UNBC’s Dr. Roy Rea continues to do some great work with his studies on moose (Alces alces). Some of his findings of moose winter diet are in this article : A Preliminary Assessment of Moose (Alces alces) Winter Diets in the Aleza Lake Research Forest in North-Central British Columbia
A little known fact – Northern BC has carnivorous plants! Sundews attract, capture, and then digest their victims … ok their victims are small insects and not large mammals so we have nothing to fear from them. I never knew about them until a curious student from UNBC went looking. From James, here is an introduction to his work:
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Black spruce seedlings in UNBC’s Enhanced Forestry Lab grow vigourously in the greenhouse. After two weeks they are about 2 cm high and changing daily. Each plug was planted with two seeds and shortly after this picture was taken, the greenhouse curators dilgently thinned thousands of trees, leaving the healthiest and strongest to keep growing.