The AT Zone
Important Protected Areas
Protected Areas are ranked based on their importance as gene conservation reserves in the zone and in BC. Ranking is based on populations sizes of 10 and 5 ha cumulative cover. For information on methods see Hamann, A., Smets, P., Aitken, S. N. and Yanchuk, A. D. 2005. An ecogeographic framework for in situ conservation of forest trees in British Columbia. Can. J. For. Res. 35:2553-2561.
| Zone | BC | ||||
| Protected Areas | 10 ha | 5 ha | 10 ha | 5 ha | Species, estimated cumulative cover in ha |
| Cathedral | 1 | 1 | 22 | 26 | Larilya 17, Pinualb 17 |
| Snowy (PA) | 2 | 3 | 20 | 15 | Larilya 28, Pinualb 28 |
| Bugaboo | 3 | 4 | 153 | 169 | Larilya 14 |
| Height of the Rockies | 4 | 5 | 37 | 44 | Larilya 58 |
| Kootenay | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | Larilya 50 |
| Mount Assiniboine | 6 | 7 | 134 | 146 | Larilya 56 |
| Purcell Wilderness Conservancy | 7 | 8 | 4 | 3 | Larilya 235 |
| Babine Mountains | 8 | 10 | 157 | 168 | Pinualb 36 |
| Big Creek | 9 | 11 | 52 | 28 | Pinualb 43 |
| EC Manning | 10 | 15 | 3 | 5 | Pinualb 24 |
| Garibaldi | 11 | 16 | 21 | 9 | Pinualb 147 |
| Itcha Ilgachuz Park | 12 | 19 | 122 | 150 | Pinualb 96 |
| Kitlope Heritage Conservancy | 13 | 20 | 62 | 67 | Pinualb 14 |
| Mehatl Creek | 14 | 21 | 39 | 43 | Pinualb 23 |
| Spruce Lake (PA) | 15 | 22 | 68 | 51 | Pinualb 114 |
| Stein Valley | 16 | 23 | 29 | 30 | Pinualb 140 |
| Tsyl-os’ | 17 | 24 | 27 | 41 | Pinualb 41 |
| Tweedsmuir (South) | 18 | 25 | 5 | 4 | Pinualb 296 |
| Tweedsmuir North | 19 | 26 | 7 | 7 | Pinualb 31 |
| Kianuko | 20 | 2 | 38 | 57 | Larilya 6, Pinualb 6 |
| Top of the World | 21 | 9 | 172 | 136 | Larilya 8 |
| Birkenhead Lake | 22 | 12 | 54 | 36 | Pinualb 7 |
| Cascade | 23 | 13 | 125 | 135 | Pinualb 5 |
| Cayoosh Goats | 24 | 14 | 323 | 268 | Pinualb 8 |
| Granby | 25 | 17 | 115 | 97 | Pinualb 8 |
| Itcha Ilgachuz – Ilgachuz Range (ER) | 26 | 18 | na | 472 | Pinualb 7 |