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Big Knife Provincial Park campground guide

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Provides information for campers at Big Knife Provincial Park. The guide includes a map of the park and surrounding area, and contacts for more information such as learning about any active fire bans.

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Lepidoptera of Big Knife Provincial Park, 2001-2011

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Provincial Parks and other areas where natural vegetation is protected are of great value as the flora and fauna present in them is typical of what was in Alberta before widespread agricultural... More ≫

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Provincial Parks and other areas where natural vegetation is protected are of great value as the flora and fauna present in them is typical of what was in Alberta before widespread agricultural activities replaced them with flora and fauna that was reduced in numbers and made up of species that were associated with cultivated grains and hay crops. As a result, many of Alberta's "rare and endangered" species are now found only, or mainly, in such protected areas. There is still much to be learned about the distribution and status of lepidopteran (moth and butterfly) species in south-central Alberta. Baseline studies of this sort provide information that helps characterize the species associated with various ecoregions, in the present case Aspen Parkland; determine the status designations (abundant, common, rare, endangered) of various species; show the effects of grazing on species composition and abundance; and allow the examination of many other parameters, including phenology, dry...

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Big Knife Provincial Park natural history theme classification

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The classification on maps 2 and 3 includes: level 1- Landforms and Surficial Materials; level 2- Broad Vegetation Class and Associated Soil Great Groups; level 3- Vegetation Communities (in bold)... More ≫

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The classification on maps 2 and 3 includes: level 1- Landforms and Surficial Materials; level 2- Broad Vegetation Class and Associated Soil Great Groups; level 3- Vegetation Communities (in bold) and Soil Subgroups observed during 1998 Summer Field Season

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Big Knife Provincial Park biophysical inventory

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Big Knife Provincial Park project area covers roughly 297.54 hectares* (735.21 acres) of terrain in and along the Battle River valley southwest of Forestburg in east central Alberta. The Park... More ≫

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Big Knife Provincial Park project area covers roughly 297.54 hectares* (735.21 acres) of terrain in and along the Battle River valley southwest of Forestburg in east central Alberta. The Park represents a variety of landscapes and includes the valley bottom and slopes associated with the Battle River and the lower reach of Big Knife Creek to the north, and the northern edge of of a broad upland to the south. The Park also exhibits a variety of plant communities. Better drained sites are vegetated with a mosaic of plant communities consisting of open grasslands, shrublands and dense wooded areas while poorly to very poorly drained sites mostly in the valley bottom are suited to sedge meadows, willow dominant wetlands and cattail marshes. Extensive erosion into the valley slopes has exposed the soft Upper Cretaceous sedimentary bedrock resulting in badland features in the southern portion of the Park. This report elaborates further on the biophysical resources of Big Knife Provincial...

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