The Log, 2024-25 Autumn/Winter Newsletter

The 2024-25 Autumn/Winter Newsletter is available. Just click below. Click here to open the 2024-25 Autumn/Winter edition of The Log (PDF format). Contents: FER President’s Page Hia’s/Triangle Island: B.C.’s Largest Seabird Colony Increased Numbers of Orcas and Salmon near Alert Bay Trespass in the Clayhurst Ecological Reserve Bowser Ecological Reserve Warden’s Report FER Joins BC

Mt Sabine Ecological Reserve Annual Report 2022

ER#19MtSabine2022AnnualReport This report includes: Mt Sabine ER Location Description and Ecological Significance Timeline of Warden Activities Observations Sept 10 2022 Natural history observations Issues: unmarked boundaries Issues : Access and effects on vegetation Recommendations Plans for 2023 Travel and Volunteer hours Thanks to BC Parks see the full report pdf: ER#19MtSabine2022AnnualReport

Vance Creek ER ..An Ecological Reserve as an Outdoor Classroom

An  Ecological Reserve as an Outdoor Classroom by Harold Sellers Vance Creek Ecological Reserve was visited this past September by a group of high school students from Vernon. Rob Buchanan is a teacher at Clarence Fulton Secondary School in Vernon, where he leads the Awaken Inquiry Adventure Okanagan(AIAO) program. There are  about 30 students in

The Log, 2022/23 Autumn/Winter Newsletter

The 2022/23 Autumn/Winter Newsletter is available. Just click below. Click here to open the 2022/23 Autumn/Winter edition of The Log (PDF format). Contents: Biological Diversity Key to a Healthy Planet Island Gems are among B.C.’s Seven Biodiversity Hot Spots Intact Forest Ecosystems – A Conservation Campaign Columbia Lake ER Warden’s Report Lasquiti Island Report BC

Educational Exercise by AIAO at the Vance Creek Ecological Reserve.

Rob Buchanan Life Science Teacher Academy of Inquiry and Adventure Okanagan  Vernon BC – aiao.ca sent us this report of a field trip with his students to Vance Creek Ecological reserve “AIAO ( Academy of Inquiry and Adventure Okanagan)  students had a fulfilling  day of learning and exploring at the Vance Creek Ecological Reserve. Students were relieved

50 Years of ERs

The Log, 2020-21 Autumn/Winter Newsletter

The 2020-21 Autumn/Winter Newsletter is available. Just click below. Click here to open the 2020-21 Autumn/Winter edition of The Log (PDF format). Contents: Happy 50th Anniversary to B.C.’s Ecological Reserves!! iNaturalist Surveys in B.C.’s Ecological Reserves Trev Anderson, Race Rocks ER Advocate Turns 100 FER Weighs in on Old Growth Review Strategic Report A Trip

The Log, 2019/20 Autumn/Winter Newsletter

The 2019/20 Autumn/Winter Newsletter is available from this website. Just click below. Click here to open the 2019/20 Autumn/Winter edition of The Log (PDF format). Contents: 2020 Brings a Renewed Push to Revitalize the ER System A Community Fights to Save Clack Creek Forest Hidden Complexity Revealed, How LiDAR helps re-map Aleza Lake The ‘Blob”,

Fraser River Islands ER #76 Warden’s report April29, 2019

Excellent photos at the end! Thanks Bev and Bill ER #76, Fraser River Islands – April 29, 2019 By Ecoreserve wardens Bill & Bev Ramey Sunshine, 14o to 18o C, strong winds in afternoon Launch kayak and canoe from Nicomen Island at 10:00 am, return 6:00 pm Walking and paddling distance about 16 km Water

The Log, 2018 Autumn/Winter Newsletter

The 2018 Autumn/Winter Newsletter is available from this website. Just click below. Click here to open the 2018 Autumn/Winter edition of The Log (PDF format). Contents: Year in Review FER Opening Statement for the NEB Reconsideration Review Ospika Cones ER Field Trip Report Sikanni Chief River ER Field Trip Report To see a complete list of all “The

The Log, 2016 Spring/Summer Newsletter is published

The 2016 Spring/Summer Newsletter is available. Click here to open the 2016 Spring/Summer edition of The Log (PDF format). Contents: Annual General Meeting Pink Mountain – A Strong Case for a new ER Andy MacKinnon Delivers FER AGM Talk on Cool Plants and Their Fungal Friends Fate of BC’s Old Growth Forests in Jeopardy Lasqueti Island Ecological Reserve Field Trip Vancouver Island

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