The MS 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 |
Kootenay | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | Abielas 1325, Acergla 386, Alnuinc 123, Alnuvir 262, Betuocc 20, Betupap 371, Junisco 59, Lariocc 415, Piceeng 239, Pinucon 2460, Poputre 968, Prunvir 26, Pseumen 3067, Salibeb 39, Salisco 61 |
Yoho | 2 | 2 | 8 | 10 | Abielas 1122, Acergla 327, Alnuinc 104, Alnuvir 222, Betuocc 17, Betupap 314, Junisco 50, Lariocc 352, Piceeng 202, Pinucon 2084, Poputre 820, Prunvir 22, Pseumen 2598, Salibeb 33, Salisco 52 |
Purcell Wilderness Conservancy | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | Abielas 120, Acergla 35, Alnuinc 11, Alnuvir 24, Betupap 34, Junisco 5, Lariocc 38, Piceeng 22, Pinucon 224, Poputre 88, Pseumen 279, Salibeb 4, Salisco 6 |
Whiteswan Lake | 4 | 4 | 64 | 77 | Abielas 92, Acergla 27, Alnuinc 9, Alnuvir 18, Betupap 26, Junisco 4, Lariocc 29, Piceeng 17, Pinucon 171, Poputre 67, Pseumen 213, Salibeb 3, Salisco 4 |
Height of the Rockies | 5 | 5 | 37 | 44 | Abielas 46, Acergla 13, Alnuinc 4, Alnuvir 9, Betupap 13, Lariocc 14, Piceeng 8, Pinucon 85, Poputre 33, Pseumen 106 |
nn7 | 6 | 9 | 117 | 125 | Abielas 215, Acergla 11, Alnuinc 11, Alnuvir 68, Lariocc 48, Piceeng 296, Pinucon 311, Poputre 8, Pseumen 121 |
Bonaparte | 7 | 12 | 131 | 163 | Abielas 391, Alnuinc 52, Alnuvir 105, Junisco 4, Piceeng 262, Pinucon 1362, Poputre 12, Pseumen 409, Salisco 14 |
Cathedral | 8 | 6 | 22 | 26 | Abielas 556, Alnuinc 74, Alnuvir 149, Junisco 7, Piceeng 373, Pinucon 1960, Poputre 33, Pseumen 589, Salisco 21 |
Snowy (PA) | 9 | 7 | 20 | 15 | Abielas 406, Alnuinc 49, Alnuvir 112, Junisco 7, Piceeng 289, Pinucon 1748, Poputre 18, Pseumen 525, Salisco 19 |
Tsyl-os’ | 10 | 10 | 27 | 41 | Abielas 1920, Alnuinc 195, Alnuvir 300, Piceeng 28, Pinucon 2123, Poputre 20, Pseumen 488, Salibeb 21 |
Tweedsmuir (South) | 11 | 11 | 5 | 4 | Abielas 171, Alnuinc 45, Alnuvir 19, Piceeng 55, Pinucon 1804, Poputre 32, Pseumen 30, Salibeb 43, Salisco 1 |
Itcha Ilgachuz Park | 12 | 14 | 122 | 150 | Alnuinc 97, Alnuvir 43, Piceeng 152, Pinucon 5009, Poputre 91, Salibeb 118 |
Big Creek | 13 | 16 | 52 | 28 | Abielas 106, Alnuinc 49, Piceeng 77, Pinucon 2526, Poputre 46, Salibeb 59 |
Marble Range | 14 | 18 | 128 | 160 | Abielas 264, Alnuinc 32, Alnuvir 73, Junisco 5, Piceeng 188, Pinucon 1137, Pseumen 342, Salisco 12 |
Myra Bellevue (PA) | 15 | 8 | 41 | 37 | Abielas 146, Acergla 8, Alnuinc 7, Alnuvir 46, Lariocc 33, Piceeng 200, Pinucon 210, Poputre 6, Pseumen 82 |
EC Manning | 16 | 13 | 3 | 5 | Abielas 364, Alnuinc 57, Alnuvir 93, Betuocc 4, Piceeng 216, Pinucon 727, Poputre 32, Pseumen 218, Salisco 7 |
Dunn Peak | 17 | 21 | 36 | 31 | Abielas 70, Alnuinc 11, Alnuvir 18, Piceeng 41, Pinucon 139, Poputre 6, Pseumen 42 |
Edge Hills | 18 | 17 | 33 | 19 | Abielas 158, Alnuinc 19, Alnuvir 43, Junisco 3, Piceeng 113, Pinucon 680, Pseumen 204, Salisco 7 |
Homathko River -Tatlayoko | 19 | 15 | 13 | 12 | Abielas 585, Alnuinc 68, Alnuvir 112, Piceeng 10, Pinucon 279, Pseumen 183, Salibeb 8 |
