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- Fish and Wildlife
Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations
Wildlife Viewing in the Peace Region
The Peace region is a land waiting to be discovered.
Arrive in spring as the aspen woodlands come alive
with the songs of migrant warblers.This is the season when
Grizzly Bears, awake from their long winter’s nap,
roam the avalanche chutes
in search of new greens, and Stone's Sheep gather at
mineral licks to replenish
precious nutrients lost over the harsh winter months.
Linger through the long days of summer when sharptailed
grouse raise their chicks in the grasslands east of the
Rockies, where Bison still roam and homesteaders
built new lives by farming the land.While the air grows
warm and still, the mountain meadows come alive
with newly emerged butterflies.
Stay until fall when the alpine tundra turns to a
Persian carpet of flaming reds and oranges, and the
White-tailed Ptarmigan changes its plumage from dull
rock brown to stunning winter white. As autumn days draw
in, the chilled morning air rings with the sounds
of rutting deer, Elk and Caribou – the hunted quarry of
the Sekanni and Beaver First Nations peoples.
Return in winter when a blanket of snow covers the
land where dinosaurs roamed and rich coal beds and oil
fields lie deep beneath the surface.This is the season
when the boreal forests stand cold and snowcapped against
an ice blue sky, and wolves and Lynx
track prey across a frozen and silent landscape.
Wildlife
viewing brochure for the Peace region
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