. The Canadian field-naturalist. Natural history. Map of the Long Range Area showing regions re- ferred to in the text. of the region of the proposed park in an effort to anticipate any wildlife problems that might arise therein. My contacts with the region, then, have been from base camps indicated on the map, a winter trip into the Eastern Hills region, low-level survey flights over all the region, and a 50-mile cross-country hike down the Long Range. From these field studies I have evolved cer- tain conclusions about the region, its suitability for becoming a National Park, and the boun- da
. The Canadian field-naturalist. Natural history. Map of the Long Range Area showing regions re- ferred to in the text. of the region of the proposed park in an effort to anticipate any wildlife problems that might arise therein. My contacts with the region, then, have been from base camps indicated on the map, a winter trip into the Eastern Hills region, low-level survey flights over all the region, and a 50-mile cross-country hike down the Long Range. From these field studies I have evolved cer- tain conclusions about the region, its suitability for becoming a National Park, and the boun- daries necessary to ensure a high degree of ecological independence (a "closed system") of a Park. Ecologically there are three major and two minor regions in my park proposal (see map). Western Coastal Region: This region extends from the shoreline to approximately the upper limit of tree growth on the western escarpment of the Long Range and has received exception- ally ruthless treatment by man and domestic stock for several hundred years. The climate, especially wind, appears severe. Consequently the forest vegetation is patchy, scrubby and dense. Wind-pruning is a prominent feature in two sections — 1) along the coast, especially between the road and the shore and 2) along the western escarpment between approximately 500 feet elevation and timberline which, on these exposures, is about 2000 feet. A few words on the wind-pruned vegetation are in order. (I suspect snow-breakage is of equal importance in shaping "tuck".) In the local vernacular this "tuckamoor" or "tuck" lies as an almost impenetrable barrier to human travel. As one ascends the slopes, the deciduous trees disappear, leaving spruce and fir. These species, with increasing elevation, become shorter and more densely branched until at about 500 feet elevation they form a reticulum of intertwined branches. This three-dimensional maze continues until at about 1500 to 1700 feet
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