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Terrestrial Ecosystem Mapping, Surface Erosion and Slope Stability, and Expanded Legend September, 2004 Sensitive Ecosystems Inventory: Central Okanagan, 2000 – 2001 Volume 2: Terrestrial Ecosystem Mapping, Surface Erosion and Slope Stability, and Expanded Legend September, 2004 Kristi Iverson, Iverson & MacKenzie Biological Consulting Ltd. Carmen Cadrin, Ministry of Sustainable Resource Management Deepa Spaeth Filatow, Ministry of Sustainable Resource Management Corey Erwin, Ministry of Sustainable Resource Management ii Acknowledgements This project has been very much a team effort. We would like to thank and acknowledge the many people that have helped with this project. This project has also used the foundation built and experience shared by people that worked on the earlier Vancouver Island Sensitive Ecosystem Inventory. The Regional District of the Central Okanagan and the Habitat Conservation Trust Fund provided funding for this project. The Ministry of Sustainable Resource Management donated many in-kind hours. Project management was provided by Steve Gormley and Todd Cashin, Regional District of the Central Okanagan, Carmen Cadrin, Ministry of Sustainable Resource Management, and Kristi Iverson, Iverson & MacKenzie Biological Consulting Ltd. Field work was completed by Kristi Iverson, and Carmen Cadrin, Corey Erwin, Larry Lacelle, Ted Lea, Robert Maxwell, Sal Rasheed, Calvin Tolkamp, Deepa Spaeth Filatow and Debbie Webb, (Ministry of Sustainable Resource Management), and Mike Sarell and Alison Haney (Ophiuchus Consulting), and Christina Sinneman (British Columbia Conservation Foundation). Ken MacKenzie, Iverson & MacKenzie Biological Consulting Ltd. volunteered several days of field assistance. Collected plant specimens and mosses were identified by Terry McIntosh, Biospherics Environmental Inc. Ecosystem mapping and expanded legends were done by Kristi Iverson and Corey Erwin, and were reviewed by Carmen Cadrin and Ted Lea. Bioterrain mapping and interpretations were done by Christina Sinneman, Larry Lacelle, and Deepa Spaeth Filatow and reviewed by Robert Maxwell. Tim Brierley, Ministry of Sustainable Resource Management, Bruce Ganton and Iain Lawrence, Regional District of the Central Okanagan, and Bon Lee, Baseline Geomatics Inc. completed digital, GIS and cartography work. Terry Gunning and Jo-Anne Stacey (Ministry of Sustainable Resource Management), and Lavyna Alexander and Edwin Hubert provided technical assistance. Helpful review comments on the draft report were provided by Robert Maxwell, Les Gyug, and Richard Cannings. Additional review comments were provided by Leah Hartley, Steve Gormley, Todd Cashin, and Ken Arcuri (Regional District of the Central Okangan). We would like to thank the landowners that provided us with access to their lands for sampling. Without their support, this project would not have been possible. iii Introduction This report presents detailed information on ecosystems in the Central Okanagan. It is the second volume in a series of three volumes. Volume 2, this report, provides detailed information on terrestrial ecosystem mapping (TEM) methods and gives descriptions of each of the ecosystems that occur within the sensitive ecosystems or other important ecosystems categories described in Volume 1. Appendix B of Volume 1 provides tables that can be used to cross-reference between sensitive and other important ecosystems units and ecosystem mapping units in this report. This report describes the natural setting of the study area and details methods, results and recommendations for bioterrain mapping, ecosystem mapping, and slope stability and erosion potential mapping. It is intended for use by professionals that require more detailed ecological and terrain information. It is recommended for use by people interested in developing other interpretive map themes from the ecosystem or terrain mapping. Volume 11 is intended for people and organizations that need information to help conserve and protect remaining sensitive and important ecosystems in the Central Okanagan and other similar areas. It is also intended to provide information and advice to landowners and developers on how to minimize and avoid possible degradation of sensitive ecosystems due to land use and development activities. Volume 32 contains wildlife habitat mapping themes developed from the terrestrial ecosystem mapping (TEM) for ten species. Wildlife habitat mapping portrays the potential importance of each ecosystem to specific animal species through a species-habitat model. The model assigns ratings to different ecosystem units from the TEM based on the needs of the species for particular life requisites. These ratings are displayed on wildlife habitat maps. Volume 3 is intended for professionals who require more detailed information on wildlife habitat values in the study area than Volume 1 provides. 1 Iverson and Cadrin 2003 2 Sarell et al. 2003 iv Table of Contents ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS................................................................................................................................................ III INTRODUCTION .............................................................................................................................................................IV TABLE OF CONTENTS ...................................................................................................................................................V LIST OF TABLES...........................................................................................................................................................VII LIST OF FIGURES .........................................................................................................................................................VII 1 STUDY AREA ........................................................................................................................................................ 1 1.1 LANDSCAPE SETTING........................................................................................................................................... 2 1.1.1 Bedrock Geology .................................................................................................................................... 2 1.1.2 Glaciation and Post-Glacial Events ........................................................................................................ 2 1.1.3 Soils........................................................................................................................................................ 3 1.1.4 Climate.................................................................................................................................................... 4 1.1.5 Ecoregional and Biogeoclimatic Classification ....................................................................................... 5 1.2 ECOLOGY AND DISTURBANCE PROCESSES............................................................................................................ 6 1.3 HUMAN HISTORY ................................................................................................................................................. 9 2 METHODS AND LIMITATIONS........................................................................................................................... 10 2.1 TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM MAPPING .................................................................................................................. 10 2.1.1 Terrain Mapping.................................................................................................................................... 11 2.1.2 Development of a Working Legend ...................................................................................................... 11 2.1.3 Field Sampling...................................................................................................................................... 11 2.1.4 Expanded Legend Development .......................................................................................................... 13 2.1.5 Site Series and Site Unit Mapping........................................................................................................ 13 2.1.6 Data Management ................................................................................................................................ 17 2.2 SURFACE EROSION POTENTIAL .......................................................................................................................... 19 2.2.1 Introduction........................................................................................................................................... 19 2.2.2 Objectives............................................................................................................................................. 20 2.2.3 Methods................................................................................................................................................ 20 2.3 SLOPE STABILITY............................................................................................................................................... 23 2.3.1 Introduction........................................................................................................................................... 23 2.3.2 Objectives............................................................................................................................................. 23 2.3.3 Methods...............................................................................................................................................
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