97 – Friends of Ecological Reserves

Race Rocks Ecological Reserve Proposed as a KBA – Key biodiversity area

29JuneGarry Fletcher97, Key Biodiversity Area, Management, Rare Species, Reports, Species List

In June 2023 Ian Adams presented for the Annual General Meeting of Friends of Ecological Reserves on the Key Biodiversity Areas program in Canada. This presentation is available here: https://ecoreserves.bc.ca/2023/06/07/key-biodiversity-areas-ian-adams-fer-agm-june-2023/ The website of KBA Canada is here: https://gis.natureserve.ca/portal/apps/dashboards/8a89d50ea0b04c7790e19791ab9ae6e8 Race Rocks Ecological Reserve is on the list of proposed KBAs in British Columbia along with several

Warden’s Reports for Race Rocks

1AugustGarry Fletcher97, Ecological Monitoring, Marine Reserves, Warden Reports

Often when we visit special ecological areas our observations are restricted to a limited view. In 2021 Along with Jamie Frith, I visited six diverse Ecological Reserves with the goal of revealing some of their special features from a distant viewpoint as well as a close up one. Under a special permit from BC Parks,

Are ERs Fulfilling Their Mandate for Research and Education?

13FebruaryGarry Fletcher97, Ecological Monitoring, Marine Reserves, Reports, Researchelephant seal

By Garry Fletcher Presentation Outline : When Ecological Reserves (ERs) were first being set up from 1971 on, some universities and colleges in British Columbia went to great lengths to involve their faculty and students in baseline research and ecological documentation. In this presentation, the following areas will be highlighted: From the LOG, The Friends

Are Ecological Reserves fulfilling their Mandate for Research and Education?

5DecemberGarry Fletcher97, Marine Reserves, News, Park use Permits, Research

BC Protected Areas Research Forum: Conservation Connections, Thompson River University, Kamloops, BC December 5, 2013 by Garry Fletcher of Friends of Ecological Reserves. Presentation Outline: •When Ecological Reserves were first being set up from 1971 on, some universities and colleges in British Columbia went to great lengths to involve their faculty and students in baseline

Darwin Core Archive Species identified in the Race Rocks Ecological Reserve in British Columbia

23JuneGarry Fletcher97, Marine Reserves, Research, Species List, Warden Reports

Garry Fletcher1, Mary Kennedy21 Lester B Pearson College, 650 Pearson College Drive, V9C 4H7, Victoria, Canada; 2 OBIS Canada, Bedford Institute of Oceanography, B2Y 4A2, DartmouthCorresponding author(s): Garry Fletcher (garryf(use the at sign) gmail.com), Mary Kennedy (mary.kennedy(use the at sign)dfo-mpo.gc.ca) Received {date}; Revised {date}; Accepted {date}; Published {date} Citation: Combination of authors, year of data

InEx a direct in situ method to measure filtration rates, nutrition, and metabolism of active suspension feeders

30MarchGarry Fletcher97, Research

Abstract: Sponges, bivalves, and tunicates play an important role in the trophic dynamics of many benthic communities. However, direct in situ measurements of their diet composition, filtration, and excretion rates are lacking for most species, and knowledge of these rates is based mostly on indirect, in vitro measurements. This paper presents and evaluates an in

Warden Reports for Race Rocks Ecological Reserve

22AugustGarry Fletcher97, Field Notes, Issues, Management, Rare Species, Reports, Research, Species List, Warden Reports

Since 2000, the website www.racerocks.com & www.racerocks.ca have carried the observations at Race Rocks of ecoguardians, wardens, students and faculty of Pearson College. Posts tagged with warden’s reports on the ecoreserves website are located here: https://ecoreserves.bc.ca/category/97+wardenreports/ Posts on the Racerocks.ca site tagged as warden’s reports here: http://www.racerocks.ca/wp/category/er-warden-report/ These reports have been provided by Garry Fletcher

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

8DecemberGarry Fletcher97, Ecological Monitoring, Issues, Management, Marine Reserves, Reports, Research

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

Effectiveness of a five-minute Demolition Interval to Mitigate Blasting Noise Impacts in Military Training Area WQ on Sea Lions in the Race Rocks Ecological Reserve, B.C.

