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