High Density of Wandering Salamanders at Cleland Island Ecological Reserve, Clayoquot Sound, British Columbia
Barbara Beasley, Ph.D. Association of Wetland Stewards for Clayoquot and Barkley Sounds P.O. Box 927, Ucluelet, B.C. V0R 3A0 This report describes the results of a 3.5-hour survey of Wandering Salamanders (Aneides vagrans) at Cleland Island on May 20, 2015. I searched under logs, Styrofoam and plastic floats, rotting cabin boards, and rocks within an
Fraser River Islands ER #76 Warden’s report April 10 , 2015
ER #76, Fraser River Islands – April 10, 2015 Ecological Reserve Warden’s Report by Bill and Bev Ramey Sunny, clouding over in afternoon with strong winds; 10 – 12oC Launch kayaks at 9:30am, return 4:00pm Water level at Mission: 1.8 metres to 2.3 metres Water level at Hope: 5.6 metres (Very high water level for
NEWS ITEM: U.S. worried about Canada’s ability to respond to oil spills, records reveal
VANCOUVER — Special to The Globe and Mail by Stanley Tromp Published Tuesday, Apr. 28 2015, 7:00 AM EDT “Newly released U.S. documents show American authorities are nervously eyeing Canadian proposals to triple the number of oil tanker voyages through the shared waters off B.C.’s coast, saying among themselves that Canadian standards to clean up a major
Misleading information in recent STANTEC report on Whales.
Lester Pearson College has employed the Ecoguardians at Race Rocks Ecological Reserve since 1997. One of the benefits of this is in having observers on site 24 hours on this archipelago in the Strait of Juan de Fuca. A great amount of citizen science is achieved as the Ecoguardians record in their logs the events
Friends of ER Field trip to Mount Tzuhalem , April 2015
On April 26 Board member Marilyn Lambert organized a field trip to this Ecoreserve near Duncan. We were met by Ecological Reserve wardens Dave Polster and Genevieve Singleton who served as excellent guides through the reserve. Below is a gallery of images.. comments to come later. Some views from Mount Tzuhalem: The group was made
Tranquille ER #29 Plant List 2014
This plant list was submitted by the BC Parks Thompson Grasslands Area Supervisor–Thompson Cariboo Region: Amanda Roy-Weber. TYPE TYPE FAMILIES FAMILIES COMMON NAME COMMON NAME SPECIES SPECIES DATE DATE DETAILS DETAILS TREES Pine Ponderosa Pine Pinus ponderosa Aug. 21, 2012 Dead standing trees near fenceline fenceline felled by BC Parks
Tranquille ER #29 Warden’s Reports:2014
Ecological Reserve #29 Tranquille Wardens’ 2014 Annual Report Kats and June Kitamura Total hours: 14, Total Distance Travelled: 120 km 1. Jan. 25, 2014 Warden Appreciation Lunch hosted by Amanda Weber-Roy (Communications Leader for Soap Lake ER #3, Skwaha Lake ER #88, Skihist ER #92, and Parks Manager for Tranquille ER #29 and McQueen Creek
Oil Tanker YASA Passing very close to Oak Bay Islands Ecological Reserve
Ecological reserve warden Marilyn Lambert submitted this photo showing within a short distance of Oak Bay Islands Ecological Reserve, this 61342 ton, 250 metre oil tanker passing through under tethered tug escort. ( Why the tug is tethered behind the ship is a good question??) This is only one tanker out of 34 per month,
Warden Report for Comox lake Bluffs ER
Mandy Vaughn, the warden for Comox Lake Bluffs ER has sent the following warden’s report: I visited the reserve last week, 16 April. The weather started overcast, but quickly turned sunny and warm. The ATV party spot was fairly clean; a couple of firepits, not too large, with glass and cans. I need to take
National Energy Board, Revised Exhibit List- April 10 2015
See this revised exhibit list (as of April 10, 2015) for documents relating to the Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain Expansion Project: Following are the submissions and responses specific to The Board of Friends of Ecological reserves C33-5 – Board of Friends of Ecological Reserves – Motion for adequacy IR2 (A66957) 2 Items 02/26/2015 C33-4 –
Warden’s report for Trout Creek ER #7 April 5, 2015
