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The Cowichan Garry Oak Preserve is located alongside the lake. [8] The lake is habitat to algae and trout. There are also Pumpkinseed (invasive sunfish) and catfish in the lake. Many migratory birds winter in the lake as it rarely freezes over in the winter.
It is commonly known as the Garry oak, Oregon white oak or Oregon oak. It grows from sea level to an altitude of 690 feet (210 metres) in the northern part of its range, and from 980 to 5,900 ft (300 to 1,800 m) in the south of the range in California. [4] The eponymous Nicholas Garry was deputy governor of the Hudson's Bay Company.
State Forest Land area County City Established Ref; Boggs Mountain Demonstration State Forest: 3,493 acres (14.14 km 2) : Lake: Cobb: 1949 [1]Ellen Pickett State Forest
Mount Tzouhalem is a mountain on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, 4 kilometres east-northeast of Duncan [3] in the municipality of North Cowichan. It is situated between Quamichan Lake, Maple Bay and Cowichan Bay. The mountain is part of the municipal forest lands. Part of the mountain is an 18-hectare ecological reserve. It is ...
But between logging and fires, 95% of California's redwoods have been destroyed. Over the past decade, the Yurok have been helping restore the land. Another forgotten jewel of the ecosystem is salmon.
The largest private preserve is the 93,000 acres (380 km 2) Wind Wolves Preserve owned by the aforementioned Wildlands Conservancy. [21] In total, there are many dozens of land trust and conservation organizations active in California, with thousands of acres preserved on public and private lands through their efforts. [ 22 ]
B. Baldwin Lake (San Bernardino County, California) Ballona Wetlands; Batiquitos Lagoon; Bear Creek Redwoods Open Space Preserve; Big Morongo Canyon Preserve
The dominant plant community is the oak woodland, which has a canopy of coast live oak, Garry oak, black oak, Pacific madrone, bigleaf maple, and California laurel. Canyon live oak occurs in swales and creeks. In the oak woodlands, the dominant understory plants are native bunchgrasses, toyon, wild blackberry, coyote brush, and western poison-oak.