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
The Annual Field trip for a few members of Friends of Ecological Reserves to Race Rocks will take place on May 4, 2014. Since space is limited, contact us at the friends e-mail below as soon as possible. email: ecoreserves ( use the @ sign) hotmail.com Trip Cost: Individual: $35.00 Senior/Student: $30.00 Family: $25.00 plus
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
The Friends of Ecological Reserves Board is submitting an application to Participate as an Intervenor in the National Energy Board Public Hearings for Trans Mountain Pipeline ULC Trans- Mountain Expansion Project. The project would expand the existing Trans Mountain pipeline system located between Edmonton AB, and Burnaby, BC, resulting in 987 km of new pipeline,
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
Warden’s report by Garry Fletcher: In the early morning hours of January 14, a new elephant seal pup was born at the Race Rocks Ecological reserve. This was the 5th pup born to a female called Bertha since January 2009. Ecoguardian on the island Alex Fletcher reported that it was born in the night, some
For other links to wardens reports for Race Rocks, go to the racerocks.ca site at: http://www.racerocks.ca/wp/the-race-rocks-ecological-reserve-warden/ and http://www.racerocks.ca/wp/category/er-warden-report/
On December 16, I accompanied a tour to Race Rocks Ecological Reserve. On board was Todd Golumbia who, while working for Environment Canada out of Sidney, Vancouver Island, was involved with research on the Black Oystercatchers of the Salish Sea. (See research papers below) Today there were 31 Oystercatchers in their favourite roosting area in
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
ER warden Garry Fletcher reports: I spent two days at Race Rocks relieving for the new Ecoguardian , Courtney Edwards . Two posts from the weekend are at : http://www.racerocks.ca/wp/?p=7991 for Sept 21 and http://www.racerocks.ca/wp/?p=8103 for Sept 22. This one contains a video of the sealions and a number of pictures. All wardens reports are
Ken Dunham, a graduate of Pearson College UWC now enrolled i a Law program, has submitted the following as a class assignment in Natural Resources Law, CML 1105H at the University of Ottawa for Professor Stewart Elgie. See the complete paper in this PDF: Race Rocks Legal Analysis Introduction Canada is a country of incredible
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
Link to the most recent warden’s report by Garry Fletcher: http://www.racerocks.ca/wp/category/er-warden-report/
FoER Field Trip to Race Rocks 2013 By Aziza Cooper Ten people, including two children, visited Race Rocks and toured the lighthouse and grounds. Many of us were enthusiastic photographers, including the kids, and several of us were birders as well. Steller sea lions were on a rocky island offshore, roaring and lolling in the
From THE LOG FRIENDS OF ECOLOGICAL RESERVES NEWSLETTER SPRING/SUMMER 2013 Race Rocks Field Trip By Aziza Cooper Ten people, including two children, visited Race Rocks and toured the lighthouse and grounds. Many of us were enthusiastic photographers, including the kids, and several of us were birders as well. Garry Fletcher, the Warden of Race Rocks
Trip Cost: Individual: $35.00 Senior/Student: $30.00 Family: $25.00 plus $15 for each family member on the trip The cost of the trip includes a one year membership in the Friends of Ecological Reserves. For insurance purposes the trip is only available to Members of Friends of Ecological Reserves. For reservations contact Marilyn: marilynlambert1 (use the at
The MPA process for the federally controlled waters within the Provincial Marine Ecological Reserve started In 2000. A proposal was submitted by a DFO -convened Advisory Group composed of Sports fisheries, First Nations, science representatives, Provincial Parks, Canadian Wildlife Service, Environment Canada, Pearson College representatives, whale watching groups, diving groups and several environmental NGOs .
Garry Fletcher went to Race Rocks to provide a tour and discussion for 6 students from Pearson College who were staying out there for their project week . See the Race Rocks ecoguardian’s log for images of some of their work. I was surprised to find another new location of Romanzoffia tracyi growing over by
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
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