You are welcome to join the FER business meeting start at 7:00 pm and at 7:30 and guest speaker Briony Penn will be speaking on Conservation Issues in British Colombia . MAY 7 …7:00pm Link to Zoom meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89368736598?pwd=ZgUnbmHKoB2dHVQEaC8uuRFkhCMaRE. Passcode:396328
. The hidden gems of British Columbia’s protected areas system are its ecological reserves, set aside for scientific study and education, not recreation. Two of the first ERs ever established sit above Columbia Lake at the headwaters of the Columbia Valley. Discover how a Czech refugee fleeing the Communists prompted B.C. to become the first
Board member Harold Sellers has compiled the following Index of publications by topic in the past editions of the Friends of Ecological Reserves Log …December 2023 THE LOG INDEX – 1988 to 2023 THE FRIENDS OF ECOLOGICAL RESERVES 10th Anniversary of FER — October 1992 Science Advisory Committee — Autumn 2006 Strategic Plan for FER
The 2023 Spring/Summer Newsletter is available. Just click below. Click here to open the 2023 Spring/Summer edition of The Log (PDF format). Contents: FER 2023 AGM FER Revised Strategic Plan 2023-2025 Morice River ER Warden’s Report Remembering Alfred Gaensbauer Province Strengthens Protection of ERs 1000-year-old redcedar Mara Meadows ER To see a complete list of
Note: From Ian Adams: I realized that my presentations to the Friends of ER grossly under-represented the number of Key Biodiversity Areas that encompass, in whole or in part, an Ecological Reserve. As you may recall, my involvement with KBAs is all taxa except birds, which are the purview of Birds Canada. This includes the
April 2023 BCIT News–Abby Francis and Richard Davis In April, 2023 BCIT students Abby Francis and Richard Davis went to Race Rocks ER and interviewed Ecoguardian Derek Sterling and Ecological Reserve Warden Garry Fletcher about the Ecological Reserve at Race Rocks
The 2022/23 Autumn/Winter Newsletter is available. Just click below. Click here to open the 2022/23 Autumn/Winter edition of The Log (PDF format). Contents: Biological Diversity Key to a Healthy Planet Island Gems are among B.C.’s Seven Biodiversity Hot Spots Intact Forest Ecosystems – A Conservation Campaign Columbia Lake ER Warden’s Report Lasquiti Island Report BC
This presentation was made by Andrew Simon and Pam Janszen at the AGM of Friends of Ecological Reserves, April 21,2022 PART 1 PART 2 PART 3 PART 4 Part1 Part2
The Board of B.C.’s Friends of Ecological Reserves Wants You! Call for Directors Are you interested in nature and enjoy learning about natural areas? Are you intrigued by the diversity of ecosystems and life forms in British Columbia, including rareplants and animals? Would you like to help foster the stewardship of British
After the meeting section of the 2020 AGM, a series of speakers who had an early influence in creating ecological reserves 50 years ago present their stories and interesting perspectives on the early beginnings of the Ecological Reserves System in British Columbia. Bristol Foster, Jim Pojar, Louise Goulet, Hans Roemer, Vicky Husband and Lynne Milnes
Friends of Ecological Reserves AGM Join us for the Friends of Ecological Reserves ER ACT 50th Anniversary AGM May 4, 2021 at 7:00 PM Virtual meeting via Zoom Use the link below to register: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZEpcOCqqTIvHNyIIAG4hdCBb5YELcSGC-3T For a copy of the poster suitable for printing click here: FER AGM Poster in PDF format
Jim Pojar in February of 1981, as a member of the British Columbia Forest Service wrote this paper . “a small intact west coast drainage system, biologically representative but with several floristic rarities; vegetation modified by extreme exposure; an estuary and a sand beach ecosystem; and the possibility (which needs further investigation) that the Brooks
In 1978 The National Film Board of Canada produced a documentary on the work of Dr. Krajina called The Forests and Vladimir Krajina. Here is a link to the NFB. Description: Visually seductive, this film uncovers a few hard truths under the packaging. Dr. Vladimir Krajina, botanist and teacher, is waging a successful battle in
Join us for the Friends of Ecological Reserves ER ACT 50th Anniversary AGM May 4, 2021 at 7:00 PM Virtual meeting via Zoom Use the link below to register: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZEpcOCqqTIvHNyIIAG4hdCBb5YELcSGC-3T See the PDF:50th Anniversary Edition-colour-April16
The pdf of this presentation is available here: 2016_Wali-Pojar_UBC_VJ Krajina Legacy Invited presentation for the Centennial of the University of British Columbia 2015 History of 100 years of the Department of Botany, 2016 The Legacy of Vladimir J. Krajina and Contributions to UBC Botany Mohan K. Wali1 and Jim Pojar2 For what is the present
From: BirdLife International (2021) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Duke of Edinburgh Ecological Reserve. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 12/04/2021. See the map of the area on the Birdlife website Map data ©2021 Site description The Duke of Edinburgh Ecological Reserve is located at the western end of Queen Charlotte Strait, midway between the coast of British
50th Anniversary Timeline – Ecological Reserve Act Following Canada’s commitment to implement the International Biological Program in the early 1960s, and scientific studies in the 1950s and 1960s by UBC Plant Ecologist Dr. Vladimir J. Krajina and other academics, Ray Williston, Minister of Forests, Lands and Water Resources supported the concept of protected reserves representing
This National Film Board film of 1976 profiles Bristol Foster the First Director of the Ecological Reserves Division in British Columbia. It was made shortly after the creation of the Triangle Island – Anne Vallee Ecological Reserve
The 2020-21 Autumn/Winter Newsletter is available. Just click below. Click here to open the 2020-21 Autumn/Winter edition of The Log (PDF format). Contents: Happy 50th Anniversary to B.C.’s Ecological Reserves!! iNaturalist Surveys in B.C.’s Ecological Reserves Trev Anderson, Race Rocks ER Advocate Turns 100 FER Weighs in on Old Growth Review Strategic Report A Trip
GOOGLE TRANSLATION FROM CZECH: ( Approximately!!) Google sometimes translated Krajina as “landscape” See the complete PDF in its original form here: Vladimir Josef Krajina-1 Šumava, the last day of February 1948. Snowy mountain forest. He doesn’t know much about the Šumava forests, but how much have he experienced such, even riskier, moments? To illegally travel