Reports – Page 6 – Friends of Ecological Reserves

Development of Ecological Conservation Objectives and Strategies for Protected Areas

15MarchGarry Fletcher300, 400, 500, Reports

CCM-SCM Parks Ecol Cons-s

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

16JanuaryGarry Fletcher300, Marine Reserves, Oil Spill Threat, Reportsoil pipeline

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

ER 4, Lasqueti Island, Field Trip Photos, June 2016

1JanuaryFred Beinhauer4, Field Trips, Photos, Reports

On Tuesday, May 24, 2016, FER Board members and friends took a field trip to the Lasqueti Island Ecological Reserve #4. Lasqueti Island is a small island located North of Parksville in the Strait of Georgia, between Vancouver Island and the British Columbia mainland, and adjacent to Texada Island. Alfred Gaensbauer is the warden for the ER

Significant species table

30NovemberGarry FletcherMarine Reserves, Oil Spill Threat, Reports

Table 5: Significant Species and Conservation Status in 19 Marine Ecological Reserves ER# Name Species Scientific Name Species Common Name BC List Status COSEWIC Status SARA Status CF Prov. Priority 28 Ambrose Lake Oncorhynchus clarkii Coastal Cutthroat Trout, ssp. lewisi, S3S4 (2004) Blue Special concern 2 Gasterosteus aculeatus Threespine Stickleback Yellow Special concern 6 24

BLACK BEAR DEN FIELD SURVEYS (JUNE 11, 2015) ON DAKOTA RIDGE RE PROPOSED BC TIMBER SALES (BCTS) CUTBLOCKS A87126 – DK042 & DK044

27JulyGarry Fletcher156, ER Proposals, Logging old-growth, Maps, Reports, Researchblack bear, Elphinstone

BLACK BEAR DEN FIELD SURVEYS (JUNE 11, 2015) ON DAKOTA RIDGE RE PROPOSED BC TIMBER SALES (BCTS) CUTBLOCKS A87126 – DK042 & DK044 & COMMENTS ON IMPACTS, INCLUDING ON OTHER CAVITY-USING VERTEBRATES RESULTS OF GIS MAP MODEL OF HIGH VALUE BLACK BEAR DEN HABITATS FOR CHAPMAN-HOWE LANDSCAPE UNITS (LUs), BC SUNSHINE COAST See the 14

Elphinstone Provincial Park Expansion Proposal

5JuneGarry Fletcher156, BC Parks, ER Proposals, Logging old-growth, Maps, Reports, ResearchElphinstone

High-res Elphinstone Master Rep final 5 June 2015 PART 1 CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS This preliminary report examines the conservation values of the Elphinstone area located on the Sunshine Coast of British Columbia and known locally as the “Elphinstone park expansion proposal,” the “Mount Elphinstone park proposal,” “Elphinstone 1500” (referring to the assumed 1500 hectare size),

Killer whales and Acoustic Masking in the Marine Environment

5JuneGarry FletcherHuman Disturbance, Oil Spill Threat, Rare Species, Reports, Research, SARAOil Spill, Orca

In our recent Final submission of written evidence to the National Energy Board re Kinder Morgans TMX pipeline proposal, our Chapter 3 dealt with the severe threat to Cetaceans from the cumulative increase of vessel traffic from the project. Since writing that report, more references on this subject have come to light from another Intervenor

Exhibit List of the NEB for the Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain Pipeline Expansion Project

2JuneGarry FletcherMarine Reserves, Oil Spill Threat, Reports

The National Energy Board indexes all communications from Intervenors, KM/TMX , NEB and commentators at this website: A054 – National Energy Board – Exhibit List for Hearing Order OH-001-2014 (A61576) A54-1 – A – National Energy Board – A3Y9H1 Open Download 603 KB 07/08/2014 A54-2 – B – Trans Mountain Pipeline ULC – A3Y9H2 Open Download 3

