NEWS ITEM: U.S. worried about Canada’s ability to respond to oil spills, records reveal
VANCOUVER — Special to The Globe and Mail by Stanley Tromp Published Tuesday, Apr. 28 2015, 7:00 AM EDT “Newly released U.S. documents show American authorities are nervously eyeing Canadian proposals to triple the number of oil tanker voyages through the shared waters off B.C.’s coast, saying among themselves that Canadian standards to clean up a major
National Energy Board, Revised Exhibit List- April 10 2015
See this revised exhibit list (as of April 10, 2015) for documents relating to the Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain Expansion Project: Following are the submissions and responses specific to The Board of Friends of Ecological reserves C33-5 – Board of Friends of Ecological Reserves – Motion for adequacy IR2 (A66957) 2 Items 02/26/2015 C33-4 –
Update on FER Board Intervenor Work on Kinder Morgan/TMX project
In late January , we found out that we had been granted some funding for our work as Intervenors in the National Energy Board, Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain Pipeline Expansion Project. We had applied in May of 2014. This link shows the location of the Board of Friends of Ecological Reserves Documents. https://docs.neb-one.gc.ca/ll-eng/llisapi.dll/Open/2450919 KM/TMX Responses
The Friends of Ecological Reserves Log : Winter, 2014
THE LOG Friends of Ecological Reserves NEWSLETTER: Autumn/Winter 2014 See the full pdf here: autumn-winter2014-colour-final-2 Contents: Christmas Yule Log by Mike Fenger B.C.’s Shrinking Ecological Reserves System: By Mike Fenger Invasive Interuptus: By Marilyn Lambert, Volunteer Warden, Oak Bay Island Ecological Reserve An Exemplary Ecological Reserve Warden: By Garry Fletcher Update on NEB-Kinder Morgan Trans
An Exemplary Ecological Reserve Warden: By Garry Fletcher
From the: THE LOG FRIENDS OF ECOLOGICAL RESERVES NEWSLETTER AUTUMN/WINTER 2014 An Exemplary Ecological Reserve Warden By Garry Fletcher Since the Friends of Ecological Reserves (FER) started its new website at www.ecoreserves.bc.ca two years ago, the opportunity has been available for Ecological Reserve (ER) Wardens to submit wardens’ reports and field notes. These reports and
Invasive Interruptus: (Scotch Broom removal)
From the: THE LOG FRIENDS OF ECOLOGICAL RESERVES NEWSLETTER AUTUMN/WINTER 2014 Invasive Interruptus By Marilyn Lambert, ER Warden Oak Bay Islands Volunteer Warden, Oak Bay Island Ecological Reserve How would you like to spend a day on a lovely little island in the Salish Sea?” That was the question I posed to a small group
NEB revised Exhibit List and FER Concerns
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
Intervenor Process Questioned…
Since the Board of Friends of Ecological reserves has been involved as Intervenors in the Kinder-Morgan Trans- Mountain Hearings, we have received notices of all the transactions. See the previous post for updates– We will also be reconsidering our role as intervenors so stay tuned… Marc Eliesen has withdrawn as an intervenor in the federal
Archived Newsletters from 1988 to 1997 Added to our Site
“The Log” Newsletters from 1988 to 1997 have been added to the newsletter archive on September 4, 2014. These 20 newsletters were taken from our old hardcopy paper archive, scanned, OCRed, and added to our site. We hope you enjoy having these available online. To have a look at them, click on this link to the start
Bodega Ridge Find
While enjoying a hike along Bodega Ridge, Galiano Island on June 2nd, we came across this flower in a gravely patch close to a magnificent stand of Manzanitas. We have tentatively identified it as a variant of Clarkia amoena also known as Farewell-to-spring. If somebody else can verify this, or make another suggestion, it would
Ironic Blast from the Past by Loiuise Beinhauer
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
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
The Friends of Ecological Reserves Log , Spring Summer, 2014
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
Information Request from FoER Board to NEB Hearings on Kinder Morgan-TMX
May 12, 2012 was the deadline for the submission of the First Written Requests from Intervenors –to the National Energy Board Hearings for the Kinder Morgan/Trans Mountain Pipeline Extension . The answers from Kinder Morgan will be provided by June 18 The next deadline for followup questions is in January Link to the reponses from
The Board of Friends of Ecological Reserves accepted as an Intervenor in the NEB hearings into the Kinder-Morgan Pipeline expansion.
Just issued today: The Board of Friends of Ecological Reserves is included as one of the 400 intervenors accepted out of the 2118 who had applied to present to the National Energy Board as an Intervenor in Kinder Morgan’s proposed expansion of the pipeline through Alberta and British Columbia. Our application submitted in early February
BC Fossil Site Management Problems, Solutions & Opportunities” AGM , March 7, 2014
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
The Log- Newsletter of the Friends of Ecological Reserves: Autumn-Winter, 2013
The Autumn/Winter edition of the Log of the Friends of Ecological Reserves. Thanks to our Editor Louise Beinhauer for again putting together our current edition of the Log. See the full PDF version here; Autumn-Winter 2013-colour-.pdf Or see individual articles : FER Bids a Sad Farewell to Our Long-time Friend Tom Gillespie Planning to Fail