The Log, 2024-25 Autumn/Winter Newsletter

The 2024-25 Autumn/Winter Newsletter is available. Just click below. Click here to open the 2024-25 Autumn/Winter edition of The Log (PDF format). Contents: FER President’s Page Hia’s/Triangle Island: B.C.’s Largest Seabird Colony Increased Numbers of Orcas and Salmon near Alert Bay Trespass in the Clayhurst Ecological Reserve Bowser Ecological Reserve Warden’s Report FER Joins BC

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

The Log, 2022 Spring/Summer Newsletter

The 2022 Spring/Summer Newsletter is available. Just click below. If you want to e-mail Friends of Ecological reserve, use this address: ecoreserves2022 ( use the “at” sign) gmail.com Click here to open the 2022 Spring/Summer edition of The Log (PDF format). Contents: FER 2022 AGM and President’s Report The Extreme Biodiversity of Pink Mountain Fraser

Ecological Reserve #97 Warden Reports for Race Rocks

Garry Fletcher, ER #97 Warden notes: On many of my trips to Race Rocks I make a point of photographing or documenting changes or affirming past records on the website http://racerocks.ca. These observations can be found at : https://racerocks.ca/category/er-warden-report/ Since Race RocksEcological Reserve is the only reserve with a resident Ecoguardian provided by nearby Lester

Zoom out – Zoom In .. A Celebration of the 50th Anniversary of BC Parks’ Ecological Reserves.

Often when we visit special ecological areas our observations are restricted to a limited view. In this video, we visited six diverse Ecological Reserves  with the goal of revealing some of their special features from  a distant viewpoint as well as a close up one. Under a special permit from BC Parks, Jamie Frith used

Should Oil transport be Determined by Environmental Conditions

This article is included because it deals with the imminent threat from oil spills that would affect the Ecological Reserves along the tanker route . 1 Metchosin Environmental Advisory Select Committee (MEASC) feedback regarding Western Canada Marine Response Corporations (WCMRC) Oil Spill Response and Coastal Mapping Program for Metchosin November 2021 Background In 2017, Western

Input to the BC Environmental Assessment Office and additional conditions proposed for the TMX project related to protecting the marine environment.

See this PDF for the Recommendations to the EAO (15 pages)TMX project–EAO Input to the BC Environmental Assessment Office and additional conditions proposed for the TMX project related to protecting the marine environment. February 28, 2021- -Prepared by Friends of Ecological Reserves: Former intervenors with the KM-NEB processes. As an Environmental Non-Government Organization, (ENGO) the

Oceans Protection Plan Dialogue Forum – Transport Canada February 17-19 2021

Mike Fenger and Garry Fletcher will participate in the Oceans Protection Forum online February 17-19  . The Annotated_Agenda_2 We have several concerns as a result of our experience as Intervenors in both of the Hearings of the National Energy Board and produced a number of reports as a result of the process. Our participation in

Location of current shipping lanes threaten South Vancouver Island

Location of current shipping lanes threaten South Vancouver Island – time for a change. By Mike Fenger, Victoria  and Garry Fletcher, Metchosin. The 1891 Wreck of the S.S. San Pedro on Brotchie Ledge, a watercolour by Samuel McClure Starting in the mid-1800s, square-rigged ships and coal-fired steamers took on locally knowledgeable pilots at Brotchie Ledge,

Christmas Bird Counts at Race Rocks

Warden’s Report: On December 27 Martin Stewart provided transportation on the vessel  Ecosphere for myself and two local birders, Matthew and Courtney Cameron to go to Race Rocks Ecological Reserve for the Sooke Region annual Bird count. The following  link documents the results of that day. https://www.racerocks.ca/christmas-bird-count-at-race-rocks-2020/ Christmas Bird Count records since 1997  for the

The Log, 2019/20 Autumn/Winter Newsletter

The 2019/20 Autumn/Winter Newsletter is available from this website. Just click below. Click here to open the 2019/20 Autumn/Winter edition of The Log (PDF format). Contents: 2020 Brings a Renewed Push to Revitalize the ER System A Community Fights to Save Clack Creek Forest Hidden Complexity Revealed, How LiDAR helps re-map Aleza Lake The ‘Blob”,