The 2024-25 Autumn/Winter Newsletter is available. Just click below. Click here to open the 2024-25 Autumn/Winter edition of The Log (PDF format). Contents: FER President’s Page Hia’s/Triangle Island: B.C.’s Largest Seabird Colony Increased Numbers of Orcas and Salmon near Alert Bay Trespass in the Clayhurst Ecological Reserve Bowser Ecological Reserve Warden’s Report FER Joins BC
ER Warden Ian Hatter has submitted this report: Columbia Lake Ecological Reserve Warden Report 2024-Final
Mt Sabine Ecological Reserve Warden Report for 2024 FINAL JLF
February 4, 2024 Gerry and Pauline Hubregtse, BC WLRS, parked at the 90 km. sign at 9:30 and walked in to inspect the monitoring equipment. There has been a tree fall next to the tripod though there did not appear to be any damage. This will be reported to Jessica, with pictures that were taken.
The 2024 Spring/Summer Newsletter is available. Just click below. Click here to open the 2024 Spring/Summer edition of The Log (PDF format). Contents: FER AGM 300 Hectares of Old Growth Habitat to be protected New Talking Tree Nature Reserve on Galiano Island BC Parks Foundation Receives Large Grant for Lumley Road Project (Salt Spring Island)
ER #76 Fraser River – April 22, 2024 Report by Bill & Bev Ramey See the pdf with photos:ER #76 2024, April 22, pdf Sunshine, 9 to 18 degrees C, light breeze Launch kayaks from Nicomen Island 9:45 am, return 6:15 pm Walking distance about 11 km Water level at Mission gauge: 0.1 to 1.3
The 2023/24 Autumn/Winter Newsletter is available. Just click below. Click here to open the 2023/24 Autumn/Winter edition of The Log (PDF format). Contents: FER’s Response to the B.C. Biodiversity & Ecosystem Health Framework Oil Spill Response is Questioned An Ecological Reserve as an Outdoor Classroom ER Proposal History and Current Status Flora of Two East
New Ecological Reserve Regulations for B.C. From the BC Parks BLOG Posted on February 23, 2024 BC Parks News As part of our mission to protect the many special natural places across British Columbia, in addition to provincial parks, BC Parks oversees over 150 ecological reserves. Ecological reserves are home to many rare and endangered
Columbia Lake ER annual report (ppt) Jenny Feick outlines in a PowerPoint presentation : Location ..with map Ecological Significance Timeline for warden activities Natural History Observations Issues- Boundary markers Issues- Access Issues -Human use Recommendations Travel and Volunteer hours Thanks to BC Parks staff, other ER wardens and Trevor Kinley See the pdf Columbia Lake
In January, 2024 , the Board of Friends of Ecological Reserves submitted the following feedback to the B.C. Biodiversity and Ecosystem Health Framework. Final FER Submission to BC Government – Biodiversity and ESH Framework-Jan31-2024 Also see Trevor Hancocks take on this new draft framework in the Times Colonist of February 11, 2024
Race Rocks Ecological Reserve #97 Wardens Report December 2023
These links care for a ist of reports and updates on the Stickleback Recover Strategy: https://www.canada.ca/en/environment-climate-change/search.html?q=stickleback&wb-srch-sub= https://www.canada.ca/en/environment-climate-change/services/species-risk-public-registry/consultation-documents/unarmoured-threespine-stickleback.html in Canada for the Period 2018 to 2022 Under the Species at Risk Act (SARA), a Progress Report summarizing recovery document implementation is prepared and posted to the public registry. Progress Reports include information on recovery efforts underway.
An Ecological Reserve as an Outdoor Classroom by Harold Sellers Vance Creek Ecological Reserve was visited this past September by a group of high school students from Vernon. Rob Buchanan is a teacher at Clarence Fulton Secondary School in Vernon, where he leads the Awaken Inquiry Adventure Okanagan(AIAO) program. There are about 30 students in
BC Nature’s IBA/KBA Coordinator mentioned two areas that are ERs in his recent report to the BC Nature board. Triangle Island (ER #13, no warden) In B.C. Nature’s first visit to the Scott Island Group IBA we joined Coastal Rainforest Safari and their Tlatlasikwala staff to visit Triangle Island. This, and ensuing discussions with both the
BC Nature’s IBA/KBA Coordinator mentioned two areas that are ERs in his recent report to the BC Nature board. Moore & Byers Islands (Byers Is. is one island of several in ER#103, no warden) On the same trip as above we supported a joint trip to Moore and Byers Islands to set out trail cameras to
This wardens report was prepared by Kevin Tyler- July 5 2023 ER Name: _Morice River__ Ecological Reserve # __81 ____ Report Date: ___5 July 2023__ Warden Name: Kevin Tyler_ Travel / Timings. I departed Smithers at 11 am. It was a 90 mins drive one way to Houston and south to the ER. I did
In June 2023 Ian Adams presented for the Annual General Meeting of Friends of Ecological Reserves on the Key Biodiversity Areas program in Canada. This presentation is available here: https://ecoreserves.bc.ca/2023/06/07/key-biodiversity-areas-ian-adams-fer-agm-june-2023/ The website of KBA Canada is here: https://gis.natureserve.ca/portal/apps/dashboards/8a89d50ea0b04c7790e19791ab9ae6e8 Race Rocks Ecological Reserve is on the list of proposed KBAs in British Columbia along with several
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
PDF version: FER Strategic Plan-April 12-23 Friends of Ecological Reserves Strategic Plan 2023- 2025 Mission ‘Friends of Ecological Reserves’ (FER) is a group of concerned citizens/volunteers whose purpose is to advocate for and promote the Ecological Reserve System, and the role that a robust system of Ecological Reserves (ERs) can achieve for the conservation and
BC Ecological Reserve Warden Report ER Name: _Torkelson_______ Ecological Reserve # __73 ____ Report Date: _____26 March 2023__ Warden Name: Kevin Tyler_ Travel / Timings. We departed Smithers at 8:30 am. It was ~85 mins drive one way. We started snowshoeing at 10 am; I arrived back at the vehicle at 2:15 pm, and back