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Range Reference Areas
of the Southern Interior Forest Region

Upper Gilpin
2-way RRA

Forest District: Arrow Boundary

Range Unit: Overton-Moody
Nearest Community: Grand Forks

Year of Construction: Small exclosure: 1973?
Large exclosure: 1995

Size and Fence Type: 1 ha (100x100m) livestock-proof fence; 1 ha grazed control; small exclosure approx 10x25m.

Biogeoclimatic Unit: PPdh1
Site Series: 01
Elevation: 825m
Slope: 19% Aspect: SSW
Soils:
Leading Plant Species: New exclosure:
Inside, 1995: Bromus tectorum, Vicia americana, Sisymbrium altissimum, Hypericum perforatum
Grazed Control, 1995: Bromus tectorum, Vicia americana, Sisymbrium altissimum, Hypericum perforatum

Old exclosure:
Inside, 1990: Symphoricarpus albus, Rosa sp., Hypericum perforatum, Stipa comata
Outside, 1990: Bromus tectorum, Bromus brizaeformis, Vicia americana, Stip

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, 1990. New: 1995

Comments:  A small wildlife exclosure, built in the 1970's, is included within the current exclosure. Fence from old exclosure is removed, but corner posts are still in place. Heavy shrub growth is present within the old exclosure.

Reports:

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

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