This video is an interview with Jim Borrowman. Jim has, since the 1980’s been the Ecological reserve warden of Robson Bight . He has through his Ecotour business helped in educating thousands of visitors on the values of the Orca and the rubbing beach areas. See the interview on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yeLEPaueWVw You may access photos
LGL Ltd has done research for DND for several years in response to complaints from the public using Race Rocks as a centre for observation. Typical patterns of blasting on Bentinck Island in the past have resulted in disturbance of sea lions at Race Rocks. See the PDF: http://racerocks.ca/racerock/admin/military/bentinck2089report.pdf
By Marilyn Lambert After a night of howling winds, the day we picked for this year’s Trial Island trip dawned bright, sunny and, most importantly, calm! Our usual trip leaders, Adolf and Oluna Ceska, weren’t available this day, so we were fortunate to have Trial Island Ecological Reserve warden, Matt Fairbarns share his views on
There are many special areas of the province with sensitive ecosystems which need protection. Not all are well represented in our Parks / ER System so we encourage individuals to offer their proposals which we will carry and publicize on this website. In the Ecological Reserve Newsletter, The Log , we have often carried articles
Click on any title below to view the report. Reports from current years are contained in the LOG newsletters. 2011 Report (AGM Mar 2012) 2010 Report (AGM Feb,2011) 2009 Report (AGM Mar 2010) 2008 Report (AGM Mar 2009) 2007 Report (AGM Mar 2008) 2006 Report (AGM Mar 2007) 2005 Report (AGM Feb. 2006) 2004 Report
By Denise de Montreuil From: THE LOG • FRIENDS OF ECOLOGICAL RESERVES NEWSLETTER • SPRING 2006 The Annual General Meeting of the Friends of Ecological Reserves took place on Friday, February 24, 2006 in Room 157 of the Murray and Ann Fraser Building at the University of Victoria. Secretary Tom Gillespie read the minutes of
Ecological Reserve Warden Roseanne Van Ee and her husband Rick visited Cougar Canyon Ecological Reserve on March 6, 2009. They took these pictures while going through the reserve : Roseanne noted in her report to the BC Parks Area Supervisor: “Attached are photos from our Cougar Canyon expedition. We entered through the gravel pit end
Seabird nest and roost sites are important to maintenance of BC’s biodiversity and many of the important nest colonies are protected in Ecological Reserves and Parks. Disturbance to wildlife is a major issue that park and wildlife managers routinely face, yet information to assess threat is often not available, —-Need to set guidelines based on
Rick Van Ee has made this map of the trip through Cougar Canyon that he and Roseanne did in March 2009.
These maps are adapted from the BC Parks website:
ORIGINAL PURPOSE To protect the most easterly isolated stand of Garry oak and associated ecosystem in British Columbia Physical: The reserve consists of a series of rocky outcrops and bluffs that have been cut through by the Canadian National Railway line which separates the upper part of the stand from the more open lower portion.
This map was produced by the BC forest service in 2009.
These photos were submitted by Bill and Bev Ramey, Wardens for ER #76.
All research activities, including inventory, monitoring and collections, within lands and marine areas administered by the Park Act or Ecological Reserve Act require a valid research permit. Permit issuance may be contingent upon other agencies granting other additional required permits, such as those overseen by the Wildlife Act. Research that includes inventory will endeavour to
From: THE LOG FRIENDS OF ECOLOGICAL RESERVES NEWSLETTER AUTUMN 2008 By Marilyn Lambert Late this past spring, my husband and I visited our friend on his sailboat. He was the marine host at Princess Margaret Marine Park on the south end of Portland Island. This island is approximately 3.5 km NNW of the Swartz Bay
From THE LOG FRIENDS OF ECOLOGICAL RESERVES NEWSLETTER AUTUMN 2008 See the complete report in the following PDF file. vance creek survey1988 By M.E. Martin Continuing with our ongoing quest for Wardens’ Reports, Friends of Ecological Reserves was sent a very detailed and fascinating field report from Malcolm Martin, the Warden for Vance Creek ER,
From: THE LOG FRIENDS OF ECOLOGICAL RESERVES NEWSLETTER AUTUMN 2008 By Jane Watson Dear Friends, This year, with support from the Friends of the Ecological Reserves, we completed our 22nd season, studying sea otter community ecology in Checleset Bay Ecological Reserve. Checleset Bay Ecological Reserve was established in 1981 to protect habitat for a fledgling
See the full article in the Encyclopedia of Earth: http://www.eoearth.org/article/Northern_transitional_alpine_forests See the full article with reference to Nigunsaw ER
. Flora of the Comox Lake Bluffs E.R. 2008 . . SPERMATOPHYTES . AGAVACEAE Camassia quamash APIACEAE Daucus pusillus Lomatium utriculatum APOCYNACEAE Apocynum androsaemifolium ARACEAE Lysichiton americanus ASTERACEAE Achillea millifolium Adenocaulon bicolor Anaphalis margaritacea Antennaria howellii Cirsium vulgare Eriophyllum lanatum Hieracium albiflorum