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
We are fortunate to have this image from the Bella Coola Blog of Sunday, December 18, 2011 The following are the comments on the picture: Itcha and Ilgachuz Mountain Ranges At the risk of messing up real bad in spelling and describing the location of another range of important mountains in the West Chilcotin after
Retaining the Flower Meadows: Douglas-fir Removal at Mount Tzuhalem Ecological Reserve A presentation by Dave Polster at the BC PROTECTED AREAS RESEARCH FORUM , UBC Dec 6, 2011 2011 Research Coll Df encroachment presentation . This is a presentation of a research program carried out in this ecological reserve. The controversial action was taken to
Don Guild Photos: The East Ridge—- Gem Lake 2008,2009—-Upper Lift Terminal next to Gem Lake
We have been granted permission to include the following images in our gallery of pictures for Mahoney Lake Ecological reserve. The first image, taken in October 2009, is from Marcus Redivos Flickr site, The others are from Sally Taylor’s Flickr pages of Nov 17 2011. Note the vegetation around the lake as it would be
Dr. Liana Zanette, Associate Professor in the Dept. of Biology , University of Western Ontario has done research on “Perceived Predation Risk Reduces the Number of Offspring Songbirds Produce per Year”. Her website for Zanette Lab carries the most recent research article and has links to excellent images of Song sparrows and their predators, and
Thanks to Rosemary Taylor for these images The Fraser River Field Trip October 2011
Rosemary Taylor was along on the Fraser River Trip of October 7, 2011 doing photography. We came across a small green plant, at first thinking they were seedlings sprouting on a sandbank , I called over Terry Taylor for an identification . He immediately came up with the fact that it was a liverwort,
From: THE LOG FRIENDS OF ECOLOGICAL RESERVES NEWSLETTER AUTUMN/WINTER 2011 By Rosemary Taylor It has been several years since any gathering between Ecological Reserve wardens and Parks staff has occurred in the Lower Mainland, but on October 7, 2011, just such an event was organized by Bev Ramey (Co-Warden of ER#76, Fraser River Ecological Reserve)
Thanks to Bruno Gozales for the use of his image from Brackman Island taken from Portland Island http://www.saltspringvirtualtours.com/p/photo-gallery.html Click Image for enlarged version
Adrian DeGroot , the ecological reserve warden for Det San ER has provided these images from a trip he made to the area for work in the summer of 2011. They are available in his Flickr album as well Click for full image:
Vijayakumar Somalinga has provided the following images from a trip to Mount Tzuhalem in May, 2011
In May 2011, The Friends of Ecological reserve Board members went to visit Woodley Range, under the guidance of Warden Gary Backlund. These are some of the images Board member Garry Fletcher took on that trip.
From: THE LOG FRIENDS OF ECOLOGICAL RESERVES NEWSLETTER SPRING/SUMMER 2011 By Wynne Miles On Sunday, May 8th, seven Friends of Ecological Reserves Board members and two guests drove to the outskirts of Ladysmith on Vancouver Island to meet Gary Backlund and tour Woodley Range Ecological Reserve. Gary, along with his daughter Katherine are the ER
The Friends of Ecological Reserves Board Members visited the Yelllowpoint Bog on May 8 of 2011. The following are a set of images by Garry Fletcher that represent our views of the area. See also the Spring summer 2011 newsletter where there is commentary on the trip made the same day to Woodley Range ER.
Ian Cumming has provided us with a set of photos of the Ecological reserve taken in may of 2011 on his Picassa site : https://picasaweb.google.com/117969804110546575465/G3_Lytton_Skwaha?authuser=0&feat=direc “The first half of these are from Early May, when we did not get past the ER gate. Too much snow. The second half are taken in late May, when
The following images are from Trout Creek ER and were provided by Laurie Rockwell. Place cursor over image for text. Click to enlarge.
Gilnockie Creek Ecological Reserve Warden Annie Coulter led the Rocky Mountain Naturalists on a field trip in the fall of 2010. We appreciate permission from Greg Ross to use his images from his Flickr site for this gallery. Hover your cursor on the small images for a title or commentary. Greg has also provided useful
Karin Bodtker from the Living Oceans Society was in charge of making maps and accompanied an expedition to the Scott Islands. The Living Oceans Society is working to get protection for the ocean around the Scott Islands. She has given us permission to include her Flickr pictures on our website, so our thanks goes out
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