ECOLOGICAL MAPPING

• Forest Cover Maps
  are produced by the Ministry of Forests in British Columbia. The landscape is partitioned into polygons, each containing a stand of trees with roughly the same attributes (i.e., age, height, crown class). Forest Cover Maps exist for the entire Columbia Forest District, EXCLUDING NATIONAL PARKS.
   
• Terrestrial Ecosystem Maps (TEM)
  DO NOT EXIST FOR THE ILLECILLEWAET AND BEAVER RIVER WATERSHEDS. Few watersheds in the Columbia Forest District have TEM maps.
   
• Ecological Land Classification (ELC)
  is a system of classifying homogeneous landscape areas or units according to their ecological characteristics. This system applies to NATIONAL PARKS ONLY. Factors such as soils, vegetation, bedrock, drainage class, and associated wildlife are described.
   
• Additional Information
   
• Annotated References