Final Evidence Report Submitted to National Energy Board Environmental Assessment Process Hearings on Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain Expansion Project Application (KM-TMX)

28MayGarry FletcherEcological Monitoring, Marine Reserves, Oil Spill Threat, Reports, SARA

Final Evidence Report Submitted to: National Energy Board Environmental Assessment Process Hearings on Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain Expansion Project Application (KM-TMX) _______________________________________________ NOTE: URLS have had to be changed in several references related to Race Rocks –listed below: page23-24: (In C33-7-1) page 23 and 24: remove the /wp/ from URLS they now are correctly linked

Table 5: Significant Species and Conservation Status in 19 Marine Ecological Reserves

27MayGarry Fletcher300, Marine Reserves, Oil Spill Threat, Rare Species, Reports, SARACOSEWIC

High Density of Wandering Salamanders at Cleland Island Ecological Reserve, Clayoquot Sound, British Columbia

20MayGarry Fletcher1, Maps, Reports, Researchwanderingf salamander, Yellow-bordered Taildropper

Barbara Beasley, Ph.D. Association of Wetland Stewards for Clayoquot and Barkley Sounds P.O. Box 927, Ucluelet, B.C. V0R 3A0 This report describes the results of a 3.5-hour survey of Wandering Salamanders (Aneides vagrans) at Cleland Island on May 20, 2015. I searched under logs, Styrofoam and plastic floats, rotting cabin boards, and rocks within an

Mt Elphinstone Proposed Park Expansion

15MayGarry Fletcher156, BC Parks, ER Proposals, Management, Photos, ReportsElphinstone

From the Elphinstone Logging Focus website: https://www.ancientforestalliance.org/photos/mt-elphinstone-proposed-park-expansion/ Mt. Elphinstone Proposed Park Expansion Behind the town of Roberts Creek on BC’s Sunshine Coast lies the 140 hectare Mt. Elphinstone Provincial Park. Conservationists and local eco-group Elphinstone Logging Focus are calling for a 1500 hectare expansion of the park to include the surrounding endangered old-growth and mature

Motion to Compel KM to supply adequate responses to FER IR 2 Feb 26

26FebruaryGarry FletcherMarine Reserves, Oil Spill Threat, Reports

Delivered via online Filing

This filing can be viewed at:
http://docs.neb-one.gc.ca/fetch.asp?language=E&ID=A66957

Or See the PDF version here: Motion to compel KM to supply adequate responses to FER IR 2 Feb 26

__________________________________________________

To: National Energy Board “NEB” 444 Seventh Avenue SW
Calgary Alberta. T2P OX8

From: Board of Friends of Ecological Reserves
C/O Mike Fenger, President, Friends of Ecological Reserves
511 Foul Bay Road

Victoria BC V8S 4G9

Attention: Sheri Young

Re: Hearing order OH-001-2014
Trans Mountain Pipelines ULC (“ (“Trans Mountain”)
Application for Trans Mountain Expansion Project
Notion of Motion to Compel Full and Adequate Responses to Information Requests (IRs)

Please find enclosed the notice of motion to compel full and adequate responses to IRs, filed on behalf of the Board of Friends of Ecological Reserves (FER). The filing is in the form of a Table with colour coding as follows:

FER would like to take this opportunity to state that we reviewed all responses. For the inadequate responses we have provided clarification to support that claim. We have also retained all IRs and responses as we have learned from the adequately answered responses too, and these need to remain part of the record.

We have provided links to documents wherever possible through footnotes. We have used endnotes to display maps or portions of references provided by TMX when needed to support understanding of IRs.

Adequate Responses	Inadequate responses
4, 5, 10, 11, 14, 16, 18,21, 23, 25, 26	1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 9, 13, 15, 17, 19, 20, 24, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32.

