Pine Tree and Storm Islands from a Kayak

Tom Howell kayaked through the Pine, Tree and Storm Islands of the Duke of Edinburgh Ecological Reserve in 2008. Some of his images from that trip are posted here. His Panoramio site carrying these images with locations on Google map is here: EAST TREE ISLAND STORM ISLAND PINE ISLAND Hover the Cursor on the images

Estimating Carrying Capacity for Sea Otters in British Columbia

ABSTRACT We estimated carrying capacity for sea otters (Enhydra lutris) in the coastal waters of British Columbia, Canada, by characterizing habitat according to the complexity of nearshore intertidal and sub-tidal contours. We modeled the total area of complex habitat on the west coast of Vancouver Island by first calculating the complexity of the Checleset Bay–Kyuquot

ER#136 Comox Lake Bluffs Photos 2008-2009

Images from the Comox Lake Bluffs, 2008-2009 Comox Valley Naturalists on a field trip to the Comox Lake Bluffs  in May of 2008. The following pictures were taken during the year by  Robbie Robinson and Ecoreserve Warden Helen Robinson. Pass your cursor over the pictures below for and scientific names . Then click on the

Warden’s report -Visit to ER #76 – Fraser River Islands, April 26, 2008

Visit to ER #76 – Fraser River Islands, April 26, 2008 Sunny, warm; very low water – 0 to 1.5 m at Mission Put it at Nicomen Island boat launch after carrying our boats from the locked gate. River very low with large sand/gravel bars exposed. Landed lower big island and observed bald eagle in

Fuel tanker To Be Recovered

From Canada.com Fuel tanker to be recovered from Robson Bight The provincial and federal governments announced yesterday a fuel tanker and other logging equipment containing pollutants will be recovered from the ocean floor near Robson Bight. April 18, 2008 VICTORIA — The provincial and federal governments announced yesterday a fuel tanker and other logging equipment

Trial Island Invasive Plant Species Management Plan

Prepared by: Chris Barrett and Carrina Maslovat, R. P. Bio. Telephone: — email– Prepared for: Ecosystems Branch BC Ministry of Environment Table of Contents Acknowledgements. 2 Introduction and Purpose. 2 Background. 2 Previous Invasive Species Management3 Methodology. 4 Invasive Woody Species on Trial Island. 4 1. English ivy (Hedera helix)5 2. Scotch broom (Cytisus scoparius)7 3. Gorse (Ulex