Heather lake Ecological Reserve ER #87

ORIGINAL PURPOSE To protect representative trembling aspen stands and associated vegetation  and fauna within the Sub-Boreal Spruce Zone OVERVIEW Physical: The reserve encompasses an elongate, well-drained, northwest-southeast trending ridge with a low, rounded summit. The ridge lies at the eastern edge of the floor of the Rocky Mountain Trench, a structurally controlled valley with considerable

Patsuk Creek Ecological Reserve #85 Overview, Physical and Biological

ORIGINAL PURPOSE To protect excellent examples of paper birch forest and a rich assemblage of associated plants. Physical: The reserve is situated on moderate to steep mountain slopes bordering Patsuk Creek, which flows from the Misinchinka Range into Parsnip Reach of Williston Lake via Six Mile Creek. Most of the reserve is south of the