Laurie Rockwell provided this warden’s report on April 5, 2015 • It was a cool 3c at 7.45 am with a light breeze at times, but full sunshine; a perfect outing. • I saw or heard 8 species of birds, mostly expected forest species, but no returning migrants. • most plants were in leaf, but
TMX provides Same Response to 28 of 31 FER motions:
We just received our feedback to our motion to compel Kinder Morgan /TMX to answer our Round 2 Intervenor Questions more adequately. Their response to 28 out of 31 questions was the same quote: “In accordance with Board Ruling No. 33 (Filing IDA63066), Trans Mountain’s response provided sufficient information and detail for the Board in
Wardens report for Comox Lake Bluffs March 2015
Ecological Reserve Wardens Charley and Mandy Vaughan made their first visit of the season to Comox Bluffs Reserve on Friday 13, March 2015. ” The weather was overcast, mild and calm. At the edge of the reserve we met a couple with a dog who had just come from the main beach access, a common
Ecological reserve Warden’s report for Trout Creek March, 2015
Laurie Rockwell provided this warden’s report for Trout Creek ER for March 2015. the first tour of the year was very quiet and mild at 5c with a periodic breeze and some sun breaking through the cloud cover. It was one of those rare years where there was no snow anywhere and no frost. I
Images from Hippa Island : Vladimir Krajina Ecological Reserve : 2014
Laas Parnell, a student from Haida Gwaii who attended Lester Pearson College in 2012-2014. She spent the summer in 2014 on a boat 7 hours a day in the ocean around Hippa island which is on the outer ocean side of the Vladimir Krajina Ecological reserve. She has sent us these images of this beautiful
Ecological Monitoring 10 Mile Point ER.
ER warden Doug Biffard supplied this map of the area in the ten mile point reserve where plots have been laid out for an Ecological Monitoring program.
Motion to Compel KM to supply adequate responses to FER IR 2 Feb 26
Delivered via online Filing
This filing can be viewed at:
http://docs.neb-one.gc.ca/
Or See the PDF version here: Motion to compel KM to supply adequate responses to FER IR 2 Feb 26
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To: National Energy Board “NEB” 444 Seventh Avenue SW
Calgary Alberta. T2P OX8
From: Board of Friends of Ecological Reserves
C/O Mike Fenger, President, Friends of Ecological Reserves
511 Foul Bay Road
Victoria BC V8S 4G9
Attention: Sheri Young
Re: Hearing order OH-001-2014
Trans Mountain Pipelines ULC (“ (“Trans Mountain”)
Application for Trans Mountain Expansion Project
Notion of Motion to Compel Full and Adequate Responses to Information Requests (IRs)
Please find enclosed the notice of motion to compel full and adequate responses to IRs, filed on behalf of the Board of Friends of Ecological Reserves (FER). The filing is in the form of a Table with colour coding as follows:
FER would like to take this opportunity to state that we reviewed all responses. For the inadequate responses we have provided clarification to support that claim. We have also retained all IRs and responses as we have learned from the adequately answered responses too, and these need to remain part of the record.
We have provided links to documents wherever possible through footnotes. We have used endnotes to display maps or portions of references provided by TMX when needed to support understanding of IRs.
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Adequate Responses |
Inadequate responses |
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4, 5, 10, 11, 14, 16, 18,21, 23, 25, 26 |
1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 9, 13, 15, 17, 19, 20, 24, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32. |
Mike Fenger
President of Friends of Ecological Reserves
Garry Fletcher
Board member of Ecological Reserves
Cc: Board of Friends of Ecological Reserves
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