Terrestrial Ecosystem Mapping (TEM) Projectsdone in the Babine Watershed Monitoring Area

Haeussler Rare Ecosystem Survey

Big Slide TEM

Nilkitkwa TEM

Tommy Jack Pass TEM

Southern Parks Access Area Mapping

Lea and Kowell Biophysical Mapping

Study Area

250k Rivers

250k Lakes MapSources/Notes: Data layers provided through BWMT.Data provided by Gential Botanical Research.Mapping April 2012, A.Roberts.

/UTM Zone 9N NAD83 Datum

0 2 4 61

Kilometers

Lea and Kowall Biophysical Habitat Mapping - Rare Ecosystems Units that may support rare plant communities:

Moderate to High likelihood:CD:Black cottonwood floodplainST:Hybrid spruce floodplain forestBD:Paper birch fluvial fanLS:Lodgepole pine fluvial terraceBF:Paper birch south aspectAH:Trembling Aspen seral forestBS:Black spruce bogHO:Horsetail swamp

Biophysical Mapping Area

Study Area

250k Rivers

250k Lakes

MapSources/Notes: Data layers provided through BWMT.Data provided by Gential Botanical Research.Mapping April 2012, A.Roberts.

/UTM Zone 9N NAD83 Datum

0 2.5 5 7.51.25

Kilometers

Nilkitkwa TEM-Rare EcosystemsPolygons mapped as containing:

SBSmc2/03ESSFmc/02Herbaceous Meadows

Study Area250k Rivers250k Lakes

MapSources/Notes: Data layers provided through BWMT.Data provided by Gential Botanical Research.Mapping April 2012, A.Roberts.

/UTM Zone 9N NAD83 Datum

0 0.8 1.6 2.40.4

Kilometers

Nilkitkwa TEM- Sensitive EcosystemsPolygons mapped as containing:

Avalanche ChutesCarex FensWet Seepage MeadowsLabrador Tea -Sphagnum bogsDrummond's Willow-Alder FloodplainWillow Twinberry Floodplain Carr

Study Area250k Rivers250k Lakes

MapSources/Notes: Data layers provided through BWMT.Data provided by Gential Botanical Research.Mapping April 2012, A.Roberts.

/UTM Zone 9N NAD83 Datum

0 0.75 1.5 2.250.375

Kilometers

Tommy Jack Pass - Rare EcosystemsPolygons mapped as containing:

ESSFwv/02

Study Area250k Rivers250k Lakes

MapSources/Notes: Data layers provided through BWMT.Data provided by Gential Botanical Research.Mapping April 2012, A.Roberts.

/UTM Zone 9N NAD83 Datum

0 0.4 0.8 1.20.2

Kilometers

Tommy Jack Pass TEM- Sensitive Ecosystems

Polygons mapped as containing:Alder Fern Avalanche ChuteWet seepage meadowHerb meadowWater sedge fenWillow-water sedge fen

Study Area250k Rivers250k Lakes

MapSources/Notes: Data layers provided through BWMT.Data provided by Gential Botanical Research.Mapping April 2012, A.Roberts.

/UTM Zone 9N NAD83 Datum

0 0.5 1 1.50.25

Kilometers

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MapSources/Notes: Data layers provided through BWMT.Data provided by Gential Botanical Research.Mapping April 2012, A.Roberts.

Sites from Provincial Plot Data

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Study Area

250k Rivers

250k Lakes

/UTM Zone 9N NAD83 Datum

0 4 8 122

Kilometers

Predictive Ecosystem Mapping (PEM) Projectsdone in the Babine Watershed Monitoring Area

Kispiox PEM Rare EcosystemsICHmc1, mc2/02ESSFmc,mcp/02ESSFwv,wvp/02ICHmc1/05, mc2/06

ICHmc1, mc2/52/53/54ICHmc1/06, mc2/07

Bulkley PEM Rare EcosystemsSBSmc2/03ESSFmcw/03ESSFmc/02ESSFmcw/02

Study Area

District Boundary

250k Rivers

250k Lakes

MapSources/Notes: Data layers provided through BWMT.Data provided by Gential Botanical Research.Mapping April 2012, A.Roberts.

/UTM Zone 9N NAD83 Datum

0 2 4 61

Kilometers

Predictive Ecosystem Mapping (PEM) Projectsdone in the Babine Watershed Monitoring Area

Kispiox PEM Sensitive EcosystemsAvalanche chutes - coolAvalanche chutes - warmAlder-willow communitySubalpine deciduousWetlands and wet meadowsHerbaceous meadows

Bulkley PEM Sensitive EcosystemsAvalanche chutesAlder-willow communityNon-forested wetlandsHigh elevation wetlandsRiparian meadowWet meadowsHerbaceous meadows

Study Area

District Boundary

250k Rivers

250k Lakes

MapSources/Notes: Data layers provided through BWMT.Data provided by Gential Botanical Research.Mapping April 2012, A.Roberts.

/UTM Zone 9N NAD83 Datum

0 2 4 61

Kilometers

Bulkley TSA Ecological Exception Mapping

Shallow soilsBedrock controlled

Very coarse textured soilCoarse textured soilDry grassland

Mesic meadowVery wet seepage

Non-forested floodplainForested floodplainFluvial fan

Lower likelihood of rare ecosystems:Forested wetlandsNon-forested wetlands

Permanent shrubsAvalanche chutesRhododendron shrubs

Study Area250k Rivers

250k Lakes

MapSources/Notes: Data layers provided through BWMT.Data provided by Gential Botanical Research.Mapping April 2012, A.Roberts.

/UTM Zone 9N NAD83 Datum

0 2 4 61

Kilometers