Entangled Sea lion in Race Rocks Ecological Reserve
The following article from the Victoria Time Colonist with a video of an interview with Dr. Martin Haulena of the Vancouver Aquarium appeared in the Times Colonist on October 29 2024 concerning the rescue of an entangled sea lion at Race Rocks Ecological Reserve: https://www.timescolonist.com/local-news/gut-wrenching-sea-lion-with-mouth-sealed-by-netting-rescued-at-race-rocks-9727516
Hidden Gems, Ecological Reserves of British Columbia
. The hidden gems of British Columbia’s protected areas system are its ecological reserves, set aside for scientific study and education, not recreation. Two of the first ERs ever established sit above Columbia Lake at the headwaters of the Columbia Valley. Discover how a Czech refugee fleeing the Communists prompted B.C. to become the first
Race Rocks Ecological Reserve #97 Wardens report Dec. 2023
Race Rocks Ecological Reserve #97 Wardens Report December 2023
Zoom out – Zoom In .. A Celebration of the 50th Anniversary of BC Parks’ Ecological Reserves.
Often when we visit special ecological areas our observations are restricted to a limited view. In this video, we 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, Jamie Frith used
Trail Cam Videos from Chilliwack River ER
Jon Blais of the Fraser conservancy provided these videos from the trail canms , taken in 2021
Trail cam videos from Ross Lake ER.
Jon Blais provided these videos from the frazervalley conservancy trail cams. images from 2021
Videos on trail cams in Liumchen ER
Jon Blais provided these videos from the frazervalley conservancy trail cams. images from 2021 see also photos at https://ecoreserves.bc.ca/2021/12/16/trailcam-images-from-liumchen-er/
Trailcam images from Chilliwack River Ecological Reserves
Jon Blais provided these images from a trail cam installed in the Chilliwack Ecological Reserve in the summer of 2021
Trailcam images from Liumchen ER
Jon Blais of the Fraservalley Conservancy has provided these images from trail cameras installed in the reserve in 2021
Trailcam images from Ross lake ER
Jon Blais, of the Fraservalley Conservancy has provided these images taken with a trail cam in the Ross Lake Ecological reserve in the summer of 2021. The assisitance of volunteers to check on the cameras was essential.
The Forests and Vladimir Krajina
In 1978 The National Film Board of Canada produced a documentary on the work of Dr. Krajina called The Forests and Vladimir Krajina. Here is a link to the NFB. Description: Visually seductive, this film uncovers a few hard truths under the packaging. Dr. Vladimir Krajina, botanist and teacher, is waging a successful battle in
Triangle Island Film , featuring Bristol Foster
This National Film Board film of 1976 profiles Bristol Foster the First Director of the Ecological Reserves Division in British Columbia. It was made shortly after the creation of the Triangle Island – Anne Vallee Ecological Reserve
Friends of Ecological Reserves AGM .. Jan 29, 2021
The AGM for 2019 was delayed from last spring by Covid19 so we held it today on zoom. 83 individuals logged into the Zoom session. The presentation by Brian Starzomski and Kate McKeown can be found at https://ecoreserves.bc.ca/2021/01/29/the-bc-parks-inaturalist-project-fer-agm-presentation/ The following is the Business part of the meeting.
The BC Parks iNaturalist project- FER AGM presentation
This is the presentation by Brian Starzomski and Kate McKeown of the University of Victoria on the BC Parks iNaturalist project to discuss new tools for surveying biodiversity in protected areas, and how we can all contribute to an explosion in data for understanding The business part of the 2019 AGM can be found here.
The Dakota Bear Sanctuary Ecological Reserve Proposal
Our thanks to the Ross Muirhead of (ELF) Elphinstone Logging Focus for sending us this link to a new film that takes the viewer into the Dakota Bear Sanctuary, Squamish Nation, Sunshine Coast, B.C.The Dakota Bear Sanctuary. This link will provide all the posts on this website about the Dakota Bowl Ecological Reserve proposal. https://ecoreserves.bc.ca/category/er/156/
Contributions of Vladimir Krajina to Ecological Reserves in BC
This picture on the left is significant as it was taken by Hans Roemer when Dr. Krajina first visited what later became the Nimpkish Island Ecological Reserve. Hans says ” I took this photograph in June 1974, it shows Dr. Krajina, flanked by two foresters, making his way towards the largest Douglas-fir that then existed
Keeping the Options Open -1980- NFB film on Ecological Reserves in BC
NFB film on Ecological Reserves
AGM Panel Discussion on Kinder Morgan Pipeline
At the May 16 2018 Annual General Meeting of the Friends of Ecological Reserves a panel of four speakers presented their analysis of the Problems of the Kinder Morgan Trans-Mountain Pipeline Expansion program. https://youtu.be/XB1mfWrgH_c This Link provides the images from a presentation by Stafford Reid on Understanding Risks in the Marine Environment on shores of