Conservation
Current conservation-based research within Willmore includes:
The Willmore Biodiversity Monitoring Project
The Alberta Experimental Wolverine Monitoring Project
The park protects a large population of mountain goats and bighorn sheep (20% of the total population in Alberta). Other mammals commonly found here include grizzly bears, mountain caribou, elk, deer, cougars and wolves. Coyotes, wolverines, lynx and black bears are also present in the sub-alpine region, while marmots, rock pika, ptarmigan and Rocky Mountain goats can be found in the higher alpine areas.
The sub-alpine environment contains white spruce, lodgepole pine, balsam fir and aspen poplar.
Several native burial sites are located at Big Grave Flats, as well as some early coal mining, forestry and trapper cabins.
Read more about this topic: Willmore Wilderness Park
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