Pink Mountain Provincial Park

Coordinates: 57°2′40″N 122°52′24″W / 57.04444°N 122.87333°W / 57.04444; -122.87333
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Pink Mountain Provincial Park
Pink Mountain, Fort St. John
Coordinates57°2′40″N 122°52′24″W / 57.04444°N 122.87333°W / 57.04444; -122.87333
Area98 ha (240 acres)
Established1999
Governing bodyBC Parks

Pink Mountain Provincial Park is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada.

History

The park was traditionally used by the

Mesozoic Era
.

Geography

Pink Mountain Provincial Park is located in the

subalpine zone, located at 1100 to 1550 m elevation consists primarily of black and white spruce, lodgepole pine, willow and birch. Above 1550 m, the area consists of alpine tundra vegetation. The vegetation consists of shrubs, herbs, mosses and lichens which all contribute to support the significant diversity of wildlife species.[2]

Wildlife

Pink Mountain protects important habitat for numerous large herbivores such as

caribou, elk and moose. Plains bison, a relative newcomer to the area, was introduced in 1968 and has since thrived.[3] The area is also internationally recognized for its arctic butterflies, which are at their southernmost limit of distribution. Butterflies are attracted to Pink Mountain by the unmatched concentration of tundra plants. The diversity of plants is unique. Peaks of similar elevation in the area do not display anything like the variety of arctic/alpine plants that occurs on Pink Mountain. Significant species found within the park and surrounding area include grizzly and black bear, lynx, fisher, and wolverine
.

Caribou

The Pink Mountain caribou herd, also referred to as the Sikanni Chief, Cypress River, Prophet River, Cameron-Chowade, and Beatton-Blueberry caribou herd,

COSEWIC).[5][6] blue-listed (special concern status) provincially by the British Columbia Conservation Data Centre.[6] In 1996 there were 1,300 animals.[4] By 2002 the numbers had declined to 850 animals and was declining (IWMS 2004).[7]

Access

Pink Mountain Provincial Park is located approximately 180 km northwest of Fort St. John. It is reached by turning west off the Alaska Highway at mile 147, onto Road #192. This road proceeds in a south-westerly direction for 16 km. At this point there is a fork in the road, access to Pink Mountain is by the northerly fork which travels up Pink Mountain via a number of switchbacks. The road to the summit of Pink Mountain is not maintained in winter and is accessible by vehicle only from late spring to fall.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Pink Mountain Park". Protected Planet. Retrieved 2020-09-16.
  2. ^ Environment, Ministry of. "Ministry of Environment - Pink Mountain". bcparks.ca. Retrieved 2021-07-26.
  3. ^ Hoar, Bruce (2021-04-23). "Bison Habitat Suitability Project". ArcGIS StoryMaps. Retrieved 2021-10-23.
  4. ^
    doi:10.7557/2.18.5.1548
  5. ^ Thomas, D. C.; Gray, D.R. (2002), Update COSEWIC status report on the woodland caribou Rangifer tarandus caribou in Canada, in COSEWIC assessment and update status report on the woodland caribou Rangifer tarandus caribou in Canada, Ottawa: Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada, p. 98
  6. ^ a b Anderson, Morgan (6 June 2012), "Besa-Prophet Northern Caribou and Stone's Sheep Ungulate Winter Range (U-9-005) and Wildlife Habitat Area (9-150 to 9-160) Proposal" (PDF), BC Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations, no. 10, pp. 117–123, retrieved 20 October 2014
  7. ^ Cichowski, D.; Kinley, T.; Churchill, B. (2004), Caribou in Accounts and Measures for Managing Identified Wildlife, Identified Wildlife Management Strategy (IWMS), Victoria, BC: Ministry of Environment

External links

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