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”,
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Our work as Intervenors in the NEB Reconsideration hearings resulted in being acknowledged at least , but when the political decision was already made, we could not make much of an impact. The following page numbers denote where our submissions were recognized: 408, 410, 448, 478, 482, 498, 518, 534, 613 and 622. See The
Stafford Reid’s Presentation on “Understanding oil spill risks to Marine waters and shores along the coast of southern Vancouver Island : FER AGM, 2018
At the May 16 2018 Annual General Meeting of the Friends of Ecological Reserves a panel of four speakers presented their analysis of the Problems of the Kinder Morgan Trans-Mountain Pipeline Expansion program. https://youtu.be/XB1mfWrgH_c This Link provides the images from a presentation by Stafford Reid on Understanding Risks in the Marine Environment on shores of
See a compilation of the panel presentations at https://ecoreserves.bc.ca/2018/07/30/agm-panel-discussion-on-kinder-morgan-pipeline/ See a compilation of the panel presentations at https://ecoreserves.bc.ca/2018/07/30/agm-panel-discussion-on-kinder-morgan-pipeline/
Often when we visit special ecological areas our observations are restricted to a limited view. In 2021 Along with Jamie Frith, I 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,
Zoe Blunt has submitted several videos of Animals present in the Ecological reserve and a list of Animals she has observed on the reserve. Mammal species in SJR ER Little brown bat Red squirrel Least weasel American mink American marten River otter Raccoon Black tailed deer Harbour seal Stellar sea lion Black bear Roosevelt elk
The 2016 Autumn/Winter Newsletter is available. Click here to open the 2016 Autumn/Winter edition of The Log (PDF format). Contents: What Lies Below at Baeria Rocks Ecological Reserve? Campbell Brown ER Det San ER Kinder Morgan Pipeline Project Needs Additional Conditions Biological Diversity Why is it Important? To see a complete list of all “The Log”
Title: The effects of sea otter (Enhydra lutris) foraging on shallow rocky communities off northwestern Vancouver Island, British Columbia, by Watson, Jane Catherine, Ph.D, report of 1993 Click on following link for the full report Watson 1993 PhD Thesis OCR !! THE EFFECTS OF SEA OTTER (ENHYDRA LUTRlS) FORAGING ON SHALLOW ROCKY COMMUNITIES OFF NORTHWESTERN VANCOUVER ISLAND Jane Catherine
http://docs.neb-one.gc.ca/fetch.asp?language=E&ID=A77045 Today The National Energy released this report approving the Kinder Morgan/Transmountain Pipeline Expansion Project. Our efforts as Intervenors for the Board of Friends of Ecological Reserves and similar concerns of many other intevenors to deal with the risk to the marine environment and the 19 Marine Ecological Reserves have not been considered to be
From The Friends of Ecological reserves Newsletter Autumn/Winter, 2016 By Mike Fenger and Garry Fletcher The summer LOG 2015 included the Executive Summary of the final written evidence from the Board of Friends of Ecological Reserves (Board of FER) sent to the National Energy Board (NEB) in May 2015. We focused our concerns on the
See the pdf for the Log: autumn-winter2015-colour-final From the article “The Life of Ken Millard”in this issue of the LOG
The final written Argument in Chief that the Friends of Ecological reserves submitted is referenced on the National Energy Board website at: https://apps.neb-one.gc.ca/REGDOCS/Item/View/2450919 The Final Exhibit List with comments of all the intervenors during the National Energy Board hearings on the Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain Pipeline since 2014 are included here: https://docs.neb-one.gc.ca/ll-eng/llisapi.dll?func=ll&objId=2484704&objAction=browse&viewType=1
(Click to enlarge image) In keeping with Coast Salish tradition, the Sacred Trust Initiative of the Tsleil-Waututh Nation, carried out an “honoring” ceremony prior to the commencement of the National Energy Board hearings on Monday January 18th 2016 at the Tsleil-Waututh Community Centre – 3010 Sleil-Waututh Road, North Vancouver Their ceremony was to “stand up”
LINKS TO THE FOLLOWING SUBMISSIONS MAY BE FOUND AT https://apps.neb-one.gc.ca/REGDOCS/Item/View/2450919 C033 – Board of the Friends of Ecological Reserves C33-0 – Board of the Friends of Ecological Reserves – Application To Participate (A57279) C33-0-1 – Application To Participate – A3T8V2 02/07/2014 C33-01 – Board of Friends of Ecological Reserves – Information Request to KM on
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
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
In July we filed Information Requests to the Government of Canada Departments noted below. As a result of their answers to our requests, we filed a motion to provide full and adequate answers after an unsatisfactory response. This is our final response to their response to our motion to compel. The National Energy Board filing