A Conversation With Briony Penn

Briony Penn is an award-winning writer, a geographer, an adjunct professor and lecturer and lives on Saltspring Island[1]. Mike Fenger (MF) I am here with Briony Penn to learn about the history and legacy of Ecological Reserves and her role with that. What we would like to do first though is find out what interested

A Conversation with Derek Thompson

Derek Thompson has over 30 years of experience with the Government of British Columbia. His work concentrated primarily on parks planning and land use management and policy development including Ecological Reserves.  He is also on the Elders Council for Parks[1] Mike Fenger (MF). I am here with Derek Thompson a long time Parks employee and

Atlas of the alluvial gravel-bed reach of Fraser River in the Lower Mainland showing channel changes in the period 1912 -1999

By Michael Church and Darren Ham of the Department of Geography, UBC, October, 2004 The complete PDF may be viewed at this external link: Historical photos (1928- 1999) as presented by Dr. Michael Church www.geog.ubc.ca/fraserriver Once on this site of the Fraser River Gravel Reach Studies, click on “Reports and Publications” and then under Atlas

Guide to Ecological Reserves in BC

This 371 page, 50 mb book may be downloaded from http://www.for.gov.bc.ca/HFD/library/documents/bib32374.pdf Thanks to Jody Krakowski ER warden for Baynes Island ER #69 for showing us the  location of this important document.  It provides a page and a map on each of the reserves created up to 1992. Include are the Ecological Reserves now lost from

An Evaluation of the Ecological Reserve program in British Columbia

Kristal Dawn Kennett’s, research project submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Natural Resources Management, in the Natural Resources program Report No. 45 Simon Fraser University August, 1987. Download the complete PDF from: summit.sfu.ca/system/files/iritems1/6084/b15455543.pdf Locations of Case Studies of Ecological reserves that she uses in the Project.

Nimpkish River Ecological Reserve Tall Trees report 1983, and letters.

George Lepore, Director Area D( Nimpkish)  Regional District of Mount Waddington did this report for  the Wilderness Advisory Committee in 1983, before the creation of the reserve. There are also several letters about the politics leading up to the decision to protect the park, especially of note are the lobbying letters from Vladimir Krajina. See