| Forest District: Rocky Mountain |
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| Range Unit: Pickering
Hills |
| Nearest Community: Wardner |
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Year of Construction: Early 1960's
Size and Fence Type:
45x45m 6ft high wildlife fence.
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Biogeoclimatic Unit: IDFdm2
Site Series: 02 |
Elevation: 940
m
Slope: 15% Aspect: S |
| Soils: Fishertown (Orthic
Eutric Brunisol) |
| Leading Plant Species: Inside
(1993): Purshia tridentata, Poa pratensis, Apocynum androsaemifolium |
| Original Purpose: Livestock and
wildlife impact study. |
| Years Monitored: Early 60's, 1993 |
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Comments: Part of an undergraduate thesis project by Dennis
Demarchi. A series of four exclosures were built in the immediate
vicinity. Fences were deteriorating and three of the exclosures
were removed in 2000.
Reports:
Demarchi, Dennis, 1966. Effects of Excluding Livestock and Livestock
and Big Game on a Seral Shrub Community in the East Kootenay.
Univ. of British Columbia.
McCrae, C. 1993. East Kootenay Exclosure Assessment.
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| For Further
Information Contact:
Don Gayton, Ministry of Forests, Southern Interior Forest Region
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