The primary goal of the Restoration Crew within WatertonLakes National Park was to proitect and maintain the

vegetative biodiversity that the Park is renown for. The largest threat to this was Spotted Knapweed (Centurea

stoebe), which was controlled through chemical and mechanical techniques.

This is a group shot of 2014 Restoration Crew near the

middle of August.

We used helicopters to work on the vegetative restoration of the Crypt Lake Campground.

Whitebark Pine (Pinus albicaulis) and Limber Pine (Pinus flexilis) restoration

work near Mount Vimy.

Here is the Restoration crew doing some monitoring on past Whitebark

and Limber Pine planting sites.

Jone’s Columbine (Aquilegia jonesii)

Mountain Lady Slipper(Cypripedium parviflorum)

There are many rare plant species found within Waterton!

Double Bladder Pod (Physaria didymocarpa)

Showy Locoweed (Oxytropis splendens)

Pink Wintergreen(Pyrola asarifolia)

Lots of unique wildlife can be found in the Mountain such as

Mountain Goats (Oreamnosamericanus).

This is a Bighorn Sheep Ram (Ovis canadensis) which fell

through the ice in winter which was left intact.

Weather changes rapidly in Waterton.