Botany BC will take place in July 2015 in the beautiful Elk Valley! For info: http://members.shaw.ca/botanybc/ Other travel information is available on the Internet, e.g., http://www.travel-british-columbia.com/kootenay/elk-valley/elkford/.
We huddled on a rainy Sunday morning, May 4, 2014, at Pearson College docks nestled in verdant and vibrant Metchosin, British Columbia. We donned personal flotation devices or floater coats and hopped aboard the motor vessel “Second Nature” skippered by Director of Operations for Race Rocks, Chris Blondeau for a short but choppy ride to
On July 11, 2014, Roger Allen ( warden) and BC Parks Staff Trudy Chatwin and Hugh McDonald with Darrian (student at UVIC ), visited Rose Islands Ecological Reserve. Seabirds recorded on Rose Islets: Double-crested Cormorants – 3 (2 adults, 1 immature) , Pelagic Cormorant – 9 (all immature), Pigeon Guillemot – 3, Harlequin Ducks –
On July 11, 2014, Roger Allen ( warden) and BC Parks Staff Trudy Chatwin and Hugh McDonald with Darrian (student at UVIC ), visited Canoe Islets Ecological Reserve. Canoe Islet: No Pelagic Cormorants or Double-crested Cormorants, Bald Eagle -1, Black Oystercatchers – 4, Surfbirds – 7, Ruddy Turnstone – 1, Black Turnstones – 5, Glaucous-winged
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
See the write up by Stephen Ruttan on the trip to the Galiano Bog Ecological Reserve. Photos by Garry Fletcher –
The first photo attached is from May of 2013 and was taken by Senior Park Ranger, Kirk Densmore, when the Tranquille ER Wardens had Mike Ryan (FLNRO Plant Ecologist) come and walk around the ER with them and give a presentation. ER Wardens hard at work! May 12th 2013 Thanks to Amanda Roy-Wber for contributing
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
Visit to ER #76, Fraser River Islands, April 20, 2013 Ecological Reserve Wardens Bill and Bev Ramey Weather: Cloudy, sunny breaks, temperature about 8 degrees C, strong wind picked up during day and by afternoon there were whitecaps on Fraser River with waves running upstream. Purpose of tour: to review the boundary of the ER,
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
Bev Ramey presented a warden’s report by a powerpoint presentation at the February 18 meeting of the Vancouver area/South Coast ER Wardens and Parks Staff meeting in Surrey. The gallery below represents the images she presented.
On Saturday, November 3, 2012, FER Board members and friends took a field trip to what was once called the Saturna Island Ecological Reserve # 15. Pam and Harvey Janszen previously were wardens for the reserve and were our guides. Below are some photos taken that day by Fred Beinhauer with the names of mushrooms provided by
A trip through some of the Ecological Reserves of the Okanagan in the fall of 2012. It is not often that members of the Board of Friends of Ecological Reserves get the opportunity to meet with reserve wardens, hear their concerns, and get to see the Ecological Reserves looked after by those wardens. In the
On October 12, 2012, the Vance Creek Ecological Reserve Warden Rick Fairbairn met with Garry Fletcher, Friends of Ecological Reserves Board member and Niran Lella to talk about the reserve, its problems and its special features. A walk through several areas and a drive to a heavily logged area above the reserve demonstrated to us
On October 12, Ecological Reserve warden Norbert Maertens accompanied Friends of Ecological Reserves Board member Garry Fletcher and Niran Lella to the Lily Pad Lake Ecological Reserve. The photos below were taken by Niran and Garry. See the panoramas here:
On October 12, Ecological Reserve warden Norbert Maertens accompanied Friends of Ecological Reserves Board member Garry Fletcher and Niran Lella to the Lily Pad Lake Ecological Reserve. Niran made these panoramas from the northeast shore of the Lake. ( be sure to double-click on the photos to get enlarged versions.) See the photo gallery here:
On October 12, Ecological Reserve warden Norbert Maertens accompanied Friends of Ecological Reserves Board member Garry Fletcher and Niran Lella to the Buck Hills Road Ecological Reserve. The photos below were taken by Niran and Garry. Also see the Panoramas taken:
On the afternoon of October 11,2010, Ecological Reserve warden Linda Kennedy drove Garry Fletcher, Friends of Ecological Reserves Board member, Niran Lella and Roseanne Van Ee up to the top of The Campbell Brown Ecological Reserve, where we were able to walk down the full length of the reserve. Linda has a special connection to
We visited this reserve with the warden Don Guild on October 10, 2012. Don contacted the resort staff at the bottom of the ski run first and then drove us up what is probably the roughest boulder strewn washed out snow-cat road (without snow) on which I have ever traveled. Also see the Panoramas of