From: THE LOG FRIENDS OF ECOLOGICAL RESERVES NEWSLETTER AUTUMN/WINTER 2010 By Louise Beinhauer On a balmy day in June, Friends of Ecological Reserves Board members Mike Fenger, Stephen Ruttan (trip organizer), Mary Rannie and Wynne Miles along with guests; our guide, biologist Hans Roemer, MOE’s Tory Stevens, Fred Beinhauer and I car pooled along Highway
This gallery highlights the work of Tania Simpson who has posted images of Mahoney Lake on her Flickr site. We are most grateful for permission to use the images here and we urge you to check out her other images on Flickr as well. Mahoney Lake Ecological Reserve Mahoney Lake Ecological Reserve Female
Dana Haggarty took these photos of Sartine Islands Ecological Reserve on a research trip on the Coast Guard Vessel the Vector, doing research on Rockfish. They appear on her Flickr site.
Below are some of the plants that are found in the Sutton Pass reserve: Ryan Batten has provided these photos:
Since Solander Island Ecological Reserve is a seabird colony and a sea lion rookery, one is not allowed to go ashore on the island. Richard So and his friends sailed past it on a trip in August of 2009 and he produced these images of an area few of us get a chance to see.
By Marilyn Lambert After a night of howling winds, the day we picked for this year’s Trial Island trip dawned bright, sunny and, most importantly, calm! Our usual trip leaders, Adolf and Oluna Ceska, weren’t available this day, so we were fortunate to have Trial Island Ecological Reserve warden, Matt Fairbarns share his views on
Ecological Reserve Warden Roseanne Van Ee and her husband Rick visited Cougar Canyon Ecological Reserve on March 6, 2009. They took these pictures while going through the reserve : Roseanne noted in her report to the BC Parks Area Supervisor: “Attached are photos from our Cougar Canyon expedition. We entered through the gravel pit end
Seabird nest and roost sites are important to maintenance of BC’s biodiversity and many of the important nest colonies are protected in Ecological Reserves and Parks. Disturbance to wildlife is a major issue that park and wildlife managers routinely face, yet information to assess threat is often not available, —-Need to set guidelines based on
These photos were submitted by Bill and Bev Ramey, Wardens for ER #76.
Tom Howell kayaked through the Pine, Tree and Storm Islands of the Duke of Edinburgh Ecological Reserve in 2008. Some of his images from that trip are posted here. His Panoramio site carrying these images with locations on Google map is here: EAST TREE ISLAND STORM ISLAND PINE ISLAND Hover the Cursor on the images
The Flickr site of “owlsblood” has given us permission to use these pictures. Although the lake can look to be devoid of life, organisms can tolerate the extremes of chemicals.
Images from the Comox Lake Bluffs, 2008-2009 Comox Valley Naturalists on a field trip to the Comox Lake Bluffs in May of 2008. The following pictures were taken during the year by Robbie Robinson and Ecoreserve Warden Helen Robinson. Pass your cursor over the pictures below for and scientific names . Then click on the
One of the problems of the biological integrity of natural ecosystems onseveral of the Gulf Islands is the overpopulation and overgrazing by Feral Goats. These goats arrived in the last century or earlier, brought by ship for provisioning of the local residents. They have escaped captivity many years ago and without any natural predators to
Madrone Environmental Consultants reported to the Ministry of the Environment: detailed field sampling to support ecosystem mapping and interpretations on Salt Spring Island. Color photos on different ecosystems available. See PDF: madrone_2007_conservation_assessment_mount_taum and_mount_maxwell ers
The Ecological reserve warden Marilyn Lambert has supplied these photos.
Report by Dave Gooding, Gooding Hydrology\Sutton Creek Assessment and Floodplain Management Options. Includes maps and photos ( in Black and White only) See the 38 page PDF file : honeymoonbay-Gooding Report
On May 6, 2007, members of the Friends of Ecological Reserves Board joined retiring warden Chris Pielou current warden Helen Robinson along with Bowser ER warden Maggie Little and others for a trip to the slopes of the Comox Lake Bluff Ecological Reserve. Mouse over images will initiate comment on the image. Click for large
The photos on this page are from The Skagit Ecological Reserves. #89, #21 and #106
