1- muskwa- kechika management area（1 - muskwa kechika管理区域）.docVIP

Cave and Karst Resources of the Muskwa-Kechika Management Area Photo L.S. Lane, Geological Survey of Canada, Crown Copyright, printed with permission Prepared for: Muskwa-Kechika Advisory Board Fort St. John, B.C. Project M-K 2000-01-31 Prepared by: Kirk Safford, B.Sc. Madrone Consultants Ltd. #2053 Ogilvie Street South, Prince George, B.C., V2N 1X1 t 250.564-5495 f 250.564-2019 email madrone@ March 31, 2001 Acknowledgements I would like to thank the Muskwa-Kechika Advisory Board for supporting this project. This project was made possible by funding through the Muskwa-Kechika Trust Fund in the 2000/2001 fiscal year. Thanks also goes to the people listed in Appendix I who provided valuable knowledge and discussion that allowed the development of this project. Particular thanks to Pat Shaw for providing reports on previous exploration in the Rocky Mountains; to Bryan Webster and Brian Churchill for sharing their knowledge of the area; and to Larry Lane for the photograph of the resurgence. Thanks also to the staff at Madrone: Julie Cowie for preparing figures and maps, Tania Tripp for collecting local knowledge, Gillian Radcliffe for collecting local knowledge and providing comments and edits to this report. Table of Contents Acknowledgements i Table of Contents ii Executive Summary iv 1.0 Introduction 1 2.0 Rationale and Objective 2 2.1 MKMA Objectives 2 2.2 Provincial Objectives 2 2.2.1 B.C. Parks Objectives 2 2.3 Project Rationale and Objective 3 3.0 Methods 3 3.1 Background Review 3 3.2 Study areas 3 3.3 Inventory Methods 4 3.4 Collaborative Interest 4 4.0 Background Review 4 4.1 Wilderness Values of Caves 4 4.1.1 Wildlife Use 4 4.1.2 Karst Ecology 5 4.1.3 Potential Archaeological Values 6 4.1.4 Palaeological Values 6 4.2 Recreational Values 7 4.3 Industrial Resource Values of Carbonates in the MKMA 8 4.3.1 Mineral and Petroleum Carbonate Resources 8 5.0 Results 9 5.1 Source of Carbonate Rock in the Rocky Mountains 9 5.2 Carbonate