On July 11, 2014, Roger Allen ( warden) and BC Parks Staff Trudy Chatwin and Hugh McDonald with Darrian (student at UVIC ), visited Rose Islands Ecological Reserve. Seabirds recorded on Rose Islets: Double-crested Cormorants – 3 (2 adults, 1 immature) , Pelagic Cormorant – 9 (all immature), Pigeon Guillemot – 3, Harlequin Ducks –
Laurie Rockwell, Ecological reserve Warden produced this report: very warm morning ; 20c at 6.30am with minimal wind,sun and clouds. I saw or heard 15 species of birds including our resident Pine Siskin (Cardeulis pinus) which has been as scarce in the local forest this summer as it was last winter. I was pleased to
FER Board members Mike, Garry, liz and Louise have produced this report in response to the Kinder Morgan responses to our first Information request. Hearing Order OH-001-2014 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
This table includes the various levels of concern for the endangered species at risk from oil spills in four of the Marine Ecological Reserves. See other posts on this website on the Oil Spill threat to our 17 Ecological reserves in the Southern Vancouver Island area. Oak Bay Islands Ecological Reserve SCIENTIFIC NAME COMMON NAME
Ecological Reserve Warden Laurie Rockwell has provided this report based on his most recent trip to Trout Creek ER # 7 on June 0, 2014. a magnificent early morning 3 hour hike ; 17c at 6:30, some periods of wind and a few scattered clouds. I saw or heard 18 species of birds, but no young;
Steve Shultz, the new volunteer warden for Chilliwack River ER #98 sent this report to BC Parks. Visit :June 1, 2014 —Visit Time: June 1, 2014 12:30 pm to 4:00 pm Purpose: As this is my first year as the warden for this reserve, I wanted to do a “baseline” condition report for this reserve. I
IBA Lepas Bay Islet Queen Charlotte Islands, British Columbia Site Summary BC008 Latitude Longitude 54.175° N 133.041° W Elevation Size 0 m 0.39 km² This page was accessed in may, 2014 at http://www.ibacanada.ca/site.jsp?siteID=BC008&seedet=Y Site Description This unnamed Islet lies about 150 m from shore near the head of Lepas Bay at the extreme northwest corner of
Alpha Island is one of the islands that make up the Oak Bay Islands Ecological Reserve. ER warden Doug Biffard took these images in 2014 . He has expressed concern about the accelerated erosion on the shorelines of the island.
The Management Plan for this reserve is not available on BC Parks website. About This Ecological Reserve Det San Ecological Reserve: 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
Purpose Statement March /05 COUGAR CANYON ECOLOGICAL RESERVE Purpose Statement For the full PDF see cougar_canyon_purposestatement The 553 hectare Cougar Canyon Ecological Reserve is located on the east side of Kalamalka Lake, about 13 km south of Vernon. The ecological reserve is part of a block of protected areas which includes Ka lamalka Lake Provincial
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
Draft Regulatory Strategy (in revision to publish the final version) Accessed 20/02/14 : http://www.ec.gc.ca/ap-pa/?lang=En&n=90605DDB-1 Introduction Why establish a National Wildlife Area around the Scott Islands? Map of the Area Conservation Goals Contact Information Introduction There are marine areas of Canada’s oceans that are globally and nationally important to the survival of many species of seabirds.
Invasive Plants in B.C.’s Protected Lands, A Strategic Plan by Brian Wikeem and Valerie A. Miller for Laura Darling, Protected areas Ecologist, Ministry of the Environment. , Victoria. See the full PDF: Early Detection Rapid Response Program for B.C. Invasive Plants BC Inter-Ministry Invasive Species Working Group See the 2011/2012 Annual Report B.C. Invasive Plant
See the write up by Stephen Ruttan on the trip to the Galiano Bog Ecological Reserve. Photos by Garry Fletcher –
By Stephen Ruttan On June 2, 2013, some of the Friend of Ecological Reserves board members met at the Schwarz Bay Terminal to take a trip to Galiano Island. Meeting there were Mike Fenger, Mary Rannie, Rick Page, Michael Brinsmead, and Stephen Ruttan. We were going off to have a look at the Galiano Island
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
The Government of Canada is working to ensure the recovery of species at risk. On January 7th, 2014, the proposed “Recovery Strategy for the Marbled Murrelet (Brachyramphus marmoratus) in Canada” was included on the Species at Risk Public Registry for a 60-day public comment period. The Marbled Murrelet is a small seabird largely dependent on
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,