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Boreal Forest

Peace Athabasca Delta Sub-region

  • Much of this internationally significant sub-region is within Wood Buffalo National Park
  • All 3 Natural Landscape Type targets are achieved in Wood Buffalo National Park. Very small areas of 2 provincially protected areas are also in this Subregion.
 
 

Northern Mixedwood Sub-region

  • This sub-region is well represented within the parks and protected areas network.
  • All eight Natural Landscape Type targets have been achieved primarily in Wood Buffalo National Park and the northeast corner of Carbou Mountains Wildland Park.
 
 

Central Mixedwood Sub-region

  • There is excellent representation of all 11 Natural Landscape Types that define the environmental diversity of the Central Mixedwood Subregion
  • All 48 Natural Landscape Components are similarly well represented in the parks system.
 
 

Dry Mixedwood Sub-region

  • The Dry Mixedwood Subregion is the only Boreal Forest Subregion that does not have excellent representation in Alberta's parks system.
  • Only one of the 11 Natural Landscape Type targets has been achieved - protected slope. All Natural Landscape Type themes have some level of representation.
  • There are still significant shortfalls in the glacial lakebed, ground moraine, sand plain, dune field and valley floor/stream themes.
 
 

Lower Boreal Highlands Sub-region

  • There is excellent representation of all of Natural Landscape Types of this Subregion in Alberta's parks system.
 
 

Upper Boreal Highlands Sub-region

  • There is excellent representation of all of the landscapes of the Upper Boreal Highlands Sub-region in Alberta's parks system.
 
 

Boreal Sub-arctic Sub-region

  • All five Natural Landscape Types that define this Subregion have excellent representation within Caribou Mountains Wildland Park and Wood Buffalo National Park.
 
 

Athabasca Plain Sub-region

  • Seven Natural Landscape types, along with 21 Natural Landscape Components, describe the landscape diversity of the Athabasca Plain.
  • All the broad Natural Landscape Types have excellent representation in the parks system.
  • Based on reconnaissance studies, the more specific Natural Landscape Components are also well represented.
  • The protected areas in this Subregion contain many special features as well.