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I have decided to study a forested area adjacent to my rural house in Clearwater BC. The area is about 9.1 hectares in size, located at valley bottom on the base of a slope. The forested area chosen is primarily private land which backs on 3 rural homes with one edge of the area running alongside a large power line corridor. There is also a small subsection of forested area that runs between two private properties. The forested area is primarily a second growth Douglas fir stand with some Lodge pole pine and Paper birch within the stand. The site was visited from 12:30 to 14:40 on April 30 2019, the weather was mainly sunny with a few scattered clouds.
Figure 1
Three possible questions for this area could be,
- Is there a difference in tree species/species concentration in the forested area between the cleared homestead and the forested area deeper within the site (See Figure 2)?
- Do observed American robins nest within the forested area in the same concentration as the homestead area?
- What are the observable human impacts in the homestead area compared to the forested area?
Figure 2
