| Forest District: Arrow
Boundary |
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| Range Unit: Ingram-Boundary |
| Nearest Community: Midway |
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Year of Construction: 1995
Size and Fence Type: 1 ha (100x100m) livestock-proof;
1 ha wildlife-proof (8 ft fence); 1 ha grazed control.
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Biogeoclimatic Unit: PPdh1
Site Series: 01 |
Elevation: 920m
Slope: 12% Aspect: SW |
| Soils: Orthic Black
Chernozem (Thompson, 1991) |
| Leading Plant Species: Grazed
Control (1996): Stipa columbiana, Centaurea diffusa, Lupinus
sericeus, Achillea millefolium |
| Original Purpose: (FRBC Range Reference
Areas Program) to determine Potential Natural Community; to determine
seral stage and impacts of management on seral stage; to separate
livestock and wildlife impacts on plant communities. |
| Years Monitored: 1996 |
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Comments: Livestock turnout pasture with high deer
and elk use in late winter/early spring. Meteorological station
about 2 km distant, at roughly same elevation and aspect. Soils
data available from 1990-94 Tordon trial, adjacent to meteorological
station.
Reports: Tordon Trial files (soils, soil moisture and
meteorological information) Regional Hydrologist, Nelson Forest
Region.
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| For Further
Information Contact:
Don Gayton, Ministry of Forests, Southern Interior Forest Region
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