NEB Trans Mountain Reconsideration Hearing Intervenors

FER Board Members Mike Fenger and Garry Fletcher have worked since late September in serving as Intervenors In the NEB, Trans Mountain Reconsideration Hearings. Their aim was to attempt to ensure some level of protection for the shorelines of our 19 Ecological Reserves on southern Vancouver Island and other sensitive ecosystems in the event of

Revised Constitution of the Friends of Ecological Reserves

Revised Constitution and Bylaws of FER.pdf CONSTITUTION OF THE F.E.R. FRIENDS OF ECOLOGICAL RESERVES SOCIETY 1. The name of the Society is “F.E.R.” Friends of Ecological Reserves Society” (hereinafter referred to as the “Society”). 2. The purposes of the Society are: a) To promote the establishment,management, and maintenance of Ecological Reserves in British Columbia, including

Constitution of the Friends of Ecological Reserves Society

CONSTITUTION OF THE FRIENDS OF ECOLOGICAL RESERVES SOCIETY ARTICLES: 1. The name of the Society is “F.E.R.” Friends of Ecological Reserves Society” (hereinafter referred to as the “Society”). 2. The purposes of the Society are: (a)To promote the establishment, management, and maintenance of Ecological Reserves in British Columbia, including the acquisition of land for Ecological

The Log, 2017 Autumn/Winter Newsletter

The 2017 Autumn/Winter Newsletter is available. Click here to open the 2017 Autumn/Winter edition of The Log (PDF format). Contents: Minister of Environment & FER Meeting Tranquille ER ER Wardens’ Summaries: .Trial Islands ER .Baeria Rocks ER .Galiano Island ER .Checleset Bay ER .Bowser ER .San Juan Estuary ER .Comox Lake Bluffs ER .Woodley Range ER Pacific Reef and

The Log, 2017 Spring/Summer Newsletter

The 2017 Spring/Summer Newsletter is available. Click here to open the 2017 Spring/Summer edition of The Log (PDF format). Contents: President’s Annual Report Invasive Species & Ecological Reserves Laurie Rockwell Will be Missed FER Attended IMBD & BioBlitz Klanawa River ER Visited To see a complete list of all “The Log” Newsletters, please visit the Newsletter Archive.

The Log, 2016 Autumn/Winter Newsletter

The 2016 Autumn/Winter Newsletter is available. Click here to open the 2016 Autumn/Winter edition of The Log (PDF format). Contents: What Lies Below at Baeria Rocks Ecological Reserve? Campbell Brown ER Det San ER Kinder Morgan Pipeline Project Needs Additional Conditions Biological Diversity Why is it Important? To see a complete list of all “The Log”

The National Energy Board Sidesteps Marine issues in KM Pipeline Approval.

http://docs.neb-one.gc.ca/fetch.asp?language=E&ID=A77045 Today The National Energy released this report approving the Kinder Morgan/Transmountain  Pipeline Expansion Project. Our efforts as Intervenors for the Board of Friends of Ecological Reserves and similar concerns of many other intevenors to deal with the risk to the marine environment and the 19 Marine Ecological Reserves have not been considered to be

What Lies Below at Baeria Rocks Ecological Reserve

In 2016 The Friends of Ecological Reserves provided funding to the Diving Class at Bamfield Marine Station to do an underwater survey in the Ecological reserve to document for baseline Data purposes the species of the Underwater and Terrestrial portion of the reserve. The report by Isabelle Côté and Siobhan Gray is documented in the

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

What Does Drizzle Lake ER and Superpredator Humans Have in Common?

From The Friends of Ecological reserves Newsletter Autumn/Winter, 2016 By Louise Beinhauer Two late summer articles, one appearing in Science an online Journal of original scientific research and the other in Smithsonian Magazine, whose focus was on the research of Tom Reimchen, Chris Darimont, Caroline Fox and Heather Bryan caught my attention. The article in

Heritage status of scarred yellow cedars in TSL A87126 Block DK044.

See the original in PDF form here: Arc-Branch-Review-of-Mil.-Rep.-Block-DK-044-2-1 April 29, 2016 Distributed via Email: Adam.(gov.bc.ca) Adam Hockin Planning Forester, FLNRO Timber Operations, Pricing and First Nations Division BC Timber Sales – Strait of Georgia Dear Adam Hockin: Re: Heritage status of scarred yellow cedars in TSL A87126 Block DK044. The Archaeology Branch (the Branch) has

Friends of Ecological Reserves Submissions to the National Energy Board, 2014-2016

LINKS TO THE FOLLOWING SUBMISSIONS MAY BE FOUND AT https://apps.neb-one.gc.ca/REGDOCS/Item/View/2450919 C033 – Board of the Friends of Ecological Reserves C33-0 – Board of the Friends of Ecological Reserves – Application To Participate (A57279) C33-0-1 – Application To Participate – A3T8V2 02/07/2014 C33-01 – Board of Friends of Ecological Reserves – Information Request to KM on