| Forest District: Rocky Mountain |
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| Range Unit: TaTa-Skookumchuk |
| Nearest Community: Skookumchuk |
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Year of Construction: 1951
Size and Fence Type: 60x60m 8ft wildlife proof fence.
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Biogeoclimatic Unit: PPdh2
Site Series: 02b |
Elevation: 800 m
Slope: 0% |
| Soils: Fishertown (Orthic
Eutric Brunisols) |
| Leading Plant Species: Inside, 1994:
Festuca scabrella, Festuca idahoensis, Pinus ponderosa, Agropryon
spicatum Outside, 1994: Stipa comata, Koeleria macrantha,
Agropyron spicatum, Senecio canus |
| Original Purpose: Established by
Alastair McLean, Agriculture Canada, Kamloops, to investigate grazing
impacts, in 1952. EKTAWC Vegetation Monitoring Project added a new
exclosure to the south of existing exclosure in 1991. This is the
oldest known RRA in southeastern British Columbia. |
| Years Monitored: 1960, 1970, 1982,
1991, 1992, 1993, 1994 |
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Comments: Detailed plant cover data for this RRA is available
in Ross (1997). Heavy grass litter accumulation inside the exclosure
has resulted in a flush of ponderosa pine seedling establishment.
Reports: Ross, 1997. Vegetation Monitoring Program Final
Report for the East Kootenay Trench Agriculture/Wildlife Committee
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| For Further
Information Contact:
Don Gayton, Ministry of Forests, Southern Interior Forest Region
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