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Forest District: Kootenay Lake

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Range Unit: Yahk
Nearest Community: Yahk
Year of Construction: 1995
Biogeoclimatic Unit: MSdk
Site Series: 06
Elevation:  1150 m
Slope: 0%
Soils:
Leading Plant Species: Carex aquatilis, Poa pratensis, Carex utricularia, Erigeron subtrinervis, Phleum pratense, Salix drummondiana
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: 1996, 1999
Comments: Extensive wetland area, used by livestock and moose. Encloses a portion of Freeman Creek.
For Further Information Contact:  Don Gayton, Ministry of Forests, Southern Interior Forest Region

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