GCC Field Tour 2009

Indian Garden Ranch, Savona, BC
Saturday, June 13, 2009

As the large outreach event in 2009 is to be the GCC's 10th Anniversary Grasslands Celebration on October 3rd, the spring event was kept small with an informal field tour.

The area of the tour, on leased lands of the Indian Garden Ranch near Walachin in the Thompson Valley west of Kamloops, is fascinating from historical, cultural, geological and biological perspectives. The very dryness has meant that plants, animals and humans have adapted in unique ways to the region.

In addition to learning of the area itself, we were also introduced to concepts that have applications elsewhere in the province: range management principles and leased land management. The GCC was also able to launch its new and valuable Grasslands Monitoring Manual for BC: A Tool for Ranchers and explain in some detail the analysis of grasslands of high ecological value.

	The Thompson Valley
	Prickly Pear Cactus
	Jim White demonstrating the Grasslands Monitoring Manual for BC: A Tool for Ranchers