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

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

BC’s Old Growth Forest: A Last Stand for Biodiversity

This report was published in April 2020 Authors: Karen Price , PhD.,  Rachel F. Holt, PhD., R.P.Bio and Dave Daust R.P.F., M.Sc. See the full pdf of the report here: bcs-old-growth-forest-report-web Conclusions Productive old forest has almost vanished across BC. Low productivity inaccessible old forest remains in some forest types. Forest policy in BC does

Evaluating Threats in Multinational Marine Ecosystems:

Joseph K. Gaydos , Sofie Thixton, and  Jamie Donatuto have recently published Evaluating Threats in Multinational Marine Ecosystems: A Coast Salish First Nations and Tribal Perspective  Published: December 21, 2015 ( Sea Doc Society) Abstract: Despite the merit of managing natural resources on the scale of ecosystems, evaluating threats and managing risk in ecosystems that

DFO Ecosystem Approach to Management of Marine Reserves 2012

Science Advisory Report  2012/072 A synthesis of the outcomes from the Strait of Georgia Ecosystem Research Initiative, and development of an ecosystem approach to management Accessed Feb2014 from: http://www.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/csas-sccs/Publications/SAR-AS/2012/2012_072-eng.html Summary Selected results are synthesized from the Strait of Georgia Ecosystem Research Initiative (ERI), as a contribution to developing an ecosystem approach to the management of