A follow-up on The Big White Controversy Part 1 Our Ongoing Concerns for Big White Ecological Reserve #34 February, 2012 In December of 2011 a letter was sent to the Administration of Big White resorts. Website: www.bigwhitesilverstar.com Corporate Head Office 1894 Ambrosi Road Kelowna. I indicated I was redoing the Big White part of the
Oxeye Daisy is the most problematic invasive species in Mara Meadows. Neglected farm fields adjoining the Reserve generate massive quantities of seed which make their way through the meadow, especially along a ditch made by the farmer in an attempt to drain the meadow in the early 1970’s The ecological wardens have been picking the daisies
Ed Note: This article provides full access information to the trails of the area, although they do say you are supposed to have access with permit only, it is questionable whether anyone would take this seriously.. From: http://www.sunshine-coast-trails.com/ambrose-lake.html Ambrose Lake Hiking & Biking Route Trail Rating for Bikers: Easy (Beginner) Ambrose Lake is an ecological
On Dec 5- 7, 2011 Four members of the Friends of Ecological reserve attended the BC Protected Areas Research Forum at UBC campus in Vancouver. FoER Board members Mike Fenger and Rick page convened a special session entitled: Ecological Reserves Where do we go from here? Management of Ecological Reserves Panelists Vicky Husband, Briony Penn
Also See a follow-up at the Big White Controversy Part 2 Proposal to extend the Big White Resort into the Big White Ecological Reserve . The e-mail at the end of this file offers a new video and raises the same concerns we had over a year ago. We involved Don Guild as the Big
From the BC Parks website Trout Creek Ecological Reserve Management Planning BC Parks is preparing a management plan for Trout Creek Ecological Reserve. Management Planning Schedule Initial planning and Terms of Reference Approval (in progress) Initial Public Input (closes January 31, 2012) and Development of the Draft Management Plans (2012) Draft Management Plans Open for
This is an article published in the Garry Oak Recovery team newsletter of October 12 , 2011 https://goert.ca/trial-island/
Lower Mainland Ecological Reserve Warden Concerns – for discussion with BC Parks staff (compiled by Bev Ramey for October 7, 2011 Field Trip) ER #21 Skagit River Forest and ER #22 Ross Lake Warden John Riley not much human impacts on these two reserves see comment re communication with BC Parks under Reserve #89 BC
On September 27, 2011, Ryan Murphy, the Ecoguardian at Race Rocks observed a new event, a baby sea lion with its mother hauled out at Race Rocks. Traditionally this has only been a haul out for mature bulls and a smaller number of immature sea lions. The photos in the gallery below were taken by
Since 2000, the website www.racerocks.com & www.racerocks.ca have carried the observations at Race Rocks of ecoguardians, wardens, students and faculty of Pearson College. Posts tagged with warden’s reports on the ecoreserves website are located here: https://ecoreserves.bc.ca/category/97+wardenreports/ Posts on the Racerocks.ca site tagged as warden’s reports here: http://www.racerocks.ca/wp/category/er-warden-report/ These reports have been provided by Garry Fletcher
August 15, 2011 To: Ministry of the Environment Honourable Terry Lake ENV.Minister@gov.bc.ca BC Nature (Federation of BC Naturalists) had a successful AGM in Williams Lake, hosted by the Williams Lake Field Naturalists Society. We are a federation of naturalists clubs throughout BC with a membership of 4,500. As a conservation society, our main objective is
Coast Reporter – Sunshine Coast August 5 Elphinstone Logging Focus (ELF) wants to extend the boundaries of Mount Elphinstone Provincial Park to 1,500 hectares from the 139 hectares currently set aside in three parcels on the lower mountain slope.- File Photo Elphinstone Logging Focus (ELF) wants to extend the boundaries of Mount Elphinstone
FROM BC PARKS PRESS RELEASE: Det San Ecological Reserve (5.8 ha): This site, close to the Town of Smithers, is being established as an ecological reserve as a result of a private land acquisition. Det san is the Wet’suwet’en name for “juniper”, as it contains a regionally rare example of old-growth juniper. The area also
This document replaces the Carp lake and Mackinnon Esker Purpose statement : See the full PDF here: draft_mackinnon_esker_mp_may11 Introduction ………………………………………………………………………………………..4 Management Plan Purpose ………………………………………………………………………. 4 Planning Area …………………………………………………………………………………………. 4 Legislative Framework …………………………………………………………………………….. 4 Relationship with First Nations …………………………………………………………………. 5 Relationship with Ecological Reserve Warden …………………………………………….. 5 The Planning Process……………………………………………………………………………….. 5 Values and Roles of the
Now we know! Here are fact-based guidelines for how close to kayak to seabirds May 12, 2011 0 Comment by Trudy Chatwin Summer 2011 issue of coastandkayak.com Some of the best experiences in a kayak are when you can slip quietly along and observe marine life so close that you feel a part of nature.
Produced by the Environmental Law Centre of the University of Victoria for the Coastal Guardian Watchmen Network (a project of the Coastal First Nation Great Bear Initiative) May, 2011 See page 74 for the section on Ecological reserves. See the full 104 page report at: EnviroLawFieldGuide-FINAL2 “This Field Guide is provided for general information as
From: THE LOG FRIENDS OF ECOLOGICAL RESERVES NEWSLETTER SPRING/SUMMER 2011 Click to enlarge images in this article. By Steve Pratt, BC Parks A Vancouver Island Region Wardens Meeting was held on March 9, 2011. In attendance were: Genevieve Singleton, Honeymoon Bay ER; Dave Polster, Mt. Tzuhalem ER; Jenny Balke, Tsitika River ER; Helen & Robbie
OVERVIEW LGL Limited successfully completed 5 days of monitoring (28–30 November and 1–2 December 2010) of demolition training (Officer’s Course) in Exercise and Training area WQ. Monitoring comprised a day of pre-blasting, 3 days with blasting, and a day of post-blasting. We have not yet reviewed information on the sizes of the projects that were
See link to PDF, 7.5 MB, Gayton_2010 Trout Creek Ecological Reserve Fire History Project
An Update by Mike Fenger Background There is a process lead by the Canadian Wildlife Service (CWS) of Environment Canada to establish a Marine Wildlife Protected Area (MWA) for the Scott Islands. This is part of the Federal Government’s Health of the Oceans Initiative. From: THE LOG FRIENDS OF ECOLOGICAL RESERVES NEWSLETTER AUTUMN/WINTER 2010 The