already 18c with only a periodic,refreshing breeze. I saw or heard 17 species of birds including 5 blue-listed Gray Flycatchers (Empidonax wrightii) and 2 unexpected Evening Grosbeaks (Coccthraustes vepertinus) which seldom appear in the reserve.

Elphinstone Provincial Park Expansion Proposal

High-res Elphinstone Master Rep final 5 June 2015 PART 1 CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS This preliminary report examines the conservation values of the Elphinstone area located on the Sunshine Coast of British Columbia and known locally as the “Elphinstone park expansion proposal,” the “Mount Elphinstone park proposal,” “Elphinstone 1500” (referring to the assumed 1500 hectare size),

Killer whales and Acoustic Masking in the Marine Environment

In our recent Final submission of written evidence to the National Energy Board re Kinder Morgans TMX pipeline proposal, our  Chapter 3  dealt with the severe threat to Cetaceans from the cumulative increase of vessel traffic from the project. Since writing that report, more references on this subject have come to light from another Intervenor

Exhibit List of the NEB for the Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain Pipeline Expansion Project

The National Energy Board indexes all communications from  Intervenors, KM/TMX , NEB and commentators at this website: A054 – National Energy Board – Exhibit List for Hearing Order OH-001-2014 (A61576) A54-1 – A – National Energy Board – A3Y9H1  Open  Download 603 KB 07/08/2014 A54-2 – B – Trans Mountain Pipeline ULC – A3Y9H2  Open  Download 3

Final Evidence Report Submitted to National Energy Board Environmental Assessment Process Hearings on Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain Expansion Project Application (KM-TMX)

Final Evidence Report Submitted to: National Energy Board Environmental Assessment Process Hearings on Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain Expansion Project Application (KM-TMX) _______________________________________________ NOTE: URLS have had to be changed in several references related to Race Rocks –listed below: page23-24: (In C33-7-1) page 23 and 24: remove the /wp/ from URLS they now are correctly linked

Table 5: Significant Species and Conservation Status in 19 Marine Ecological Reserves

Table 5: Significant Species and Conservation Status in 19 Marine Ecological Reserves ER# Name Species Scientific Name Species Common Name BC List Status COSEWIC Status SARA Status CF Prov. Priority 28 Ambrose Lake Oncorhynchus clarkii Coastal Cutthroat Trout, ssp. lewisi, S3S4 (2004) Blue Special concern  2 Gasterosteus aculeatus Threespine Stickleback Yellow Special concern 6 24