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Johnstone Creek
2-way RRA

Forest District: Arrow Boundary

Range Unit: Johnstone Creek
Nearest Community: Rock Creek

Year of Construction: Old exclosure: early 1960's
New exclosure: 1995

Size and Fence Type: 1 ha (100x100m) livestock-proof fence; 1 ha grazed control; old exclosure (11x20 m).

Biogeoclimatic Unit: PPdh1/IDFdm1
Site Series: 04
Elevation: 950m
Slope: 10% Aspect SSW
Soils:
Leading Plant Species: Inside (1995): Lupinus sericeus, Poa pratensis, Geranium viscosissimum, Stipa nelsonii Outside (1995): Poa pratensis, Lupinus sericeus, Centaurea diffusa, Stipa nelsonii
Inside Old Exclosure (1995): Poa pratensis, Geranium viscosissimum, Koeleria macrantha, elymus spicatus
Original Purpose: (FRBC Range Reference Areas Program) to determine Potential Natural Community; to determine seral stage and impacts of management on seral stage.
Years Monitored: Old: 1986 and 1995. New:1995

Comments:  An old livestock-proof exclosure, built in the early 60's, is included within the current exclosure. Fence from old exclosure is removed, but corner posts are still in place. The old exclosure contains a single 25 m transect.

Reports:

For Further Information Contact:  Don Gayton, Ministry of Forests, Southern Interior Forest Region

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