Mike Fenger
President of Friends of Ecological Reserves
Garry Fletcher
Board member of Ecological Reserves

Cc: Board of Friends of Ecological Reserves

The Friends of Ecological Reserves Log : Winter, 2014

4JanuaryGarry FletcherNews, Newsletters, Reports

THE LOG Friends of Ecological Reserves NEWSLETTER: Autumn/Winter 2014 See the full pdf here: autumn-winter2014-colour-final-2 Contents: Christmas Yule Log by Mike Fenger B.C.’s Shrinking Ecological Reserves System: By Mike Fenger Invasive Interuptus: By Marilyn Lambert, Volunteer Warden, Oak Bay Island Ecological Reserve An Exemplary Ecological Reserve Warden: By Garry Fletcher Update on NEB-Kinder Morgan Trans

Parks Collaborative Workshop at Royal Roads

4JanuaryGarry FletcherBC Parks, Management, Reports

From the: THE LOG FRIENDS OF ECOLOGICAL RESERVES NEWSLETTER AUTUMN/WINTER 2014 Parks Collaborative Workshop at Royal Roads By Mike Fenger, Garry Fletcher and Marilyn Lambert Garry Fletcher, Marilyn Lambert and I attended a one-day workshop sponsored by the Elders Council for BC Parks. Marilyn and Garry brought their experience as board members and wardens of

FER Contribution to “Solving Wicked Problems”

4JanuaryGarry FletcherReports

From the: THE LOG FRIENDS OF ECOLOGICAL RESERVES NEWSLETTER AUTUMN/WINTER 2014 FER Contribution to “Solving Wicked Problems” By Jenny Feick, Ph.D. On September 30th in Kimberly, B.C. I presented a poster on behalf of the Friends of Ecological Reserves (FER) at a conference entitled “Solving Wicked Problems: Using Human Dimensions to Inform Natural Resource Management”.

Update on NEB-Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain Pipeline Project:

4JanuaryGarry Fletcher94, 97, Climate change, Marine Reserves, Oil Spill Threat, Reports

From the: THE LOG FRIENDS OF ECOLOGICAL RESERVES NEWSLETTER AUTUMN/WINTER 2014 Update on NEB-Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain Pipeline Project By Mike Fenger and Garry Fletcher In the 2014 Spring/Summer LOG, our editor Louise Beinhauer provided an excellent summary of the Information Requests that Friends of Ecological Reserves provided to Kinder Morgan (KM). This summary is

New Boreal Owl Record for Southern Vancouver Island for Race Rocks Ecological Reserve

29DecemberGarry Fletcher97, Photos, Rare Species, Reports, Warden Reports

Each year since 1997, Lester Pearson College has facilitated the Christmas Bird Count at Race Rocks . This year we established a new record for the distribution of the Boreal Owl in British Columbia. Below is the account of the event from the Race Rocks website. “December 28, 2014– Val George and myself were picked

FER meets with FLNRO .. December 2014 on Process for Ecological Reserve Creation

19DecemberGarry Fletcher156, BC Parks, ER Proposals, Logging old-growth, Management, ReportsFLNRO, process for ER creation

See the PDF version: lidstone From: Mike Fenger, President, Friends of Ecological Reserves511 Foul Bay Road Victoria BC V8S 4G9 To Allan Lidstone, Director, Resource Management Objectives. Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations Allan.lidstone@gov.bc.ca P.O. Box 9352 Stn Provincial Govt Victoria BC V8W 9M1 Re Meeting between FER representatives and Allan Lidstone, FLNRO,

Publications from Triangle Island Research

7DecemberGarry Fletcher13, Marine Reserves, Reports, Researchnesting seabirds, Seabird colonies

Ed note: This page was accessed at http://www.sfu.ca/biology/wildberg/bertram/triangle/trgpubs.html in December 2014. Note some links were not working at that time. Also note the lack of reference to the full title that should be used : “Triangle Island ( Anne Vallee) Ecological Reserve” Papers in Refereed JournalsHipfner, J.M., M.R. Charete and G.S. Blackburn. In press. Subcolony