Description:
The focal Species at Risk (SAR) relying on the IDF ecosystem in this area include American badger, bighorn sheep, grizzly bear, Lewis’s woodpecker, and common nighthawk. The key measurable outcomes of Year 7 by the Nature Conservancy of Canada in the Marion Creek Benchlands, Thunder Hill Ranch, Dutch Creek Hoodoos and Columbia Lake Lot 48 Conservation Areas are as follows. The development of a forest thinning and prescribed fire preparatory prescription for Columbia Lake Lot 48, open forest thinning treatments of 58.12 hectares at Thunder Hill Ranch 3, open forest thinning and pile burning treatments of 15.97 hectares at Columbia Lake Lot 48, and removal of 2700 metres of derelict fencing at Columbia Lake Lot 48.

Keywords: species at risk; grasslands; restoration; fire treatment

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Organization: Nature Conservancy of Canada

Category: Forest & Grassland Restoration for Species at Risk

Focal Area: Columbia Lake

Resource Type: Report

Year: 2026