Description
Richardson River Dunes Wildland Provincial Park is situated in townships 104 and 105, ranges 6 to 9, west of the 4th meridian. The Athabasca River forms the western park boundary and the eastern boundary is relatively close to the Richardson River. This park is located predominantly within in the Central Mixedwood Natural Subregion with the southern edge dipping into the Athabasca Plain Natural Subregion and the extreme northwestern corner of the park along the Athabasca River transitional to the Peace River Lowlands Natural Subregion. The terrain in this park consists primarily of stabilized sand dunes oriented in a northwest- southeast direction. Currently no active dunes exist in this area; however, some blowout areas are present. The predominant vegetation pattern represented on this landscape consists of pine woodlands on the upper slopes of the dunes with wetlands situated between the dunes, in the dune hollows. Fire is an important factor in the vegetation communities observed in this park. This vegetation community assessment was one component of a large-scale inventory conducted at this park during the summer of 2000. The primary objective of this component was to describe the more commonly occurring vegetation communities within the park.
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June 1, 2002
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30 pages
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Once
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Community Development (1992-2006)
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Spatial Coverage
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Date Created
2002-06-01
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2015-12-07T16:29:24.710801
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2002-06-01
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2002-06-01
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2845735
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Environment and Parks