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Notice of Motion to compel full and adequate response from Kinder Morgan from Board of Friends of Ecological Reserves.

3JulyGarry FletcherMarine Reserves, Oil Spill Threat, Reportsoil pipeline, Oil Spill

Hearing Order OH-01-2014 Trans Mountain Pipeline ULC (Trans Mountain) Application for the Trans Mountain Expansion Project Procedural Direction No. 3 – Process for hearing motions to compel full and adequate responses to information requests The Information request filed by Board of Friends of Ecological Reserves, and the KM filing of their response to this and the Motion_by_FER_on_Inadequacy_of_IR_Responses_

Elphinstone Conservation Study Meeting Notice

10JuneGarry Fletcher156, ER Proposals, Logging old-growth, News

Elphinstone Conservation Study meeting notice

Information Request from FoER Board to NEB Hearings on Kinder Morgan-TMX

11MayGarry FletcherMarine Reserves, News, Oil Spill Threat

May 12, 2012 was the deadline for the submission of the First Written Requests from Intervenors –to the National Energy Board Hearings for the Kinder Morgan/Trans Mountain Pipeline Extension . The answers from Kinder Morgan will be provided by June 18 The next deadline for followup questions is in January Link to the reponses from

Oil Spill fate models for Southern Vancouver Island

27AprilGarry FletcherMarine Reserves, Oil Spill Threat, Reports

As we prepare for our Intervention in the Trans Mountain expansion/Kinder Morgan- National Energy Board hearings we are made aware of sources of the research that has been carried out for environmental assessment. One set of documents is “13-12-16 Trans Mountain Pipeline ULC – Trans Mountain Expansion Project Volume 8C Part 3 (A56026)” This is

Fraser River Islands Ecological Reserve Wardens Reports April 12 2014

24AprilGarry Fletcher76, Human Disturbance, Photos, Rare Species, Species List, Warden Reportsburrowing owl, Northwestern Salamander.

This report was submitted by Bill and Bev Ramey who were accompanied by Kurtis Hayne and Heather Ulmer. ER #76 – April 12, 2014 Sunshine, 17 degrees C, moderate wind picked up around 1pm, but then died down by late afternoon. Water level at Mission: 0.3 metre to 1.4 metre Water level at Hope: 3.7

The Board of Friends of Ecological Reserves accepted as an Intervenor in the NEB hearings into the Kinder-Morgan Pipeline expansion.

3AprilGarry Fletcher132, 66, 94, 97, Marine Reserves, News, Oil Spill Threat, Reportsoil pipeline, Oil Spill

Just issued today: The Board of Friends of Ecological Reserves is included as one of the 400 intervenors accepted out of the 2118 who had applied to present to the National Energy Board as an Intervenor in Kinder Morgan’s proposed expansion of the pipeline through Alberta and British Columbia. Our application submitted in early February

The List of Issues and link to the NEB Hearing Process Overview.

2AprilGarry FletcherOil Spill ThreatOil Spill

LINK: Trans Mountain Pipeline ULC Trans Mountain Expansion Project File Number OF-Fac-Oil-T260-2013-03 02 Hearing Order OH-001-2014 2 April 2014 We have highlighted in red the Issues on which the Board of Friends of Ecological Reserves are concentrating as Intervenors. Hearing Order OH-001-2014 Page | 18 Appendix I – List of Issues 1.The need for the proposed

BC Fossil Site Management Problems, Solutions & Opportunities” AGM , March 7, 2014

7MarchGarry Fletcher400, Human Disturbance, Management, News, ReportsAGM, fossil, fossils

Dr. Bruce Archibald was our keynote speaker at the Friends of Ecological Reserve Annual General Meeting on March 7, 2014. Mike and I were fortunate to hear an excellent presentation by Dr. Archibald at the Parks Research Forum in Kamloops in January, and fortunately he was able to fit this into his schedule. GF A

Cecil Lake Ecological Reserve (Management Plan Not Available)

21FebruaryGarry Fletcher50, Management, Oil Spill Threat

Note: Management Planning Online management planning information for this Ecological Reserve is not available on the BC Parks website. There are however significant problems with oil field development. One might like to contact BC Parks to find out what the current plans are for protection from the effects of oil extraction in the area s

Planning to Fail or Failing to Plan: A Case for New Protected Areas Vision for BC

13FebruaryGarry FletcherIssues, Management, Newsletters, PeopleMike fenger

By Mike Fenger and Jenny Feick, Ph.D. From The LOG, the Friends of Ecological Reserves Newsletter, Autumn-Winter 2013 To LOG readers: Below is one of the presentations that Friends of Ecological Reserves made while participating in the 4th BC Protected Areas Research Forum held December 3 – 5, 2013 in Kamloops, BC. (See Forum agenda

