Stafford Reid’s Presentation on “Understanding oil spill risks to Marine waters and shores along the coast of southern Vancouver Island : FER AGM, 2018
At the May 16 2018 Annual General Meeting of the Friends of Ecological Reserves a panel of four speakers presented their analysis of the Problems of the Kinder Morgan Trans-Mountain Pipeline Expansion program. https://youtu.be/XB1mfWrgH_c This Link provides the images from a presentation by Stafford Reid on Understanding Risks in the Marine Environment on shores of
See a compilation of the panel presentations at https://ecoreserves.bc.ca/2018/07/30/agm-panel-discussion-on-kinder-morgan-pipeline/ See a compilation of the panel presentations at https://ecoreserves.bc.ca/2018/07/30/agm-panel-discussion-on-kinder-morgan-pipeline/
Recovery Strategy for the Misty Lake Sticklebacks (Gasterosteus aculeatus) in Canada Descended from the marine Threespine Stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus), parapatric (meaning species living adjacent to each other) lake-stream stickleback species are of considerable scientific interest and value due to their recent and unique evolutionary history. Although they live in contiguous geographic ranges, they interbreed relatively
Trout Creek Ecological Reserve Warden’s Report August , 2017 by Keegan Hoffman I visited the ecological reserve on Wednesday, August 2nd. The temperature at 11:20am was 28 degrees Celsius with a pleasant breeze. Unfortunately, smoke from the wildfires blanketed the Okanagan Valley. The ER was extremely dry as there had been no measurable rainfall since
The 2016 Autumn/Winter Newsletter is available. Click here to open the 2016 Autumn/Winter edition of The Log (PDF format). Contents: What Lies Below at Baeria Rocks Ecological Reserve? Campbell Brown ER Det San ER Kinder Morgan Pipeline Project Needs Additional Conditions Biological Diversity Why is it Important? To see a complete list of all “The Log”
BC Parks is indebted to Ecological Reserve Warden Laurie Rockwell for his years of dedication in monitoring and record collection in Trout Creek Ecological Reserve. Further thanks to ecologist Don Gayton and environmental consultant Alison Peatt for providing additional information on landscape features and characteristics of the ecological reserve. Jeremy Hiebert allowed permission to use
The 2016 Spring/Summer Newsletter is available. Click here to open the 2016 Spring/Summer edition of The Log (PDF format). Contents: Annual General Meeting Pink Mountain – A Strong Case for a new ER Andy MacKinnon Delivers FER AGM Talk on Cool Plants and Their Fungal Friends Fate of BC’s Old Growth Forests in Jeopardy Lasqueti Island Ecological Reserve Field Trip Vancouver Island
Laurie Rockwell submitted this wardens report in July, 2016 Here are the news after a 2 month absence due to a Bakers cyst: warm at 18c with a cool breeze at times under a cloudy sky. It was very quiet. I saw or heard 15 species of forest birds, none unexpected,including 4 blue listed Gray
http://docs.neb-one.gc.ca/fetch.asp?language=E&ID=A77045 Today The National Energy released this report approving the Kinder Morgan/Transmountain Pipeline Expansion Project. Our efforts as Intervenors for the Board of Friends of Ecological Reserves and similar concerns of many other intevenors to deal with the risk to the marine environment and the 19 Marine Ecological Reserves have not been considered to be
From The Friends of Ecological reserves Newsletter Autumn/Winter, 2016 By Garry Fletcher The Board of Friends of Ecological Reserves has attempted over the past two years to get the government departments of BC Parks and BC Forests Lands and Natural Resources to clarify the process needed for the establishment of Ecological Reserves. Since we have
ER #76, Fraser River Islands – April 10, 2016 Warden’s Report by Bill and Bev Ramey High cloud clearing to sun in afternoon, strong winds; 13o – 16oC Launch kayaks at 10:30am, return 6:00pm Water level at Mission: 2.4 metres to 1.8 metres Water level at Hope: 5.6 metres The water level was high for
From The Friends of Ecological reserves Newsletter Autumn/Winter, 2016 By Mike Fenger and Garry Fletcher The summer LOG 2015 included the Executive Summary of the final written evidence from the Board of Friends of Ecological Reserves (Board of FER) sent to the National Energy Board (NEB) in May 2015. We focused our concerns on the
From The Friends of Ecological reserves Newsletter Autumn/Winter, 2016 By Louise Beinhauer Two late summer articles, one appearing in Science an online Journal of original scientific research and the other in Smithsonian Magazine, whose focus was on the research of Tom Reimchen, Chris Darimont, Caroline Fox and Heather Bryan caught my attention. The article in
See the pdf for the Log: autumn-winter2015-colour-final From the article “The Life of Ken Millard”in this issue of the LOG
A friend and I made a visit to the reserve Saturday 9 April, a calm, beautiful day. Broom is beginning to bloom on the trail out. As we entered the reserve we met a fellow on a small motor cycle with three dogs off lead leaving the area; he politely paid attention while I pointed
Pink Mountain – A Strong Case for a New Ecological Reserve by Mary Rannie, (Board member , Friends of Ecological Reserves) FROM: THE LOG– FRIENDS OF ECOLOGICAL RESERVES NEWSLETTER SPRING/SUMMER 2016 As one of the FER board members present at the Victoria Natural History Society’s Botany Night held at Swan Lake Nature Centre on February