On a recent trip to the Okanagan, ER Warden Don Guild drove Garry Fletcher and Niran Lella to the alpine summit and the forested bottom of the Big White ER. Click on the image twice to see the following panoramas by Niran. From the small clearcut down in the lower valley to the right of
On October 10, 2012, the Browne Lake Ecological Reserve Warden Don Guild drove with Garry Fletcher, Friends of Ecological Reserves Board member and Niran Lella to the Browne lake Ecological Reserve. We went to check on the reserve and its special features. Some infractions were observed in the reserve which will be described later. It
On October 9, Laurie Rockwell, Ecological Reserve warden for Trout Creek ER , joined Garry Fletcher and Niran Lella to guide us through the Trout Creek Ecological Reserve near Summerland. Laurie makes regular visits to the reserve and has excellent cooperation with the local area BC Parks personnel in the management of the reserve. His
On October 8, 2012 myself and Niran Lella visited Field’s Lease, the first of 11 Ecological Reserves in the Okanagan visited that week. We were not able to time this visit with the warden Robert Calder since he was away that week. Issues: The reserve is very small and is surrounded by vineyards to the
On October 8, 2012 myself and Niran Lella visited Hayne’s Lease, the second of 11 Ecological Reserves in the Okanagan visited that week. We were not able to time this visit with the warden Robert Coulter since he was away that week. Issues: The reserve looks to be in very good shape, with good signage
In 2012, the Race Rocks Friends of Ecological reserves field trip will be on Saturday May 12, 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM (NOTE DATE CHANGE) Departing from Lester Pearson College docks. 10:00 AM Contact by the ecological reserves e-mail address Cost: Members; $15.00 Non-members $30.00 Friends of Ecological Reserves archival photo September, 1981?
Thanks to Rosemary Taylor for these images The Fraser River Field Trip October 2011
Rosemary Taylor was along on the Fraser River Trip of October 7, 2011 doing photography. We came across a small green plant, at first thinking they were seedlings sprouting on a sandbank , I called over Terry Taylor for an identification . He immediately came up with the fact that it was a liverwort,
From: THE LOG FRIENDS OF ECOLOGICAL RESERVES NEWSLETTER AUTUMN/WINTER 2011 By Rosemary Taylor It has been several years since any gathering between Ecological Reserve wardens and Parks staff has occurred in the Lower Mainland, but on October 7, 2011, just such an event was organized by Bev Ramey (Co-Warden of ER#76, Fraser River Ecological Reserve)
In May 2011, The Friends of Ecological reserve Board members went to visit Woodley Range, under the guidance of Warden Gary Backlund. These are some of the images Board member Garry Fletcher took on that trip.
From: THE LOG FRIENDS OF ECOLOGICAL RESERVES NEWSLETTER SPRING/SUMMER 2011 By Wynne Miles On Sunday, May 8th, seven Friends of Ecological Reserves Board members and two guests drove to the outskirts of Ladysmith on Vancouver Island to meet Gary Backlund and tour Woodley Range Ecological Reserve. Gary, along with his daughter Katherine are the ER
Ian Cumming has provided us with a set of photos of the Ecological reserve taken in may of 2011 on his Picassa site : https://picasaweb.google.com/117969804110546575465/G3_Lytton_Skwaha?authuser=0&feat=direc “The first half of these are from Early May, when we did not get past the ER gate. Too much snow. The second half are taken in late May, when
From www.squamishchief.com Organizers of 25th annual event say small chum run likely to blame for low raptor numbers January 4, 2011Dawn Green Special to The Chief An undercurrent of excitement filled the air inside the Brackendale Art Gallery (BAG) in the early morning hours on Sunday (Jan. 2). This was the silver anniversary of the
From: THE LOG FRIENDS OF ECOLOGICAL RESERVES NEWSLETTER AUTUMN/WINTER 2010 By Louise Beinhauer On a balmy day in June, Friends of Ecological Reserves Board members Mike Fenger, Stephen Ruttan (trip organizer), Mary Rannie and Wynne Miles along with guests; our guide, biologist Hans Roemer, MOE’s Tory Stevens, Fred Beinhauer and I car pooled along Highway
From The LOG newsletter, Autumn/Winter, 2009 By Eva Durance Okanagan Region’s Annual ER Wardens’ Meeting and Field Trip Summer has waned and the advent of fall signals catch-up time for people who have spent the past few months happily (well mostly!) working and playing outdoors. It’s also an excellent time for Ecological Reserve wardens to
From THE LOG FRIENDS OF ECOLOGICAL RESERVES NEWSLETTER SPRING 2009 Mount Maxwell Day Trip By Mike Fenger, Marilyn Lambert, Stephen Ruttan and Paul Linton On May 3rd three of the FER Board visited Paul Linton and the Mount Maxwell ER. Background In 1972, a 65-hectare parcel of land was preserved under the Ecological Reserve Act
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
On May 6, 2007, members of the Friends of Ecological Reserves Board joined retiring warden Chris Pielou current warden Helen Robinson along with Bowser ER warden Maggie Little and others for a trip to the slopes of the Comox Lake Bluff Ecological Reserve. Mouse over images will initiate comment on the image. Click for large
Our thanks to Ian Cumming for sharing the links for the following images with us. These photographs of the field-trip and wildflowers were taken in the Skwaha Ecological Reserve, during a field trip with Botany BC on May 27, 2005. The reserve lies to the east of Botanie Creek, about 20 km north of Lytton,