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Range Reference Areas
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Gold Creek
3-way total RRA

Forest District: Rocky Mountain

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Range Unit: Gold Creek-Plumbob
Nearest Community: Newgate

Year of Construction: 1995

Size and Fence Type:
1 ha (100x100m) livestock-proof; 1 ha wildlife-proof (8ft fence); 1 ha grazed control.

Biogeoclimatic Unit: PPdh2
Site Series: 01
Elevation:  810 m
Slope: 4% Aspect: S
Soils: Wycliffe (Orthic Eutric Brunisol)
Leading Plant Species: Symphoricarpus albus, Rosa woodsii, Poa pratensis, Purshia tridentata
Original Purpose: (FRBC Range Reference Areas Program) to determine Potential Natural Community; to determine seral stage and impacts of management on seral stage; to separate livestock and wildlife impacts on plant communities.
Years Monitored: 1966

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

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