31MarchGarry Fletcher97, Issues, Management, Marine Reserves, ResearchMilitary blasting, sea lion disturbance

Executive Summary: Noise from explosions at the Bentinck Island Demolition Range at Canadian Forces Ammunition Depot (CFAD) Rocky Point has the potential to disturb pinnipeds (seals and sea lions) hauled out in the Race Rocks Ecological Reserve (RRER). Such disturbance is prohibited by the Marine Mammal Regulations (MMRs) under the Fisheries Act and may be

Set-back Distances to protect nesting and roosting seabirds off Vancouver Island from boat disturbance

10FebruaryGarry Fletcher1, 17, 18, 94, 97, Issues, Marine Reserves, ResearchTrudy Chatwin

Trudy Chatwin’s Master’s theses from Royal Roads University. ABSTRACT: In order to set guidelines that promote responsible wildlife viewing, I quantified the effects of boat-based disturbance to seabirds off Vancouver Island. Field trials recorded the approach distance at which roosting and nesting birds responded to either a motor boat or a kayak. Probability of agitation

AXYS Wind measurement technology test

30OctoberGarry Fletcher97, Research

Link to the Deployment of equipment for the wind assessment experiment at Race Rocks October, 2009.

Handedness during feeding in the green shore crab, Hemigrapsus oregonensis

14MayGarry Fletcher97, ResearchAdam Harding, hemigrapsus oregonensis

Adam Harding performed this research in 2009 on a population of Hemigrapsis oregonensis, the green shore crab near Race Rocks. See the complete PDF file at: adamhee

An analysis of Energy Output of the Race Rocks Tidal Current Generator.

11AprilGarry Fletcher97, Research

In April, 2009 Connor Scheu and Wouter Zwart, second year students at Lester Pearson College did this analysis from data supplied by Clean Current Connor communicated with Russ Stothers of Clean Current for his project; “Here is a simple synopsis of the project I will be doing this week. It is called a group four

Temporal Spacing of Demolitions to Mitigate Demolition Training Impacts in Military Training Area WQ oc Sea Lions in the Race Rocks E.R. B.C.

23MarchGarry Fletcher97, Issues, Management, Marine Reserves, Research

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

A Model-Based Approach Investigating Killer Whale (Orcinus orca) Exposure To Marine Vessel Engine Exhaust.

30JuneGarry Fletcher97, Research

Cara Lachmuth, UBC uses Race Rocks atmospheric and sea data for Master’s thesis in 2008 on A Model-Based Approach Investigating Killer Whale (Orcinus orca) Exposure To Marine Vessel Engine Exhaust.

Environmental Monitoring at Race Rocks Ecological Reserve related to the Tidal Current Generator Installation at Race Rocks

30SeptemberGarry Fletcher97, Ecological Monitoring, Issues, Research

Pam Thuringer of Archipelago Marine did these reports under contract from Lester Pearson College in the initial phases of the environmental impact assessment study for the Tidal Generator. Interim Report: http://www.racerocks.com/racerock/research/archipelago/archipelinterimreportJan200.pdf Final report: http://www.racerocks.com/racerock/research/archipelago/archipelfinalreport.pdf

Tidal Energy Research Project at Race Rocks

27SeptemberGarry Fletcher97, Management, Research

In 2006, Clean Current Power undertook a 6 year program of research into tidal current energy and started the Pearson College-Encana-Clean Current Tidal Power Demonstration Project

First Nations Burial Cairns at Race Rocks: Darcy Mathews 2006

30AprilGarry Fletcher97, Research

The configuration of the rocks in several stone mounds at Race Rocks are suggestive of First Nations use of this area for Burial Mounds in the period AD 500-AD 1000. Investigation into sites on the lower part of Vancouver Island by Darcy Mathews, a graduate student of the University of Victoria, has shown that over

In Situ Measurement of Benthic Community Trophic Dynamics at Race Rocks

30MarchGarry Fletcher97, Research

In Situ Measurement of Benthic Community Trophic Dynamics at Race Rocks by Gitai Yahel; This file links to the video on the research and the techniques used for In Situ sampling. Link to the file: http://www.racerocks.com/racerock/research/yahel/yahel.htm Also see the paper published on this technique.

Effects of natural and human-caused disturbances on marine birds and pinnipeds at Race Rocks, British Columbia.

3NovemberGarry Fletcher97, Issues, Management, Research

DEMARCHI, MW AND MD BENTLEY. 2004.LGL Report EA1569. Prepared for Department of National Defence, Canadian Forces Base Esquimalt and Public Works and Government Services Canada. 103 p. Effects of natural and human-caused disturbances on marine birds and pinnipeds at Race Rocks, British Columbia.