Big White Mountain Ecological Reserve Update on Proposed Resort Development plans

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As a follow-up to a previous post here, we recently received this update to the Development Plans for the Big White Resort: RE: Big White Ski Resort – Update to the Draft 2020 Master Plan We are following up on our December 1, 2020 correspondence regarding Big White Ski Resort’s Master Plan update and proposed

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Friends of Ecological Reserves Submission to B.C. Government in Response to the B.C. Biodiversity and Ecosystem Health Framework

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In January, 2024 , the Board of Friends of Ecological Reserves submitted the following feedback to the B.C. Biodiversity and Ecosystem Health Framework.  Final FER Submission to BC Government – Biodiversity and ESH Framework-Jan31-2024 Also see Trevor Hancocks take on this new draft framework in the Times Colonist of February 11, 2024

Hidden Gems, Ecological Reserves of British Columbia

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. The hidden gems of British Columbia’s protected areas system are its ecological reserves, set aside for scientific study and education, not recreation. Two of the first ERs ever established sit above Columbia Lake at the headwaters of the Columbia Valley. Discover how a Czech refugee fleeing the Communists prompted B.C. to become the first

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Index of Articles Published on Trial Islands ER in the Friends of Ecological Reserves Log-1988-2023

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ECOLOGICAL RESERVES — NEWS/ARTICLES:  #132 Trial Island proposal — March 1989 #132 Trial Island: Broom & Gorse Removal — Autumn 2000 #132 Trial Island: Victoria’s Owl-clover Found — Spring 2009 #132 Trial Island: Battling Broom — Spring/Summer 2010 ========================================== ARTICLES: #132 Trial Island — August 1991 #132 Trial Island Field Trip — Spring 1998 #132

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Key Biodiversity Areas : Ian Adams … FER AGM. June 2023

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Note: From Ian Adams: I realized that my presentations to the Friends of ER grossly under-represented the number of Key Biodiversity Areas that encompass, in whole or in part, an Ecological Reserve. As you may recall, my involvement with KBAs is all taxa except birds, which are the purview of Birds Canada. This includes the

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Friends of Ecological Reserves Strategic Plan 2023- 2025

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PDF version: FER Strategic Plan-April 12-23 Friends of Ecological Reserves Strategic Plan 2023- 2025 Mission ‘Friends of Ecological Reserves’ (FER) is a group of concerned citizens/volunteers whose purpose is to advocate for and promote the Ecological Reserve System, and the role that a robust system of Ecological Reserves (ERs) can achieve for the conservation and

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Zoom out – Zoom In .. A Celebration of the 50th Anniversary of BC Parks’ Ecological Reserves.

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Often when we visit special ecological areas our observations are restricted to a limited view. In this video, we visited six diverse Ecological Reserves  with the goal of revealing some of their special features from  a distant viewpoint as well as a close up one. Under a special permit from BC Parks, Jamie Frith used

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AGM of FER – Guest speakers on the History of Ecological Reserves in British Columbia

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After the meeting section of the 2020 AGM, a series of speakers who had an early influence in creating ecological reserves 50 years ago present their stories and interesting perspectives on the early beginnings of the Ecological Reserves System in British Columbia. Bristol Foster, Jim Pojar, Louise Goulet, Hans Roemer, Vicky Husband and Lynne Milnes

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Friends of Ecological Reserves ER ACT 50th Anniversary AGM

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Friends of Ecological Reserves AGM Join us for the Friends of Ecological Reserves ER ACT 50th Anniversary AGM May 4, 2021 at 7:00 PM Virtual meeting via Zoom Use the link below to register: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZEpcOCqqTIvHNyIIAG4hdCBb5YELcSGC-3T For a copy of the poster suitable for printing click here: FER AGM Poster in PDF format 

Input to the BC Environmental Assessment Office and additional conditions proposed for the TMX project related to protecting the marine environment.

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See this PDF for the Recommendations to the EAO (15 pages)TMX project–EAO Input to the BC Environmental Assessment Office and additional conditions proposed for the TMX project related to protecting the marine environment. February 28, 2021- -Prepared by Friends of Ecological Reserves: Former intervenors with the KM-NEB processes. As an Environmental Non-Government Organization, (ENGO) the

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