willmore wilderness park.ppt
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Willmore Wilderness Park
Willmore Wilderness Park
Prepared by Ted Ritzer, May 2002
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Willmore Wilderness Park Facts
• Established in April 1959
• Size: 4,597 square kilometres
• Trails: ~750 kilometres of trails
• Wildlife: Mountain Caribou, Moose, Elk,
Bighorn Sheep, Moutain Goats, Grizzly
Bear, Black Bear, Cougar, & Wolves
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Access
• 3 Main Access Points:
• Rock Lake-93 unit campground, 5 km fromSE boundry of Willmore.
• Big Berland-18 unit campground, 8 kmeast of park, adjacent to the Berland River.
• Sulphur Gates-10 km north of GrandeCache off Hwy 40, no campground, stagingarea only.
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46% of the use of Willmore is by equestrians
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57% of the people that visit Willmore are from Alberta
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Bighorn Ewes-female sheep
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Bighorn Lamb
Lambs are born
Late May, early
June
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Bighorn Biology
• Sheep stay in bandsled by old ewe, withmix of ewes, lambs &yearlings
• Rams over 3 yrs formtheir own bands inspring
• Rams rejoin ewes infall for the matingseason.
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Bighorn Biology
• Bighorns are grazers,
feeding on grasses &
flowers, but they will
eat shrubs if they
have to
• Can live up to 14 yrs
• Predators: wolves,
coyotes, cougar &
golden eagle
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Mountain Goats
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Mountain Goat Biology
• Groups of nanniesand kids form duringthe summer
• Billy goats only jointhe females in the latefall for mating season
• They are betterclimbers thanMountain Sheep, andoccupy higher ground.
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Mountain Goat Biology
• Can live to 14 yrs, like
Bighorn Sheep
• Are snip feeders, not
grazers
• Diet of grasses, sedges,
and rushes
• Predators: Cougars, &
Eagles, can attack on cliffs
• Usually safe from all else
if they can reach a cliff
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Kids are born in
Late May to early
June
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Willmore Wilderness Park
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