V.J. Krajina

Contributions of Vladimir Krajina to Ecological Reserves in BC

This picture on the left is significant as it was taken by Hans Roemer when Dr. Krajina first visited what later became the Nimpkish Island Ecological Reserve.  Hans says ” I took this photograph in June 1974, it shows Dr. Krajina, flanked by two foresters, making his way towards the largest Douglas-fir that then existed

Bristol Foster joins the Board of Friends of Ecological Reserves.

At the May 2020 AGM for 2019 of Friends of Ecological reserves, we were honoured to have Bristol Foster join the Board . Bristol had been involved with Ecological reserves in BC since 1974 when the Ecological Reserve Program began. https://ecoreserves.bc.ca/2012/03/17/a-conversation-with-bristol-foster/This link to an interview with Bristol provide the background to his remarkable life and

The Log, 2019/20 Autumn/Winter Newsletter

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”,

AGM Panel Discussion on Kinder Morgan Pipeline

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

Laurie Rockwell ER Warden for Trout Creek Passes Away-March 2017

Kathryn McCourt, the ER warden for Mahoney lake has provided this Obituary Sadly, G.Fletcher’s profile of Laurie Rockwell, “An Exemplary Ecological Reserve Warden,” published in “The Log, Autumn/Winter 2014”, requires an update. In February 2017, after twenty-five years of service as an Ecological Reserve warden, Laurie stepped down from the position because of deteriorating health.

In Memoriam: Rolf Kellerhals (1934-2016)

From the Alpine Cliub of Canada website: https://accvi.ca/programs/memorial-fund-youth-grants/memoriam/ Rolf, along with his wife Heather were the Ecological Reserve Wardens, for the Nimpkish Island Ecological Reserve until his passing in 2016. (see section in green below:)  October 11, 1934 – August 25, 2016 Not long after he was born in Switzerland Rolf’s parents took him into

Jacques Sirois’ Biosphere Dreams

From The Friends of Ecological reserves Newsletter Autumn/Winter, 2016 By Maleea Acker Reprinted with permission from the December 2015 issue of Focus Magazine By December, rain and the darkness of winter blankets the Capital Region. Berries hang like rubies from the darkening limbs of the Arbutus. Storms shawl the coast with salt spray. Songbirds have

The Life of Ken Millard

From From The Friends of Ecological Reserves Newsletter Autumn/Winter, 2016 By Rod Mickleburgh, Excerpted from the November 2, 2015 edition of The Globe and Mail Soft-spoken and unassuming, Ken Millard thought nothing of leaving his small Galiano Island cabin, heading to the big city and taking on the captains of industry. He considered it a