Natural Resources:
The natural resource of Muskwa-Kechika has minerals, animals and plants. The minerals found in Muskwa-Kechika are gold, tin-tungsten,
sedex, copper, silver. Muskwa-Kechika Ecosystem has a large percentage of the worlds population of grizzly bears, caribou, moose, wolves,
wolverines, native trout and stone sheep. Some of the animals found in this area are endangered but because this area has a large number of provincial parks most of the animals are protected from being hunted by humans. There are many different kinds of trees including white spruce, lodge pole pines, trembling aspens, spruce willow birch, boreal white and black spruces, englemann spruce and subalpine fir.
There are many unique things in Muskwa-kechika. Muskwa-kechika has a large number of provincial parks. There are also special protected areas where people have to follow strict rules if they want to mine, digging for oil and gas or do forestry activity. This large area,
roughly the size of Ireland, is a mainly roadless wilderness. Some things that are unique in our area are some animals such as woodland
caribou which are very endangered and rare are in Muskwa-Kechika. We also have grizzly bears and wolves which are also quite endangered and rare. Another unique thing about Muskwa-Kechika is that it has a number of major wetlands
There are a number of trees, plants and animals in Muskwa-Kechika. At the bottom of mountains and in valleys there are white spruce, lodge pole pines and trembling aspens. At the middle and top of a mountain there are spruce willow birch, boreal white and black spruces,
engelmann spruce and subalpine fir. A deciduous tree looses its leaves in the fall and the leaves grow back in the spring. An example of a
deciduous tree in our area is a trembling aspen. A trembling aspen can grow up to 25 meters tall its bark is greenish white and it grows best
in soil that has lots of calcium. A coniferous tree is a tree that doesn't have leaves it has pine needles and the pine needles don't fall off. An example of a coniferous tree is a lodge pole pine. A lodge pole pine has two needles in a bunch and the needles are often twisted in a spiral shape. The bark of the lodge pole pine is orangey brown. Subalpine fir is a coniferous tree that is 20 to 50 meters tall. The needles to the subalpine fir are blue-green with a single white band on the top.
One of the animals in Muskwa-Kechika is the moose and they are the largest member of the deer family. Male moose are called bull moose
and they are known for their huge cupped shaped antlers that can grow 6 feet from end to end. Moose like wetlands and because there are so many wetlands in the Muskwa-Kechika area many moose would live there. Moose can live 15 to 20 years out in the wild.
The natural resource of Muskwa-Kechika has minerals, animals and plants. The minerals found in Muskwa-Kechika are gold, tin-tungsten,
sedex, copper, silver. Muskwa-Kechika Ecosystem has a large percentage of the worlds population of grizzly bears, caribou, moose, wolves,
wolverines, native trout and stone sheep. Some of the animals found in this area are endangered but because this area has a large number of provincial parks most of the animals are protected from being hunted by humans. There are many different kinds of trees including white spruce, lodge pole pines, trembling aspens, spruce willow birch, boreal white and black spruces, englemann spruce and subalpine fir.
There are many unique things in Muskwa-kechika. Muskwa-kechika has a large number of provincial parks. There are also special protected areas where people have to follow strict rules if they want to mine, digging for oil and gas or do forestry activity. This large area,
roughly the size of Ireland, is a mainly roadless wilderness. Some things that are unique in our area are some animals such as woodland
caribou which are very endangered and rare are in Muskwa-Kechika. We also have grizzly bears and wolves which are also quite endangered and rare. Another unique thing about Muskwa-Kechika is that it has a number of major wetlands
There are a number of trees, plants and animals in Muskwa-Kechika. At the bottom of mountains and in valleys there are white spruce, lodge pole pines and trembling aspens. At the middle and top of a mountain there are spruce willow birch, boreal white and black spruces,
engelmann spruce and subalpine fir. A deciduous tree looses its leaves in the fall and the leaves grow back in the spring. An example of a
deciduous tree in our area is a trembling aspen. A trembling aspen can grow up to 25 meters tall its bark is greenish white and it grows best
in soil that has lots of calcium. A coniferous tree is a tree that doesn't have leaves it has pine needles and the pine needles don't fall off. An example of a coniferous tree is a lodge pole pine. A lodge pole pine has two needles in a bunch and the needles are often twisted in a spiral shape. The bark of the lodge pole pine is orangey brown. Subalpine fir is a coniferous tree that is 20 to 50 meters tall. The needles to the subalpine fir are blue-green with a single white band on the top.
One of the animals in Muskwa-Kechika is the moose and they are the largest member of the deer family. Male moose are called bull moose
and they are known for their huge cupped shaped antlers that can grow 6 feet from end to end. Moose like wetlands and because there are so many wetlands in the Muskwa-Kechika area many moose would live there. Moose can live 15 to 20 years out in the wild.
By Justin, Thomas, Shaan
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Task 1 |
Muskwa-Kechika Ecosystem is 16 000 000 acres (16 million acres) in northern British Columbia (B.C) roughly the size of Ireland. This area is valued for its ecosystem. The Muskwa-Kechika
Management Area has many different ecosystems. Some that you might now about wetlands such as bogs and fens, alpine areas, mid-slope areas and river valleys. This ecosystem is useful to a lot of animals especially grizzly bear and woodland caribou they can be healthy because of th eecosystem has a mainly roadless wilderness which is good for the variety of animals. |