National Energy Board Hearing Application

6FebruaryGarry Fletcher97, Marine Reserves, News, Oil Spill Threat, Warden Reports

The Friends of Ecological Reserves Board is submitting an application to Participate as an Intervenor in the National Energy Board Public Hearings for Trans Mountain Pipeline ULC Trans- Mountain Expansion Project. The project would expand the existing Trans Mountain pipeline system located between Edmonton AB, and Burnaby, BC, resulting in 987 km of new pipeline,

Review of Canada’s Ship-Source Oil spill Preparedness and Response Regime

4FebruaryGarry Fletcher132, 66, 94, 97, Maps, Marine Reserves, Oil Spill Threat

This report is available only by request from the Tanker Safety Secretariat in Ottawa. But it is also included here as a PDF : transport_canada_tanker_report_accessible_eng The figure which should be of most concern for Ecological reserves in BC is the following: In this recent government-commissioned risk-analysis report on tanker traffic safety in Canada, figure 3 shows

Warden’s Report Comox Lake Bluffs ER #136

2FebruaryGarry Fletcher136, BC Parks, Human Disturbance, Issues, Warden Reports

Warden’s Report by Charley and Mandy Vaughan Today, Sat Feb 2, 2013, Charley and I spent a couple of hours getting to know the reserve a little better. We focused on finding and hiking the trail to the NW corner of the reserve. The first point of note were the ATV tracks in the snow,

Black oystercatchers on the Front Line for Oil Spills.

17DecemberGarry Fletcher137, 151, 17, 18, 94, 97, Marine Reserves, Oil Spill Threat, Warden Reportsblack oystercatcher

On December 16, I accompanied a tour to Race Rocks Ecological Reserve. On board was Todd Golumbia who, while working for Environment Canada out of Sidney, Vancouver Island, was involved with research on the Black Oystercatchers of the Salish Sea. (See research papers below) Today there were 31 Oystercatchers in their favourite roosting area in

Failing To Plan Or Planning To Fail: A Case For A New Protected Areas Vision In BC

5DecemberGarry FletcherIssues, Management, NewsMike fenger

Mike Fenger and Jenny Feick, Ph.D. We are critical of conservation initiatives and the messaging to British Columbians of the adequacy and success of conservation measures within existing Parks and the areas between Parks. A new approach is desperately needed. We provide both evidence of current shortcomings and elements integral to a new conservation vision.

How To Manage Ponderosa Pine Ecosystems In BC’s Protected Areas After The Pine Beetle

5DecemberGarry Fletcher29, Controlled Burning, Photos, ResearchDendroctonus ponderosae), Pine beetle, Pinus ponderosa, Ponderosa Pine, pygmy nuthatch

This presentation was given in December 2013 by Alan Vyse of Thompson Rivers University at the BC Protected Areas Research Forum, BCPARF 2013 – December 3-5th at Thompson Rivers University in Kamloops BC. It is presented here as it represents research done in part in Tranquille Ecological Reserve Abstract: Ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa) ecosystems are

Kinder Morgan and Tanker Traffic in the Salish Sea

5NovemberGarry FletcherMarine Reserves, News, Oil Spill ThreatOil Spill

From The Raincoast Conservation Foundation and the Georgia Strait Alliance: BACKGROUNDER Kinder Morgan’s proposed Trans Mountain expansion will significantly increase oil tanker traffic through Vancouver harbour1 and the Salish Sea, from just 22 visits in 2005 to over 400 – see Table 1 below. Current plans indicate 408 tankers visits each year, increasing the Westridge

What happens to waterfowl in an oil spill?

5NovemberGarry FletcherMarine Reserves, News, Oil Spill ThreatOil Spill, Toxic substances

Board members of the Friends of Ecological Reserve have expressed concern about the risk of Oil spills with projected taker traffic past our BC Ecological reserves :https://ecoreserves.bc.ca/category/issues/oil-spill-threat/ Our major concern has been the many Ecological reserves which have been created to provide habitat and shelter for the millions on Shorebirds that nest in British Columbia.

ELF Press release on Potential Protected Area.

30OctoberGarry Fletcher156, ER Proposals, Logging old-growth, Reports

In August we reported on a trip to a special forest at Robert’s Creek where a local group , Elphinstone Logging Focus, was trying to prevent logging and promote a protected area . Today as a followup, we received this press release : ELF Press Release RC Headwaters Ancient Forest Protected Press Release October 30, 2013

Forgotten Giants of the Nechako River

9OctoberGarry Fletcher72, History, Human Disturbance, Issues, Photos, ReportsWhite Sturgeon

Forgotten Giants of the Nechako River Written by June Wood, Author, Home to the Nechako The Nechako River originates in the northern reaches of the Interior Plateau of British Columbia, in a vast chain of lakes that stretches to the north and to the south, on the eastern border of the Coast Mountains. Prior to