Photographer, Writer, Mental Health & PTSD Educator, Explorer, Public Speaker - World First Achieved - Canadian First Achieved
Trying to manage not just the operations of Race Rocks but the thousands upon thousands of sea lions that reside within the reserve in the fall is like being a ringleader and a lion tamer blended together. It’s a hilarious balancing act of maintaining order within absolute chaos, with some sea lions having been trained to say yes and no by people to earn a better tip on a tour or for their own sheer entertainment, not considering the consequences of such actions. It’s an ecological reserve so this part of the job is not often understood. Yes, the wildlife has free rain, however, the interior, where the buildings sit, the lighthouse stands and elephant seals lounge and the eco guardian works, the currently lazy and yet at times extremely aggressive sea lions destroy and damage most everything so they must be kept along the borders, the outer rocks of Great Race Rock. The number one reason for this, though, is in fact that there are Native burial cairns. 7 Rings of rocks placed thousands of years ago, ceremoniously, that when sea lions move over them, roll the boulders easily and disrupt the traditions and history to which we do our best to protect. This balancing act gives the Eco guardian a space of maybe 100 metres diameter to move about for months on end while stationed and working as the sea lion tamer. • • #shareccpc #sharecangeo #shotoncanon #racerocksecologicalreserve #ecoguardian #explorevictoria #explorebc #explorecanada #hellobc #bcmag #bbcwildlife #bbcwildlifemagazine #natgeowild #yourshotphotographer #canoncanada #conservation #oceana #oceanwise #oceanwildlife #marinelife #bcferries #ecopcanada #unoceandecade #wwfcanada #rcgs_sgrc #theexplorersclub #conservethewonder #domoreforwildlife #sealion #sunset
