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Sufficiency Review of the Information on Effects of Underwater Noise and the Potential for Ship Strikes from Marine Shipping on Marine Mammals in the Facilities Application for the Trans Mountain Expansion Project

15FebruaryGarry FletcherMarine Reserves, Oil Spill Threatmarine mammals, Orca, whale

Context: Trans Mountain Pipeline ULC (Trans Mountain) is proposing an expansion of its current 1,150 km pipeline system between Strathcona County, AB and Burnaby, BC (the Trans Mountain Expansion Project, hereafter ‘the Project’). On December 16, 2013, Trans Mountain filed a Facilities Application for the Project with the National Energy Board (NEB), pursuant to the

The Board of Friends of Ecological Reserves round 2 questions to the NEB /KM/TMX hearings.

16JanuaryGarry FletcherMarine Reserves, Oil Spill Threat

On January 15, 2014, The Board of Friends of Ecological Reserves submitted the round 2 set of Information Requests to Kinder Morgan /TMX project. It is posted here: C33-4-1_-_Information_Request_No._2_-_A4G5Q9 Other posts on our concerns about the risk of oil spills in Marine Ecological reserves may be found here: https://ecoreserves.bc.ca/category/issues/oil-spill-threat/ 50 other intervenors in the NEB

Update on NEB-Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain Pipeline Project:

4JanuaryGarry Fletcher94, 97, Climate change, Marine Reserves, Oil Spill Threat, Reports

From the: THE LOG FRIENDS OF ECOLOGICAL RESERVES NEWSLETTER AUTUMN/WINTER 2014 Update on NEB-Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain Pipeline Project By Mike Fenger and Garry Fletcher In the 2014 Spring/Summer LOG, our editor Louise Beinhauer provided an excellent summary of the Information Requests that Friends of Ecological Reserves provided to Kinder Morgan (KM). This summary is

Images of Tankers and Animals at Race Rocks.

16DecemberGarry Fletcher97, Marine Reserves, Oil Spill Threatbrandt's cormorant, Double-crested Cormorant, northern sea lion

The vessel traffic lane in the Strait of Juan de Fuca is very narrow and it lies within 3 to 5 nautical miles of the boundary of Race Rocks Ecological Reserve. The ecoguardians at the Race Rocks Ecological reserve have contributed photos of the local fauna, with marine vessels, including tankers in the background and

Marine Oil Spill Information System (OSRIS)

7DecemberGarry FletcherBC Parks, Marine Reserves, Oil Spill ThreatOil Spill, OSRIS

The B.C. Marine Oil Spill Information System (OSRIS) is a multimedia/GIS computer system to help prepare and respond to marine oil spills. Accessed Dec 2014 at http://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/topic.page?id=066E966C3AA7432987469A852A76B5F9 The strength of OSRIS lies with its detailed coastal inventory. Based on this inventory, a sophisticated computer modeling program figures out the sensitivity of each shoreline unit. The

Publications from Triangle Island Research

7DecemberGarry Fletcher13, Marine Reserves, Reports, Researchnesting seabirds, Seabird colonies

Ed note: This page was accessed at http://www.sfu.ca/biology/wildberg/bertram/triangle/trgpubs.html in December 2014. Note some links were not working at that time. Also note the lack of reference to the full title that should be used : “Triangle Island ( Anne Vallee) Ecological Reserve” Papers in Refereed JournalsHipfner, J.M., M.R. Charete and G.S. Blackburn. In press. Subcolony

Table including Kinder Morgan/Transmountain’s response to FER

5DecemberGarry FletcherEcological Monitoring, Marine Reserves, Oil Spill Threat, Reports

In the first round of information requests , FER submitted 14 questions and had responses issued from Trans Mountain. We reviewed those answers and found that most of them were wholly inadequate as proper responses . Most of their justifications for their responses to our round one information requests which we rated as inadequate came

Material Safety Data Sheet for Diluted Bitumin (Dilbit)

1DecemberGarry FletcherMarine Reserves, Oil Spill Threat

From the National Energy Board we can find out what is in Dilbit and what precautions we need when it lands on the shores of our Ecological Reserves. You can see the original in this link : or as copied in the images below: https://docs.neb-one.gc.ca/ll-eng/llisapi.dll/fetch/2000/90464/90552/548311/956726/2392873/2450810/2478758/2522888/Material_Safety_Data_Sheet_-_Diluted_Bitumen_-_A4A9D1.pdf?nodeid=2508614&vernum=-2 ALSO: The following link gives the Occupational and Health Guidelines

NEB revised Exhibit List and FER Concerns

25NovemberGarry FletcherMarine Reserves, News, Oil Spill Threat

An update of all the publications surrounding the Kinder-Morgan Trans-Mountain Expansion Hearings can be found here: ( updated Dec . 9) https://docs.neb-one.gc.ca/ll-eng/llisapi.dll?func=ll&objId=2484704&objAction=browse&viewType=1 I have included here items with particular relevance to The Board of Friends of Ecological reserves role as Intervenors in the Hearings: My comments are in Green below The 115 pages of lists

Plastic Rope Fragments on Shorelines

23NovemberGarry Fletcher300, Mammal entanglement, Marine Reserves

On a few afternoons in mid November, the fragments of plastic rope in the picture were picked up on Taylor beach. There had been several days with winds from the East, so that typically brings in extra debris. Note that the white packing band in the right hand lower corner is the kind used for

