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Range Reference Areas
of the Southern Interior Forest Region

Columbia Lake East
2-way total RRA

Forest District: Rocky Mountain

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Range Unit: Armstrong
Nearest Community: Canal Flats

Year of Construction: 1996

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

Biogeoclimatic Unit: IDFun
Site Series:
Elevation:  860 m
Slope: 5% Aspect: W
Soils: Mayook (Orthic Eutric Brunisol)
Leading Plant Species: Pseudotsuga menziesii, Chrysothamnus nauseosus, lichens, Koeleria macrantha, Linum perenne
Original Purpose: (FRBC Range Reference Areas Program) to determine Potential Natural Community; to determine seral stage and impacts of wildlife management on seral stage.
Years Monitored: 1997

Comments: No livestock in this unit. Prime winter range for elk and deer. Nearby exclosure built by Dennis Demarchi in 1966 was torn down (date?) but data still available.

Reports:

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

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