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
There are many special areas of the province with sensitive ecosystems which need protection. Not all are well represented in our Parks / ER System so we encourage individuals to offer their proposals which we will carry and publicize on this website. In the Ecological Reserve Newsletter, The Log , we have often carried articles
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,
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