Thirty three Ecological reserves have a component of marine within their boundaries. Some include adjacent sea floor within the reserve while others end at the high tide line. One reserve, Satellite Channel is entirely on the sea floor. however, most of the marine reserves are islands that are home to colonies of sea birds, sea
Click on images for larger version: The continuing unusual incidence of Elephant Seal birthing in one of the most northerly haulouts for Elephant Seals has again happened for the fourth year at Race Rocks, The first pup born survived but was badly beaten by one of the resident males. In the last two years, both
On Dec 5- 7, 2011 Four members of the Friends of Ecological reserve attended the BC Protected Areas Research Forum at UBC campus in Vancouver. FoER Board members Mike Fenger and Rick page convened a special session entitled: Ecological Reserves Where do we go from here? Management of Ecological Reserves Panelists Vicky Husband, Briony Penn
On October 24, 2011, the ecoguardian Ryan Murphy took a picture of a coonstripe shrimp (you can see part of its yellow leg showing in this blow-up). In his photo background, he also captured by chance the first record of this new species for the Race Rocks Taxonomy files. See this file for the story
On September 27, 2011, Ryan Murphy, the Ecoguardian at Race Rocks observed a new event, a baby sea lion with its mother hauled out at Race Rocks. Traditionally this has only been a haul out for mature bulls and a smaller number of immature sea lions. The photos in the gallery below were taken by
The following index provides links to the website www.racerocks.com for the archived news items. Newspaper Articles on Race Rocks 1859-1921 History of Race Rocks: an index of news items and events since 1859 Newspaper and journal articles published on Race Rocks Ecological Reserve and light station since the year 2000. On
August 15, 2011 To: Ministry of the Environment Honourable Terry Lake ENV.Minister@gov.bc.ca BC Nature (Federation of BC Naturalists) had a successful AGM in Williams Lake, hosted by the Williams Lake Field Naturalists Society. We are a federation of naturalists clubs throughout BC with a membership of 4,500. As a conservation society, our main objective is
From www.squamishchief.com Organizers of 25th annual event say small chum run likely to blame for low raptor numbers January 4, 2011Dawn Green Special to The Chief An undercurrent of excitement filled the air inside the Brackendale Art Gallery (BAG) in the early morning hours on Sunday (Jan. 2). This was the silver anniversary of the
Onslo and Haida, a pair of Vancouver Island marmots, are doing just fine, and so are many of their kin. From Canada.com — Vancouver Sun October 30, 2010 Onslo and Haida, a pair of Vancouver Island marmots, are doing just fine, and so are many of their kin. The population of Island marmots living in
By Matt Fairbarns From: THE LOG FRIENDS OF ECOLOGICAL RESERVES NEWSLETTER SPRING/SUMMER 2010 Trial Island is an ecological gem and hosts a great number of rare species and ecosystems. The upland mead- ows, maintained free of native trees and shrubs by a combina- tion of summer drought and winter winds, support many endangered species including
By Tory Stevens, with assistance from Doug Biffard and Trevor Murdock Speaking notes transcribed by Mike Fenger with permission (Photos by Bill Munt, Gail Ross, Boomer Jerritt, Greg Betz & BC Parks) From: THE LOG FRIENDS OF ECOLOGICAL RESERVES NEWSLETTER SPRING/SUMMER 2010 Introduction This is a summary of a public presentation organized by Friends of
NEWSPAPER STORY: Spilled Oil Caught as Truck Salvaged By Judith Lavoie Excerpted from the May 22, 2009 edition of the Times Colonist A specially designed metal jacket wrapped around a fuel truck that has sat on the ocean floor for almost two years in an environmentally sensitive area is believed to have captured almost all
From Canada.com Fuel tanker to be recovered from Robson Bight The provincial and federal governments announced yesterday a fuel tanker and other logging equipment containing pollutants will be recovered from the ocean floor near Robson Bight. April 18, 2008 VICTORIA — The provincial and federal governments announced yesterday a fuel tanker and other logging equipment
6 weeks later the equipment is still leaking in the orcas rubbing beach sanctaury Click for video Link to Orcalab news
ARTICLE IN THE VNHS NEWSLATTER BY PEG FRANK VHNS article on FER by Peg Frank (1)
From The Sunshine Coast Conservation Association Newsletter Issue 5 PO Box 1969, Sechelt, BC, V0N 3A0; July/2002 Ambrose Lake Watershed to be Logged? by John Field (ER Warden) The Sunshine Coast’s only ecological reserve, at Ambrose Lake on the northern Sechelt Peninsula, is threatened by a new proposal to log a large area immedi- ately
Taco Niet of University of Victoria does a Master’s Thesis on modeling Tidal Energy for Race Rocks, 2000. Abstract of thesis and articles included.
From the North Okanagan Naturalists Club Newsletter: Mara Meadows July 9, 2010 Article and photos provided by Pamela Jenkins John Coffey is now the warden at Monica Meadows. Not more than 10 people can ever invade the meadows at one time, in order to preserve what is there. At one point I had 14 people
Trial Island’s rare Flora is featured in this newspaper article in the stages when it was being proposed as an Ecological reserve. An interesting letter to the editor shows the ignorance of a member of the public about the significance of Ecological reserves. times_colonists_may_988_for_and_against_trial_island_er
