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
Link to the pdf version : Pink Mountain BC Nature article Note: tentative identification of 44 significantly rare species Pink Mountain BC Nature article
We have assigned an ER # 155 to Pink Mountain to reference research, photography and other information to this area which urgently needs protection. As of February 2024, 5 observers have added 16 species to the iNaturalist records link to the iNaturalist records .
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
by: Gerry van der Wolf Warden Bowser Ecological Reserve 2023 Annual Report – Bowser Ecological Reserve Photos to be added later: January 25, 2023 Gerry parked at the 90 km sign at 8:50 am and walked in to check on the monitoring equipment and will report to Jessica that all is well. Hazel met Gerry
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:
The Friends of Ecological Reserves is concerned that the boundaries of Ecological Reserves must be well marked so that the public is aware of their existence, and that management plans should be clearly outlined for all Ecological reserves. In a recent examination of the maps available online, we have been concerned with evidence of incursion
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
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
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
Probably the most disappointing example of abuse of an Ecological Reserve was that which we observed in October of 2012. ER Warden Don Guild had taken me to Browne Lake to see the Ecological reserve and what we encountered was shocking to say the least . In the trees beside the large open meadow we
I received this email with maps attached after I made an inquiry into the nature of the proposed park development at Big White From: Baric, Keith J Feb 22, 2021, 9:40 AM Hi Garry Thanks so much again for your time on the phone last Friday afternoon. Fortunately, I was also able to touch base
PDF version: ER Management Issues Gap Analysis Summary update Feb 15 2021 Citation: Feick, Jenny L. Jan. 2021. Ecological Reserves Management Issues Gap Analysis Summary January 2021 Update. Victoria, B.C., Friends of Ecological Reserves, unpublished report. Acknowledgements: This report and the data analysis that supports it were prepared by Jenny Feick and Ian Hatter with
IMPORTANT: SUBMIT YOUR COMMENTS ON THIS PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT using this Link: by February 26, 2021 If they want to lob off 3.5 hectares, the least that can be done is adding another 3.5 hectares on another corner of the reserve and a considerably sized buffer zone, with fencing in the summer to prevent people from
https://www.nanaimobulletin.com/news/three-fire-departments-called-to-wildfire-at-ecological-reserve-north-of-ladysmith/ North Oyster Fire Department and other crews are at the scene of a wildfire in the Woodley Range Ecological Reserve north of Ladysmith. (Cole Schisler/Ladysmith Chronicle) Multiple fire crews called to wildfire at ecological reserve north of Ladysmith The fire is now under control NANAIMO NEWS STAFF Sep. 8, 2020 3:50 Crews from multiple
2018 Bowser Ecological Reserve Wardens’ Annual Report by Gerry van der Wolf on behalf of Bill Image and Peter Spodzieja January 9 Bill and Gerry arrived at the ER in the early afternoon, noted more yard waste dumped at the main gate, then checked the plantation road to the fork at 1.8 km. We noted
PDF version: ER Management Issues Gap Analysis Summary-June 16-2020 update to ER wardens Reserve on Saltspring Island, South Coast Region, April 2019 (Photo by Jenny Feick) Citation: Feick, Jenny L. 2020. Ecological Reserves Management Issues Summary. Victoria, B.C.: Friends of Ecological Reserves, unpublished report. Acknowledgements: This report and the data analysis that supports it
NFB film on Ecological Reserves