Ron Long has assembled this report on field research that illustrates the unique biodiversity of Pink Mountain. This is an area that the Friends of Ecological Reserve considers to have the ideal characteristics to be designated as an Ecological Reserve. See this 11 Mg pdf: Pink Mountain report here: Pink Mountain See this 11
Often when we visit special ecological areas our observations are restricted to a limited view. In 2021 Along with Jamie Frith, I visited six diverse Ecological Reserves with the goal of revealing some of their special features from a distant viewpoint as well as a close up one. Under a special permit from BC Parks,
Title: The effects of sea otter (Enhydra lutris) foraging on shallow rocky communities off northwestern Vancouver Island, British Columbia, by Watson, Jane Catherine, Ph.D, report of 1993 Click on following link for the full report Watson 1993 PhD Thesis OCR !! THE EFFECTS OF SEA OTTER (ENHYDRA LUTRlS) FORAGING ON SHALLOW ROCKY COMMUNITIES OFF NORTHWESTERN VANCOUVER ISLAND Jane Catherine
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 final written Argument in Chief that the Friends of Ecological reserves submitted is referenced on the National Energy Board website at: https://apps.neb-one.gc.ca/REGDOCS/Item/View/2450919 The Final Exhibit List with comments of all the intervenors during the National Energy Board hearings on the Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain Pipeline since 2014 are included here: https://docs.neb-one.gc.ca/ll-eng/llisapi.dll?func=ll&objId=2484704&objAction=browse&viewType=1
I recently came across an article in the Tyee taken from the– –Hakai magazine about the negative human impact on wild populations by size selection in fisheries and hunting. “Humans Kill 14 Times More Adult Fish than Wild Predators” The research was authored by Dr. Tom Reimchen and former students , with some of the
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
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),
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
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
ER warden Doug Biffard supplied this map of the area in the ten mile point reserve where plots have been laid out for an Ecological Monitoring program.
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
In the first round of information requests , FER submitted 14 questions and had responses issued from Trans Mountain. We reviewed those answers and found that most of them were wholly inadequate as proper responses . Most of their justifications for their responses to our round one information requests which we rated as inadequate came
In June of 2013, Friends of Ecological Reserves applied for funding support to work with regional Parks staff to review ER-specific files held in regional offices. The goal was to look for ER-specific information not already on the Parks website (http://www.env.gov.bc.ca/bcparks/eco_reserve/) or on the Friends of Ecological Reserves website (https://ecoreserves.bc.ca/). In 2012, FER had reviewed
Friends of Ecological Reserves lost a long time stalwart Board member Tom Gillespie late in the fall of 2013 and we continue to appreciate and miss all his volunteer hours. Other Board members are stepping up to fill his shoes. Considering FER has no staff, I am amazed at just how much this organization does
Long term ecological monitoring. http://www.env.gov.bc.ca/bcparks/conserve/ecological-integrity-def-and-perf-indicators.pdf The following refers to a model for the Marine Monitoring technique being developed for BC Parks http://cbsurveys.ucsc.edu/siteinfo/bc/duck.html
By Garry Fletcher Presentation Outline : When Ecological Reserves (ERs) were first being set up from 1971 on, some universities and colleges in British Columbia went to great lengths to involve their faculty and students in baseline research and ecological documentation. In this presentation, the following areas will be highlighted: From the LOG, The Friends
BC Protected Areas Research Forum: Conservation Connections, Thompson River University, Kamloops, BC December 5, 2013 by Garry Fletcher of Friends of Ecological Reserves. Presentation Outline: •When Ecological Reserves were first being set up from 1971 on, some universities and colleges in British Columbia went to great lengths to involve their faculty and students in baseline