Marine Ecological Reserves : Their Future in an Oil-Spill disaster. G. Fletcher

The threat of a disastrous oil spill that would devastate some  marine ecological reserves in BC is looming ever larger.  Proposals for two separate sets of Pipelines to the Coast of British Columbia and the ensuing transport of diluted tar-sands bitumen ( dilbit) by giant tankers are now being considered by our governments. The first

Dewdney and Glide Islands Ecological Reserve Overview:

ORIGINAL PURPOSE To provide a research area containing extensive bog and fen ecosystems representative of outer islands along the northern mainland coast. Physical:  Most of the reserve is made up by low-lying Dewdney Island, the southernmost of the Estevan Group, which at low tide is connected to Barnard Island on the north. Many small islands,

Pit Polder Overview: Biological and Physical

ORIGINAL PURPOSE To preserve a fragment of the rapidly disappearing Fraser Valley boglands Physical: The reserve is situated near the northern edge of the Fraser Lowland on a large deltaic plain. Surficial materials originated from Pleistocene glaciation, subsequent marine invasion, and finally deposition of river-borne sediments. The Fraser River sediments, which originated as floodplain and