Antoine/Fred | 20 | 24 | 67 | 54 | Abielas 58, Alnuinc 7, Alnuvir 16, Piceeng 41, Pinucon 250, Pseumen 75, Salisco 3 |
Arrowstone | 21 | 25 | 34 | 32 | Abielas 68, Alnuinc 8, Alnuvir 19, Piceeng 49, Pinucon 293, Poputre 3, Pseumen 88, Salisco 3 |
Eneas Lakes | 22 | 22 | 252 | 232 | Abielas 64, Alnuinc 10, Alnuvir 16, Piceeng 38, Pinucon 127, Poputre 6, Pseumen 38 |
Marble Canyon | 23 | 26 | 83 | 68 | Abielas 47, Alnuinc 6, Alnuvir 13, Piceeng 34, Pinucon 204, Pseumen 61 |
Pennask (PA) | 24 | 27 | 253 | 273 | Abielas 42, Alnuinc 5, Alnuvir 11, Piceeng 30, Pinucon 174, Pseumen 52 |
Southern Chilcotin M | 25 | 30 | 224 | 258 | Abielas 116, Alnuvir 24, Piceeng 29, Pinucon 112, Pseumen 43 |
Spruce Lake (PA) | 26 | 20 | 68 | 51 | Abielas 308, Acergla 5, Alnuinc 4, Alnuvir 63, Piceeng 78, Pinucon 298, Pseumen 115 |
Stein Valley | 27 | 31 | 29 | 30 | Abielas 90, Alnuvir 18, Piceeng 23, Pinucon 88, Pseumen 34 |
Trepanier (PA) | 28 | 23 | 123 | 101 | Abielas 63, Alnuinc 10, Alnuvir 16, Piceeng 37, Pinucon 125, Poputre 5, Pseumen 37 |
Cornwall Hills | 29 | 37 | 259 | 284 | Abielas 15, Alnuvir 4, Piceeng 11, Pinucon 64, Pseumen 19 |
Okanagan Mountain | 30 | 19 | 19 | 25 | Abielas 27, Alnuvir 9, Lariocc 6, Piceeng 38, Pinucon 39, Pseumen 15 |
South Okanagan Grasslands (PA) | 31 | 29 | 15 | 16 | Abielas 18, Alnuvir 5, Piceeng 13, Pinucon 79, Pseumen 24 |
Conkle Lake | 32 | 36 | 183 | 199 | Abielas 11, Alnuvir 3, Piceeng 15, Pinucon 15, Pseumen 6 |
Blue Earth Lake | 33 | 33 | 305 | 326 | Abielas 14, Alnuvir 4, Piceeng 10, Pinucon 58, Pseumen 18 |
Brent Mountain | 34 | 34 | 297 | 292 | Abielas 12, Alnuvir 3, Piceeng 9, Pinucon 54, Pseumen 16 |
Bridge Delta | 35 | 28 | 155 | 144 | Abielas 29, Alnuvir 6, Piceeng 7, Pinucon 28, Pseumen 11 |
Yalakom | 36 | 39 | 173 | 171 | Abielas 12, Alnuvir 3, Piceeng 7, Pinucon 38, Pseumen 12 |
Arthur Seat | 37 | 32 | 159 | 84 | Abielas 8, Piceeng 6, Pinucon 34, Pseumen 10 |
Cayoosh Goats | 38 | 35 | 323 | 268 | Abielas 21, Alnuvir 4, Piceeng 5, Pinucon 20, Pseumen 8 |
Ram Creek (ER) | 39 | 41 | 398 | 421 | Abielas 6, Pinucon 11, Poputre 4, Pseumen 14 |
Skwaha Lake (ER) | 40 | 38 | 309 | 295 | Abielas 8, Piceeng 6, Pinucon 35, Pseumen 11 |
Bedard Aspen | 41 | 42 | 512 | 463 | Abielas 5, Piceeng 3, Pinucon 20, Pseumen 6 |
Churn Creek | 42 | 46 | 1 | 2 | Abielas 3, Pinucon 78 |
Fintry (PA) | 43 | 43 | 136 | 157 | Abielas 6, Piceeng 4, Pinucon 13, Pseumen 4 |
Lac Le Jeune | 44 | 47 | 513 | 603 | Abielas 3, Pinucon 14, Pseumen 4 |
Mount Savona | 45 | 44 | 457 | 419 | Abielas 5, Piceeng 3, Pinucon 20, Pseumen 6 |
Narcosli Lake | 46 | 48 | 209 | 180 | Pinucon 15 |
Pennask | 47 | 49 | 514 | 604 | Abielas 3, Pinucon 11, Pseumen 3 |
Pennask Lake | 48 | 40 | 515 | 420 | Abielas 7, Piceeng 5, Pinucon 28, Pseumen 8 |
Swan Lake | 49 | 50 | 407 | 427 | Abielas 5, Piceeng 3, Pinucon 109, Salibeb 3 |
Brent | na | 45 | 603 | 514 | Abielas 3, Pinucon 7 |
Walloper Lake | na | 51 | na | 605 | Pinucon 7 |