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Premier Ridge
2-way total RRA

Forest District: Rocky Mountain

Range Unit: Wolf-Sheep Creek
Nearest Community: Skookumchuk

Year of Construction: 1991

Size and Fence Type: 0.7 ha (70x100m) 8ft wildlife proof fence; 0.7 ha grazed control.

Biogeoclimatic Unit: IDFdm2
Site Series: 03
Elevation: 920 m
Slope: 11% Aspect: SSW
Soils: Flatbow and Wycliffe (Orthic Eutric Brunisols)
Leading Plant Species: Inside, 1994: Poa pratensis, Stipa occidentalis, Purshia tridentata Outside, 1994: Poa pratensis, Purshia tridentata, Stipa occidentalis
Original Purpose: Established by the East Kootenay Trench Agriculture/Wildlife Project as part of the Vegetation Monitoring Program, to determine relative impacts of livestock and wildlife on Crown range.
Years Monitored: 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1998

Comments: Detailed data on this exclosure (plant cover, forage and shrub usage and ungulate diets) available in Ross 1997.

Reports: Ross, 1997. Vegetation Monitoring Program Final Report for the East Kootenay Trench Agriculture/Wildlife Committee.

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

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