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

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

Mount Sabine Ecological Reserve #19 Warden Report for 2023

Report completed by: Jenny L. Feick, PhD, ER Warden for Mount Sabine Ecological Reserve Report completion date: September 4, 2023 See the PDF of the report here: Mt Sabine Ecological Reserve Warden Report for 2023 final The iNaturalist entries for this ER can be found at this link: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?project_id=mount-sabine-ecological-reserve&place_id=any&verifiable=any Table of Contents Acknowledgements ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 2

Vance Creek ER ..An Ecological Reserve as an Outdoor Classroom

An  Ecological Reserve as an Outdoor Classroom by Harold Sellers Vance Creek Ecological Reserve was visited this past September by a group of high school students from Vernon. Rob Buchanan is a teacher at Clarence Fulton Secondary School in Vernon, where he leads the Awaken Inquiry Adventure Okanagan(AIAO) program. There are  about 30 students in

The Log, 2023 Spring/Summer Newsletter

The 2023 Spring/Summer Newsletter is available. Just click below. Click here to open the 2023 Spring/Summer edition of The Log (PDF format). Contents: FER 2023 AGM FER Revised Strategic Plan 2023-2025 Morice River ER Warden’s Report Remembering Alfred Gaensbauer Province Strengthens Protection of ERs 1000-year-old redcedar Mara Meadows ER To see a complete list of

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

Race Rocks Ecological Reserve Proposed as a KBA – Key biodiversity area

In June 2023 Ian Adams presented for the Annual General Meeting of Friends of Ecological Reserves on the Key Biodiversity Areas program in Canada.  This presentation is available here: https://ecoreserves.bc.ca/2023/06/07/key-biodiversity-areas-ian-adams-fer-agm-june-2023/ The website of KBA Canada is here: https://gis.natureserve.ca/portal/apps/dashboards/8a89d50ea0b04c7790e19791ab9ae6e8 Race Rocks Ecological Reserve is on the list of proposed KBAs in British Columbia along with several

The Log, 2022/23 Autumn/Winter Newsletter

The 2022/23 Autumn/Winter Newsletter is available. Just click below. Click here to open the 2022/23 Autumn/Winter edition of The Log (PDF format). Contents: Biological Diversity Key to a Healthy Planet Island Gems are among B.C.’s Seven Biodiversity Hot Spots Intact Forest Ecosystems – A Conservation Campaign Columbia Lake ER Warden’s Report Lasquiti Island Report BC