Race Rocks Field Trip Spring 2012

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?

Riccia frostii, a new find on the Sandbars of the Fraser River Islands.

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,

ER Warden Field Day: BC Parks Staff and Wardens Reconnect

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)

A Visit to Woodley Range ER

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

FER Board Field Trip to San Juan Ridge

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

Victoria’s Owl Clover Found on Trial Island

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

Race Rocks Ecological Reserve: An Unusual Model of Reserve Management

Race Rocks Ecological Reserve: An Unusual Model of Reserve Management The following article is also printed complete with hyperlinks to relevant parts of the Race Rocks website at http://www.racerocks.com/racerock/news/2004/racerocksfer.htm. On October 3 a group of 20 of the Friends of Ecological Reserves made a trip to Race Rocks in the Pearson College Boats with  Garry