The 2025 Spring/Summer Newsletter is available. Just click below. Click here to open the 2025 Spring/Summer edition of The Log (PDF format). Contents: FER 2025 AGM Thoughts on a Visit to Clayhurst Ecological Reserve Yellow Point Event Focussed on Fighting Invasive Plants Love of The Salish Sea Islands BC Parks Foundation Spearhead Largest Terrestrial Conservation
A Sweep of the Broom: Why Trial Island matters and what we can do about it Trial Island is one of the last refuges for many rare species of plants of southeast Vancouver Island that occur nowhere else in Canada. What makes Trial Island so special and what does this mean for so many rare
On Oct 18th, 2012, Matt Fairbarns made this presentation to the Restoration of Natural Systems Speaker series on the restoration efforts at Oak Bay Islands and Trial Island Ecological Reserves: It includes a section on invasive species as well as native species. Be sure to see the PDF file to get information on the
This is an article published in the Garry Oak Recovery team newsletter of October 12 , 2011 https://goert.ca/trial-island/
By Matt Fairbarns From: THE LOG FRIENDS OF ECOLOGICAL RESERVES NEWSLETTER SPRING/SUMMER 2010 Trial Island is an ecological gem and hosts a great number of rare species and ecosystems. The upland mead- ows, maintained free of native trees and shrubs by a combina- tion of summer drought and winter winds, support many endangered species including
Preliminary report Prepared by Matt Fairiburns of Aruncus Ecological Services: See the 15 page PDF: Trial Is ER Management for rare plants Fairbarns 2000
Since the provincial government does not have jurisdiction over fishing, the waters of Race Rocks and some other marine ecological reserves are protected by the Federal government’s Rockfish Conservation Area strategy. This program prevents fishing in the reserve. The problem is that it may not be permanent, so continued protection of all of the organisms
An interesting Document on a land title search. As of 1989, David Spector states” It is unlikely that further land title research will determine whether the Province of BC or the Federal Government possesses a clear title to Trial Island. A legal opinion is perhaps needed. Ed note: The Ecological reserve was established in 1990, so