BC Nature’s IBA/KBA Coordinator mentioned two areas that are ERs in his recent report to the BC Nature board. Moore & Byers Islands (Byers Is. is one island of several in ER#103, no warden) On the same trip as above we supported a joint trip to Moore and Byers Islands to set out trail cameras to
The images were extracted from Google Earth. These three islands make up the reserve, they lie right in the pathway of the proposed Northern Gateway tanker traffic. The significance of these Islands is ststed in the International Bird Area website: “Seven species of seabirds breed in significant numbers on Moore and Byers Island. Of the
This link is to the Rockfish Conservation area at the south end of Moore isalnds: http://www.pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/fm-gp/maps-cartes/rca-acs/rca-acs/north-nord/WestAristazabalChart3902-eng.htm
The threat of a disastrous oil spill that would devastate some marine ecological reserves in BC is looming ever larger. Proposals for two separate sets of Pipelines to the Coast of British Columbia and the ensuing transport of diluted tar-sands bitumen ( dilbit) by giant tankers are now being considered by our governments. The first
This map shows the route of the tankers that would go through Hecate Strait, right past three important Ecological Reserves if the Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipeline is allowed to be built by the Canadian and British Columbia Governments. Dewdney and Glide Islands ER #25 Moore/McKenny/Whitmore,Islands, ER # 23 and the Byers /Conroy Harvey/Sinnet Islands ER#103
Posts on the Ecological Reserves website about the threat of Oil Spills from Tanker Traffic Posts on the Race Rocks website about the Risk from Increased Tanker Traffic Ed Note: I am including this as it refers to four of the Marine Ecological reserves of BC., three on sets of islands which are in the
Primary Role The primary role of the Moore/McKenney/Whitmore Ecological Reserve is to protect the nesting sites of several species of seabirds in the province. The ecological reserve is closed to public access to protect the nesting seabirds and their habitat. The ecological reserve comprises a group of low-lying islands, islets, and reefs along the east
This map from BC Parks shows the boundaries of the ecological reserve. Note that it extends well into the ocean around in Wright Passage and Hecate Strait. This is ideal if it protects the feeding habitat of the nesting seabirds. mooremckenneywhitmore_islands_map
http://www.ibacanada.com/site.jsp?siteID=BC106&lang=EN IBA Moore and Byers Islands and Banks Bella Bella, British Columbia Site Summary BC106 Latitude Longitude 52.568° N 129.34° W Elevation Size 0 – 60 m 799.44 km² Habitats: coniferous forest (temperate), coastal sand dunes & beaches, inlets/coastal features (marine), coastal cliffs/rocky shores (marine), other Land Use: Not Utilized (Natural Area) Potential or ongoing
This 371 page, 50 mb book may be downloaded from http://www.for.gov.bc.ca/HFD/library/documents/bib32374.pdf Thanks to Jody Krakowski ER warden for Baynes Island ER #69 for showing us the location of this important document. It provides a page and a map on each of the reserves created up to 1992. Include are the Ecological Reserves now lost from