52 – Friends of Ecological Reserves

The Log Autumn winter, 2015/2016

26AprilGarry Fletcher52, Annual Reports, BC Parks, Marine Reserves, Oil Spill Threat, PeopleKen Millard

See the pdf for the Log: autumn-winter2015-colour-final From the article “The Life of Ken Millard”in this issue of the LOG

Humans Kill 14 Times More Adult Fish than Wild Predators

24AugustGarry Fletcher300, 52, Management, News, Researchfish, fisheries, Tom Reimchen

I recently came across an article in the Tyee taken from the– –Hakai magazine about the negative human impact on wild populations by size selection in fisheries and hunting. “Humans Kill 14 Times More Adult Fish than Wild Predators” The research was authored by Dr. Tom Reimchen and former students , with some of the

Drizzle lake Ecological Reserve Compromised by Logging Plans

10AugustGarry Fletcher52, Issues, Logging old-growth, Management, MapsDr. T. E. Reimchen, logging impact

July-2015: The Friends of Ecological Reserves was contacted by Mark Spoljaricon, M.Sc. Haida Fisheries Program Biologist, Skidegate Haida Gwaii on July 22 about an increased risk to the Drizzle Lake ER due to BC Timber Sales (BCTS) planned auction of harvest Block DRL I05 which makes the access to the lake more exposed. Any anthropogenic alteration to this lake

Drizzle Lake ER 52 Management Statement

14SeptemberGarry Fletcher52, Management51, black stickleback, ermine, saw-whet owl

MANAGEMENT DIRECTION STATEMENT September 2004 PDF File:drizzle_lk Excerpt below: Ecological Reserve Statement Conservation Role Drizzle Lake Ecological Reserve serves a conservation role within the British Columbia protected areas system. The ecological reserve protects an international significant and critically imperiled population of giant black stickleback that is one of only three known populations in British Columbia.