Index of Articles Published on Trial Islands ER in the Friends of Ecological Reserves Log-1988-2023

ECOLOGICAL RESERVES — NEWS/ARTICLES:  #132 Trial Island proposal — March 1989 #132 Trial Island: Broom & Gorse Removal — Autumn 2000 #132 Trial Island: Victoria’s Owl-clover Found — Spring 2009 #132 Trial Island: Battling Broom — Spring/Summer 2010 ========================================== ARTICLES: #132 Trial Island — August 1991 #132 Trial Island Field Trip — Spring 1998 #132

The Log, 2017 Autumn/Winter Newsletter

The 2017 Autumn/Winter Newsletter is available. Click here to open the 2017 Autumn/Winter edition of The Log (PDF format). Contents: Minister of Environment & FER Meeting Tranquille ER ER Wardens’ Summaries: .Trial Islands ER .Baeria Rocks ER .Galiano Island ER .Checleset Bay ER .Bowser ER .San Juan Estuary ER .Comox Lake Bluffs ER .Woodley Range ER Pacific Reef and

Jacques Sirois’ Biosphere Dreams

From The Friends of Ecological reserves Newsletter Autumn/Winter, 2016 By Maleea Acker Reprinted with permission from the December 2015 issue of Focus Magazine By December, rain and the darkness of winter blankets the Capital Region. Berries hang like rubies from the darkening limbs of the Arbutus. Storms shawl the coast with salt spray. Songbirds have

The Board of Friends of Ecological Reserves accepted as an Intervenor in the NEB hearings into the Kinder-Morgan Pipeline expansion.

Just issued today: The Board of Friends of Ecological Reserves is included as one of the 400 intervenors accepted out of the 2118 who had applied to present to the National Energy Board as an Intervenor in Kinder Morgan’s proposed expansion of the pipeline through Alberta and British Columbia. Our application submitted in early February

Review of Canada’s Ship-Source Oil spill Preparedness and Response Regime

This report is available only by request from the Tanker Safety Secretariat in Ottawa.  But it is also included here as a PDF : transport_canada_tanker_report_accessible_eng The figure which should be of  most concern for Ecological reserves in BC is the following: In this recent government-commissioned risk-analysis report on tanker traffic safety in Canada, figure 3 shows

Marine Ecological Reserves : Their Future in an Oil-Spill disaster. G. Fletcher

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

Restoration Efforts at Oak Bay Islands and Trial Island Ecological Reserves

On Oct 18th, 2012,   Matt Fairbarns made this presentation to the Restoration of Natural Systems Speaker series on the restoration efforts at Oak Bay Islands and Trial Island Ecological Reserves: It includes a section on invasive species as well as native species. Be sure to see the PDF file to get information on the

Battling Broom on Trial Island ER

By Matt Fairbarns From: THE LOG    FRIENDS OF ECOLOGICAL RESERVES NEWSLETTER SPRING/SUMMER 2010 Trial Island is an ecological gem and hosts a great number of rare species and ecosystems. The upland mead- ows, maintained free of native trees and shrubs by a combina- tion of summer drought and winter winds, support many endangered species including

Victoria’s Owl Clover Found on Trial Island

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

TRIAL ISLANDS Ecological Reserve Purpose Statement September 2003

TRIAL ISLANDS ECOLOGICAL RESERVE Purpose Statement Ecological reserves are areas selected to preserve representative and special natural ecosystems,plantandanimalspecies,featuresandphenomena. Thekeygoalofecological reserves is to contribute to the maintenance of biological diversity and the protection of genetic materials. All consumptive resource uses and the use of motorized vehicles are prohibited. Landing on Trial Islands Ecological Reserve is restricted

Stewardship Account for Rosy Owl-clover: Orthocarpus bracteosus

Orthocarpus bracteosus has been known in the Victoria area since 1893.    Historical records for Sidney, Oak Bay, Victoria and the Patricia Bay Highway are unmappable because the locality is too vague.    Historical records of populations at Rollin’s Farm, Blenkinsop (Lost) Lake, Mount Douglas (Cedar Hill) and Beacon Hill are at least 90 years old and

CDC Field Survey, 1999, A Ceska and J.Pojar Species List.

On April 23 1999 population counts for Sanicula arctipoides , site notes and position of polygons were noted. In addition Sagina decumbens spp.occidentalis was also observed. Survey by Adolf Ceska and Jim Pojar, 1999 complete list in PDF: ceska_pojar_1981_trial_island_er_proposal_plant_list