| Forest District: Rocky Mountain |
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| Range Unit: Sheep
Creek North |
| Nearest Community: Skookumchuk |
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Year of Construction: 1983
Size and Fence Type: 15x31m livestock-proof.
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Biogeoclimatic Unit: IDFdm2
Site Series: 02 |
Elevation: 1200 m
Slope: 23% Aspect: W |
| Soils: Wycliffe (Orthic
Eutric Brunisol) |
| Leading Plant Species: Inside (1987):
Calamagrostis canadensis, Shepherdia canadensis, Poa compressa,
Festuca scabrella, Antennaria microphylla, Koeleria macrantha
Outside (1987): Arctostaphylos uva-ursi, Calamagrostis canadensis,
Poa compressa, Chrysopsis villosa, Shepherdia canadensis |
| Original Purpose: Wild sheep study |
| Years Monitored: 1984, 1987 |
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Comments: Area treated with prescribed burn, April, 1998,
but area within the exclosure did not burn. Douglas-fir encroachment
is now evident in the exclosure.
Reports: Davidson, 1991. East Kootenay Bighorn Sheep Enhancement
Project Completion Report
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| For Further
Information Contact:
Don Gayton, Ministry of Forests, Southern Interior Forest Region
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