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Big Sage Farwell
RRA

Forest District: Central Cariboo

Range Unit: Junction
Nearest Community: Riske Creek

Year of Construction: 1990

Size and Fence Type: 0.397 ha (63 x 63 m) 4-strand barbed wire livestock-proof fence

Biogeoclimatic Unit: BG xh3
Site Series:
Elevation: 570 m 
Slope: 4% Aspect: S
Soils:
Leading Plant Species:  1990: Stipa comata, Sporobolus cryptandrus, Opuntia fragilis, Lomatium macrocarpum, Artemisia frigida, Artemisia tridentata 1997: Stipa comata, Agropyron spicatum, Opuntia fragilis, Artemisia tridentata
Original Purpose: to establish a benchmark for a lower grassland community as requested by Dr. Alex McLean
Years Monitored: 1990, 1997

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Reports:

For Further Information Contact: Fred Knezevich, Ministry of Forests, Southern Interior Forest Region

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