The Log, 2024-25 Autumn/Winter Newsletter

The 2024-25 Autumn/Winter Newsletter is available. Just click below. Click here to open the 2024-25 Autumn/Winter edition of The Log (PDF format). Contents: FER President’s Page Hia’s/Triangle Island: B.C.’s Largest Seabird Colony Increased Numbers of Orcas and Salmon near Alert Bay Trespass in the Clayhurst Ecological Reserve Bowser Ecological Reserve Warden’s Report FER Joins BC

Entangled Sea lion in Race Rocks Ecological Reserve

The following article from the Victoria Time Colonist with a video of an interview with Dr. Martin Haulena of the Vancouver  Aquarium appeared in the Times Colonist on October 29 2024 concerning the rescue of an entangled sea lion at Race Rocks Ecological Reserve: https://www.timescolonist.com/local-news/gut-wrenching-sea-lion-with-mouth-sealed-by-netting-rescued-at-race-rocks-9727516

The Log, 2024 Spring/Summer Newsletter

The 2024 Spring/Summer Newsletter is available. Just click below. Click here to open the 2024 Spring/Summer edition of The Log (PDF format). Contents: FER AGM 300 Hectares of Old Growth Habitat to be protected New Talking Tree Nature Reserve on Galiano Island BC Parks Foundation Receives Large Grant for Lumley Road Project (Salt Spring Island)

The Log, 2023/24 Autumn/Winter Newsletter

The 2023/24 Autumn/Winter Newsletter is available. Just click below. Click here to open the 2023/24 Autumn/Winter edition of The Log (PDF format). Contents: FER’s Response to the B.C. Biodiversity & Ecosystem Health Framework Oil Spill Response is Questioned An Ecological Reserve as an Outdoor Classroom ER Proposal History and Current Status Flora of Two East

Mt Sabine Ecological Reserve Annual Report 2022

ER#19MtSabine2022AnnualReport This report includes: Mt Sabine ER Location Description and Ecological Significance Timeline of Warden Activities Observations Sept 10 2022 Natural history observations Issues: unmarked boundaries Issues : Access and effects on vegetation Recommendations Plans for 2023 Travel and Volunteer hours Thanks to BC Parks see the full report pdf: ER#19MtSabine2022AnnualReport

Ecological Reserve #20 Colombia Lake Ecological Reserve

Columbia Lake ER annual report (ppt) Jenny Feick outlines in a PowerPoint presentation : Location ..with map Ecological Significance Timeline for warden activities Natural History Observations Issues- Boundary markers Issues- Access Issues -Human use Recommendations Travel and Volunteer hours Thanks to BC Parks staff, other ER wardens and Trevor Kinley  See the pdf Columbia Lake

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

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

Columbia Lake Ecological Reserve #20 Warden Report, 2023

The report is available in this PDF link Columbia Lake Ecological Reserve Warden Report 2023_final Link to the iNaturalist entries: https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/columbia-lake-ecological-reserve. Report completed by: Ian W. Hatter, ER Warden for Columbia Lake Ecological Reserve, and Dr. Jenny Feick, ER Warden for Mt. Sabine Ecological Reserve. All photos were taken by Jenny Feick. Report completion date:

Province strengthens protection of B.C.’s ecological reserves

Province strengthens protection of B.C.’s ecological reserves Tuesday, July 18, 2023 1:30 PM https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2023ENV0047-001163 (accessed July 20, 2023) Media Contacts: Ministry of Environment and Climate Change Strategy Media Relations 250 953-3834 New regulatory changes are being made to safeguard the province’s ecological reserves.The new Ecological Reserve Regulation will enable compliance and enforcement measures in ecological

Conservation Options for the Elk and Flathead Valleys and The Proposed Fording River Grasslands ER#159

Click here for the full report: Elk Flathead Stetski FINAL. the complete PDF file Attached is a copy of my report, commissioned by Parks Canada, on Conservation Options for the Elk and Flathead River Valleys in SEBC. This is a critical area in the Yellowstone to Yukon corridor. I will be presenting on the report

Warden’s Report for Fraser River Ecological Reserve #76 , Sept 2022

ER#76 Fraser River — Sept 25, 2022 See the pdf :  ER #76 2022, Sept 25, pdf Location: islands in middle of Fraser River, near Chilliwack Report by Bill & Bev Ramey Sunshine, 20 to 27 o C, calm, smoke haze clearing through day Launch kayaks from Nicomen Island 10:30 am, return 6:00 pm Walking

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

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