Update on Clack Creek Logging and Robert’s Creek Headwaters Forest

May 26: Update from Elphinstone Logging Focus Please note that Roberts Creek Headwaters Forest has been removed from the BCTS Planning Schedule.  For a few years it appeared as an OGMA, but they don’t want that designation.     The BCTS Forest Planner at the time (Norm Kempe in Campbell River) urged us to contact FoER and have you folks submit it as an ER

Forestry Policy Update on Rubus nivalis

When we were concerned about the logging policies in the Elphinstone area , the BC Timber Sales  Interim Management Protocol for Rubus nivalis was outlined. Since then there has been an update on the status of this species PDF of the Policy :tsg_rubus_nivalis_protocol_update_May_2012 May 2012 Page 1 Rubus Nivalis: Rationale for Discontinuing Protocol (May 2012)

Vancouver Island Marmot,COSEWIC assessment summary,May 2019

COSEWIC assessment summary Assessment summary – May 2019 https://www.canada.ca/en/environment-climate-change/services/species-risk-public-registry/cosewic-assessments-status-reports/vancouver-island-marmot-2019.html Common name: Vancouver Island Marmot Scientific name: Marmota vancouverensis Status: Endangered Reason for designation: This endemic species is found only on Vancouver Island, British Columbia. Since the last assessment in 2008, the species has demonstrated a rapid population increase and then a subsequent decline; there are currently

NEB Trans Mountain Reconsideration Hearing Intervenors

FER Board Members Mike Fenger and Garry Fletcher have worked since late September in serving as Intervenors In the NEB, Trans Mountain Reconsideration Hearings. Their aim was to attempt to ensure some level of protection for the shorelines of our 19 Ecological Reserves on southern Vancouver Island and other sensitive ecosystems in the event of

Motions to compel full and adequate responses by Government of Canada intervenors submitted by the Board of Friends of Ecological Reserves

In July, all intervenors had the opportunity to file information Requests to other intervenors in Kinder Morgan/ Trans Mountain Expansion Project.. This is the original link to this filing: An internal version is available here in PDF: Unfortunately, the government of the Province of British Columbia had not filed final Written Evidence so our questions

NEB forwards one of our requests on effect of sea-sprayed oil on terrestrial systems to TMX.

As part of their most recent round of Information requests to Kinder Morgan/TMX, The National Energy Board has forwarded one of our concerns for a formal answer. This shows how important it is to have documented the foreshore as well as upland segments of our marine Ecological reserves. Hopefully, the support of this question by

Killer whales and Acoustic Masking in the Marine Environment

In our recent Final submission of written evidence to the National Energy Board re Kinder Morgans TMX pipeline proposal, our  Chapter 3  dealt with the severe threat to Cetaceans from the cumulative increase of vessel traffic from the project. Since writing that report, more references on this subject have come to light from another Intervenor

Final Evidence Report Submitted to National Energy Board Environmental Assessment Process Hearings on Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain Expansion Project Application (KM-TMX)

Final Evidence Report Submitted to: National Energy Board Environmental Assessment Process Hearings on Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain Expansion Project Application (KM-TMX) _______________________________________________ NOTE: URLS have had to be changed in several references related to Race Rocks –listed below: page23-24: (In C33-7-1) page 23 and 24: remove the /wp/ from URLS they now are correctly linked

Table 5: Significant Species and Conservation Status in 19 Marine Ecological Reserves

Table 5: Significant Species and Conservation Status in 19 Marine Ecological Reserves ER# Name Species Scientific Name Species Common Name BC List Status COSEWIC Status SARA Status CF Prov. Priority 28 Ambrose Lake Oncorhynchus clarkii Coastal Cutthroat Trout, ssp. lewisi, S3S4 (2004) Blue Special concern  2 Gasterosteus aculeatus Threespine Stickleback Yellow Special concern 6 24

Notice of Motion to compel full and adequate response from Kinder Morgan from Board of Friends of Ecological Reserves–July 4, 2014

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

Endangered or threatened species in Marine Ecological reserves -Southern Vancouver Island

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

Recovery Strategy for the Marbled Murrelet (Brachyramphus marmoratus) in Canada – 2014 [Proposed]

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

Mount Tuam Management Plan 2012

1.1 Management Plan Purpose  The purpose of this management plan is to provide strategic management direction for Mount Tuam Ecological Reserve . This management plan replaces the 2003 Mount Tuam Ecological Reserve Purpose Statement.  The primary objectives of the management plan are to:   •outline the role the ecological reserve plays in British Columbia ’s(BC)

Recovery Strategy for the Sea Otter ( Enhydra lutris ) in Canada December 2007

Sea Otter Recovery Team. 2007. Recovery Strategy for the Sea Otter (Enhydra lutris) in Canada.Species at Risk Act Recovery Strategy Series. Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Vancouver. vii+ 56pp. Accessed February 20 2014 at http://www.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/Library/336961.pdf. See the complete PDF at :SARArecoverystrategy336961  EXERPT: 1.5.2 Description of threats Oil Spills Oil contamination has both immediate and long-term effects