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Prepared by Jackie Morris
Box 1458, Revelstoke BC V0E 2S0

In the Columbia Basin, old forests are disappearing rapidly. Along with them we risk losing the diversity of life that makes up the old forest ecosystem. The Old Forest Ecosystem Study Unit shows teachers how to lead their classes through all the concepts needed to understand and appreciate these magnificent forests, and the creatures that live in them.

Print copies of the entire the Old Forest Ecosystem Study Unit, including 128 pages of text, overhead transparencies, a poster, and a class set of coloured brochures about British Columbia's biogeoclimatic zones, were distributed to school district resource centres throughout the Columbia Basin in September, 1999.

Copyright for the Old Forest Ecosystem Study Unit is retained by the
Columbia Basin Fish and Wildlife Compensation Program, Nelson, BC.

Table of Contents

The entire Old Forest Ecosystem Study Unit contains 128 pages of text, overhead transparencies, a poster, and a class set of coloured brochures featuring the biogeoclimatic zones of British Columbia.

The abridged version that follows contains selected lesson plans taken from the complete Study Unit.

Introduction

The Concept of Ecosystem

Looking at an Old Forest Ecosystem

Plants and Animals of Old Cedar-Hemlock Forests

Ways of Thinking About Old Forests

The Past, Present and Future of Old Cedar-Hemlock Forests

Appendices

• Appendix 1 - Glossary
• Appendix 2 - Recommended Books
• Appendix 3 - Contacts and Addresses
• Appendix 4 - French Names for Plants and Animals
• Appendix 5 - Checklist of Study Unit Contents
• Appendix 6 - More Activities

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