VOLUME North Cascades and Pacific Ranges 1 Ecoregional Assessment repORT November 2006 North Cascades and Pacific Ranges Ecoregional Assessment Volume 1 – Report Citation: Iachetti, P., J. Floberg, G. Wilhere, K. Ciruna, D. Markovic, J. Lewis, M. Heiner, G. Kittel, R. Crawford, S. Farone, S. Ford, M. Goering, D. Nicolson, S. Tyler, and P. Skidmore. 2006. North Cascades and Pacific Ranges Ecoregional Assessment, Volume 1 - Report. Prepared by the Nature Conservancy of Canada, The Nature Conservancy of Washington, and the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife with support from the British Columbia Conservation Data Centre, Washington Department of Natural Resources Natural Heritage Program, and NatureServe. Nature Conservancy of Canada, Victoria, BC. Copyright © 2006 Nature Conservancy of Canada Issued by: Nature Conservancy of Canada #300 – 1205 Broad Street Victoria, British Columbia, Canada V8W 2A4 Email:
[email protected] Canadian Cataloguing in Publication Data: Cover Design: ISBN 1-897386-05-2 Paul Mazzucca 1. Biological inventory and assessment – North Cascades Vancouver, British Columbia and Pacific Ranges I. Nature Conservancy of Canada. Cover Photo Credits: II. North Cascades and Pacific Ranges Ecoregional Mount Baker, WA; Cheakamus River, BC; Black Assessment, Volume 1 – Report. Includes bibliographical bears, Whistler, BC; Whistler, BC (Dušan Markovic); references. Chatterbox Falls, BC (Tim Ennis). NORTH CASCADES AND PACIFIC RANGES ECOREGIONAL ASSESSMENT VOLUME 1 REPORT North Cascades and Pacific Ranges Ecoregional Assessment November 2006 Prepared by Nature Conservancy of Canada The Nature Conservancy And The W ashington Department of Fish and W ildlife NORTH CASCADES AND PACIFIC RANGESECOREGIONAL ASSESSMENT Ɣ VOLUME 1 Ɣ REPORT Acknowledgements The North Cascades and Pacific Ranges Ecoregional Assessment could not have been undertaken without the generous support of several funding partners.