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

The Log, 2016 Autumn/Winter Newsletter

The 2016 Autumn/Winter Newsletter is available. Click here to open the 2016 Autumn/Winter edition of The Log (PDF format). Contents: What Lies Below at Baeria Rocks Ecological Reserve? Campbell Brown ER Det San ER Kinder Morgan Pipeline Project Needs Additional Conditions Biological Diversity Why is it Important? To see a complete list of all “The Log”

What Lies Below at Baeria Rocks Ecological Reserve

In 2016 The Friends of Ecological Reserves provided funding to the Diving Class at Bamfield Marine Station to do an underwater survey in the Ecological reserve to document for baseline Data purposes the species of the Underwater and Terrestrial portion of the reserve. The report by Isabelle Côté and Siobhan Gray is documented in the

Endangered or threatened species in Marine Ecological reserves -Southern Vancouver Island

This table includes the various levels of concern for the endangered species at risk  from oil spills in four of the Marine Ecological Reserves. See other posts on this website on the Oil Spill threat to our 17 Ecological reserves in the Southern Vancouver Island area. Oak Bay Islands Ecological Reserve SCIENTIFIC NAME  COMMON NAME

Friends Support for Research

Here are a few examples of how the Friends of Ecological Reserves has provided  research grants to support biological and ecological research projects related to ecological reserves in British Columbia. Some of the projects that have or are being supported are profiled below. What Lies Below at Baeria Rocks Ecological Reserve 2016 : The Friends

Baeria Rocks Ecological Reserve Warden Report 2006

Volunteer Warden, Anne Stewart, of the Bamfield Marine Sciences Centre,  Bamfield, BC, V0R1B0 Did this report for 2005-2006on the Bamfield Marine Sciences Centre Volunteer Biodiversity Monitoring Monitoring Activities Except for one visit made in collaboration with BC Parks personnel (described below as site visit May 31, 2006), biodiversity monitoring activities at the Baeria Rocks Ecological

Baeria Rocks ER Purpose Statement 2003

BAERIA ROCKS ECOLOGICAL RESERVE Purpose Statement Ecological reserves are areas selected to preserve representative and special natural ecosystems, plant and animal species, features and phenomena. The key goal of ecological 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

Baeria Rocks Overview

Closed to the public by Order-in-Council no. 1920, 16 June 1977 to protect nesting birds which are very vulnerable to disturbance. A permit is required to land on the rocks and they are accessible by boat. Physical: The terrestrial part of the reserve consists of two low bedrock islands 500 m apart, the southern of

Guide to Ecological Reserves in BC

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

Haulout and associated behaviour of the Harbour Seal ( Phoca Vitulina) in Barkley Sound

Based on observations of the harbour seal (Phoca Vitulina), at Baeria Rocks and the Geer Islands , BC, a model outlining aspects of haul-out and behaviour is proposed. Seal haul-out and activity levels peak at loew tides. A seconfd peak of activituy is observed at high tide.  —— A report done by Allison M. Peacock,

Field Study of the Harbor Seal ( Phoca vitulina) ER #24

Naturalistic behavior studies are expensive time-wise and tend to yield relatively small amounts of  scientifically pure data those which are easily measured and repeatable when compares to other methods of study. When compared to other methods of study at least partially due to this phenomenon, there appears to be a paucity of data published on

A List of Seabird nesting sites in Barkley Sound, BC– 1971

Provincial Museum and UBC field parties conducted bird and mammal  investigations in Barkley Sound from 1954 to 1970 inclusive. 55 of approx. 55 islands,islets and reefs  were visited. Nesting sites of 6 species of sea birds  previously unrecorded are lsited. See the complete paper –PDF file: barkley_sound_sea_bird_nesting_sites