Action Plan for the Northern and Southern Resident Killer Whale –March 2014 draft

4NovemberGarry FletcherFederal Stewardship, Marine Reserves, Oil Spill Threat, Rare SpeciesOrca

Executive Summary See the full PDF report: DFO_Resident_Killer_Whale_Action_Plan_- This action plan addresses recovery measures for the Northern and Southern Resident Killer Whale populations in Canadian Pacific waters. Through a series of technical workshops, consultations and meetings, recovery measures were developed to address the broad goals and objectives identified in the Recovery Strategy for Northern and

References on Oil Spill Risk

4NovemberGarry FletcherMarine Reserves, Oil Spill Threat, Warden Reports

These references are included on the Metchosinmarine website In addition, these tagged posts detail the risk to Race Rocks and other Marine Ecological reserves on southern Vancouver Island: On this page we profile Marine Vessel Traffic Images which show how close they are to the Animals of Race Rocks

Marc Eliesen withdraws from NEB Hearings he calls “Fraudulent”

3NovemberGarry FletcherClimate change, Federal Stewardship, Issues, Marine Reserves, Oil Spill ThreatOil Spill, oil transport

Sent: November-03-14 7:28 AM To: BCSEA NEWS Subject: [BCSEA-NEWS] Energy executive blasts Kinder Morgan review as “fraudulent,” quits — Dogwood Initiative http://dogwoodinitiative.org/blog/fraudulent-process Energy Executive Blasts Kinder Morgan Review As “Fraudulent,” Quits Sunday, November 02, 2014 by Marc Eliesen Marc Eliesen has withdrawn as an intervenor in the federal government’s review of Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain pipeline and oil

Update on FER as an Intervenor in the Kinder Morgan Transmountain Pipeline Expansion Proposal

28OctoberGarry FletcherMarine Reserves, Oil Spill Threat

Mike Fenger and Garry Fletcher have been involved as Intervenors for FER and have found it a fairly frustrating process. The following links provide recent information on the process. We are currently preparing our second round of information requests See TMX response to Information request from FER See this revised exhibit list (as of Jan 20,

Visit to Balingall Island by BC Parks staff.

21JulyGarry Fletcher151, Field Notes, Marine Reserves, Reports, Species ListBlack turnstone, Glaucous-winged Gull, Pelagic Cormorant, pigeon guillemot

On July 11, 2014, Roger Allen ( warden) and BC Parks Staff Trudy Chatwin and Hugh McDonald with Darrian (student at UVIC ), visited Balingall Islets Ecological Reserve. Seabird Census for Ballingall Island:. Black Oystercatchers – 2, Pelagic Cormorants – 6 (4 immature, 2 adults), Black Turnstones – 1 , Pigeon Guillemot – 8, Glaucous-winged

Ironic Blast from the Past by Loiuise Beinhauer

15JulyGarry FletcherMarine Reserves, News, Oil Spill Threat

While I was preparing this Spring/Summer 2014 edition of the Log, I had asked the FER Board for some suggestions for additional articles. I knew I was going to come up a bit short this issue. Our Accountant Michael Brinsmead suggested that I go back in our files and re-print an article from an old

FER Gains Intervenor Status for New Review of Kinder Morgan’s Proposed Pipeline Expansion -Compiled by Louise Beinhauer

15JulyGarry FletcherMarine Reserves, News, Oil Spill Threatoil pipeline, Oil Spill

The Board of Friends of Ecological Reserves has been included as one of the 400 intervenors accepted out of the 2,118 who had applied, to present to the National Energy Board at the hearings of Kinder Morgan’s proposed pipeline expansion project. Our application was submitted in early February. The Kinder Morgan pipeline expansion project proposes

Race Rocks Trip by Brenda Montgomery

15JulyGarry Fletcher97, Field Trips, Marine Reserves

We huddled on a rainy Sunday morning, May 4, 2014, at Pearson College docks nestled in verdant and vibrant Metchosin, British Columbia. We donned personal flotation devices or floater coats and hopped aboard the motor vessel “Second Nature” skippered by Director of Operations for Race Rocks, Chris Blondeau for a short but choppy ride to

The Friends of Ecological Reserves Log , Spring Summer, 2014

15JulyGarry FletcherMarine Reserves, News, Newsletters

The Contents of the Log, Spring/Summer, 2014 President’s Report by Mike Fenger Coastal Ecological Research Legacy Project By Mike Fenger and Garry Fletcher Race Rocks Trip by Brenda Montgomery FER Gains Intervenor Status for New Review of Kinder Morgan’s Proposed Pipeline Expansion -Compiled by Louise Beinhauer Ironic Blast from the Past by Loiuise Beinhauer Bodega

President’s Report by Mike Fenger

15JulyGarry FletcherAnnual Reports, Ecological Monitoring, Federal Stewardship, Marine ReservesMike fenger

Friends of Ecological Reserves lost a long time stalwart Board member Tom Gillespie late in the fall of 2013 and we continue to appreciate and miss all his volunteer hours. Other Board members are stepping up to fill his shoes. Considering FER has no staff, I am amazed at just how much this organization does