Yankin Kula da namun daji na Creston Valley

Yankin Kula da Namun Daji na Creston Valley yanki ne na kula da namun daji da kuma yankin kula da namun daji na kogin Kanada kusa da Creston a kudu maso tsakiyar British Columbia, a kan ambaliyar ruwan Kogin Kootenay a ƙarshen kudu na Tafkin Kootenay . Mafi yawansu suna da dausayi, an sanya su a matsayin ƙasa mai dausayi mai mahimmanci ga ƙasashen duniya a ranar 21 ga Fabrairu, 1994,  kuma muhimmin yanki ne na Tsuntsaye a duniya.  Yana ɗaya daga cikin "ƙananan yankunan noma masu mahimmanci na lardin",  kuma yana cikin Montane Cordillera . Yana miƙe arewa tare da Tafkin Kootenay na tsawon kimanin kilomita 20. km, kuma kudu zuwa iyakar Amurka . Ita ce kawai wurin kiwon tern na Forster  kuma ita ce kawai wurin da kwaɗin damisa ke taruwa a lardin,  da kuma ɗaya daga cikin 'yan tsirarun mazauna Kanada ga Coeur D'Alene salamander . Kwarin Creston yana ba da wuraren ajiyewa da kuma yin gidaje ga tsuntsayen da ke ƙaura a kan hanyar Pacific Flyway . 

Ya ƙunshi yanki na kusan 69.0 kilomita 2 na ƙasar Crown ta lardin. Yankin dausayi kuma ya ƙunshi 15 kilomita 2 Tafkin Duck da fadama 17. A gabas akwai tsaunukan Purcell, a yamma kuma akwai tsaunukan Selkirk .

Yankin Creston Valley ne ke kula da yankin domin hana nau'ikan halittu masu mamaye yankin samun damar shiga cikin dausayi, musamman ma a kan ciyawar dawaki ko ciyawar canary . Ana yin hakan ne ta hanyar rage yawan ruwan dausayi a yankin lokaci-lokaci. A cewar Brian Stushnoff, manajan yankin, akwai wata dabarar "gyara yankunan da ciyayi suka shake su, a busar da su sannan a noma ƙasa don kawar da wurin da ake noma iri da ke tsirowa a kan lokaci."  Wannan kuma yana tabbatar da bambancin halittu ta hanyar hana nau'in shuka ɗaya mamaye yankin.

 Cibiyar Fassarar Namun Daji 
Cibiyar Fassarar Namun Daji tana da nisan kilomita 11 a yamma da Creston daga Hwy 3 kuma tana buɗewa daga watan Mayu zuwa Oktoba. Cibiyar tana da nunin kayan tarihi na halitta, dakin gwaje-gwaje na kimiyya, hasumiyai na kallo da kuma shagon bayar da kyaututtuka. Ana bayar da shirye-shiryen ilimi da abubuwan da suka shafi muhalli ga makarantu, ƙungiyoyi da baƙi, gami da tafiye-tafiyen da aka shirya da kuma rangadin kwale-kwale.

 Tarihi 
An kafa Yankin Kula da Namun Daji na Creston Valley a shekarar 1968, kuma ta sami izininta ta hanyar Dokar Namun Daji ta Creston Valley. Wannan ya biyo bayan kusan shekaru 26 na juriya daga masu kare muhalli, masana ilmin halittu da mazauna kusa waɗanda ke son kare Tafkin Duck da wuraren da ke kewaye da shi. Daga baya, tare da taimakon BC Hydro da Ducks Unlimited, an gina tsarin dykes da sauran tsare-tsare na sarrafawa don sarrafa matakan ruwa a Tafkin Duck, don haka yankunan da ke da danshi, wanda ya rage tasirin fari da ambaliyar ruwa na shekara-shekara. 

Shaidun kayan tarihi sun nuna cewa ƙasashen farko sun rayu a yankin tsawon dubban shekaru. Yankin shine yankin gargajiya na mutanen Ktunaxa .

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