Environmental Laws: A Field Guide for BC’s North and Central Coast and Haida Gwaii

Produced by the Environmental Law Centre of the University of Victoria for the Coastal Guardian Watchmen Network (a project of the Coastal First Nation Great Bear Initiative) May, 2011 See page 74 for the section on Ecological reserves. See the full 104 page report at: EnviroLawFieldGuide-FINAL2 “This Field Guide is provided for general information as

The Case for a Pink Mountain ER

From: THE LOG    FRIENDS OF ECOLOGICAL RESERVES NEWSLETTER    SPRING/SUMMER 2011 By Ron Long Pink Mountain is located 180 kilometers north of Fort St. John in northern British Columbia. The mountain is only 1700 meters at its highest point but is so far north that the summit is uniformly arc- tic/alpine tundra habitat. Pink Mountain and

The Potential Impact of Sea Otters (Enhydra Lutris) on the British Columbia Geoduck Clam (Panopera Abrupta) Fishery

by Rhonda Reidy B.Sc., University of Victoria, 2000 RESEARCH PROJECT SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF RESOURCE MANAGEMENT (PLANNING) In the School of Resource and Environmental Management Report No. 513 © Rhonda Reidy 2011 SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY Summer 2011 See the Full PDF:seaottergeoduckRReidy Accessed Feb 20, 2014 at:

President’s Report, February, 2011

From: THE LOG    FRIENDS OF ECOLOGICAL RESERVES NEWSLETTER SPRING/SUMMER 2011 By Mike Fenger Another year has flown by for Friends of Ecological Reserves and it is time once again to reflect on our activities, cele- brate our successes and look ahead to what we hope will be a higher profile for Ecological Reserves for both

East and West Redonda Islands: some history

Reproduced with permission from: GoCampbellRiver.com East and West Redonda Islands Twin Islands immediately adjacent to the mainland coast; It has been said that these two small islands that have souring peaks extending straight out of the water to heights of almost 1600 meters also have the deepest waters of the inside passage. It is no wonder the

Genetic divergence in morphology: Misty Lake and inlet stickleback.

J Evol Biol. 2011 Jan;24(1):23-35. doi: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2010.02155.x. Epub 2010 Nov 19. Genetic divergence in morphology- performance mapping between Misty Lake and inlet stickleback. Hendry AP, Hudson K, Walker JA, Räsänen K, Chapman LJ. Source Redpath Museum, McGill University, 859 Sherbrooke St. West, Montréal, QC, Canada. andrew.hendry@mcgill.ca Abstract Different environments should select for different aspects of

The Rocky Mountain Naturalists

From: THE LOG    FRIENDS OF ECOLOGICAL RESERVES NEWSLETTER    SPRING 2008 Rocky Mountain Naturalists, Pictured at from L to R:    Tara Szkorupa, RMN Vice President, Peter Davidson, RMN President, Brett Yeats, BC Parks representative and Greg Ross, RMN Director BC Nature. The Rocky Mountain Naturalists, a Cranbrook/ Kimberly naturalist group, have entered into a “Stewardship Partnership

Monitoring Demolition Training Impacts in Military Training Area WQ on Sea Lions in the Race Rocks Ecological Reserve, B.C. ProgressReport #1 Revised

OVERVIEW LGL Limited successfully completed 5 days of monitoring (28––30 November and 1––2 December 2010) of demolition training (Officer’’s Course) in Exercise and Training area WQ. Monitoring comprised a day of pre-blasting, 3 days with blasting, and a day of post-blasting. We have not yet reviewed information on the sizes of the projects that were

Scott Islands and The Marine Wildlife Area Designation Process

An Update by Mike Fenger Background There is a process lead by the Canadian Wildlife Service (CWS) of Environment Canada to establish a Marine Wildlife Protected Area (MWA) for the Scott Islands. This is part of the Federal Government’s Health of the Oceans Initiative. From: THE LOG    FRIENDS OF ECOLOGICAL RESERVES NEWSLETTER AUTUMN/WINTER 2010 The

Race Rocks Marine Protected Area Designation: A Social, Economic, and Cultural Overview

 Ryan J Murphy and Raïsa Mirza Lester B. Pearson College of the Pacific, Victoria, BC :Race Rocks Marine Protected Area Designation: A Social, Economic, and Cultural Overview See the final version submitted in PDF form here: RRSocio-cultural-Murphyand-Mirza also originally here:http://www.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/Library/344920.pdf 1. INTRODUCTION Background An area of interest (AOI) approximating the current Rockfish Conservation Area around