Provincial Protected Land Fragments Private Land Fragments
Crown Land Fragments
Okanagan Falls
FRAGMENTED NATIONAL PARK [animal species at risk] Behr’s Hairstreak Satyrium behrii Threatened Red Tiger Salamander Ambystoma tigrinum Endangered Red Pigmy Short-horned Lizard Phrynosoma douglasii Extirpated Red Racer Coluber constrictor Special Concern Blue Night Snake Hypsiglena torquata Endangered Red Gopher Snake Pituophis catenifer deserticola Threatened Blue Western Rattlesnake Crotalus oreganus Threatened Blue Ferruginous Hawk Buteo regalis Special Concern Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus anatum Special Concern Red Pallid Bat Antrozous pallidus Threatened Red Western Harvest Mouse Reithrodontomys megalotis Special Concern Blue Nuttall’s Cottontail Sylvilagus nuttallii Special Concern Blue
Temporal landscape ecology examines the interaction between pattern of fragments and ecological process [biological causes and consequences of a patchy environment] in the proposed National Park. These fragments are areas of sensitive grassland ecosystems amoung a larger area of grassland ecosystems. The fragments within each zoned area of land is directly related to the types of disturbances occuring on these lands.
Private land consists of mountainous areas, ranchland, and some is currently used for producing grapes, fruit, vegetables and hay. Crown land is leased and used for various different functions and programs such as, farming and grazing of cattle [it is critical grazing land for the region’s beef industry], tour businesses for private use, logging cut blocks, municipalities, storing fresh water, and strips of land are leased for power lines, gas lines and other rights-of-way.
[plant species at risk] The Dalles Milk-Vetch Astragalus sclerocarpus Red Cockscomb Cryptantha Cryptantha celosioides Red Field Dodder Cuscuta campestris Blue Cushion Fleabane Erigeron poliospermus var. poliospermus Blue Shy Gilia Gilia sinuata Red Prairie Pepper-grass Lepidium densiflorum var. pubicarpum Red Pale Evening-Primrose Oenothera pallida ssp. pallida Red Scarlet Globe-mallow Sphaeralcea coccinea Red Munroe’s Globe-mallow Sphaeralcea munroana Red
Cawston
Oliver
Provincial Protected Land. Bill 4 allows for industry (and others) to carry out ‘research’ in provincial parks related to pipelines, transmission lines, roads and other industrial activities that might require park land. It also reduces legal protection for smaller parks. Sections describe the topography of the national park in relation to the location of fragmented grasslands. Contour interval is 20 meters at 2 kilometer transects.
[invasive plant species] cheatgrass (Bromus tectorum) alien brome species (Bromus spp.) diffuse knapweed (Centaurea diffusa) sulphur cinquefoil (Potentilla recta)
Park Land Zoning “One must get down low to see all the beauty of this miniature world”
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Legend Crown Land - 83 sq km Private Land - 98 sq km Private Protected Land - 12 sq km Provincial Protected Land - 32.52 sq km Fragments of Collective Grassland Ecosystem
Over the sand and soil, a layer of lichens and mosses establish a fragile crust that can be disturbed easily from compaction, and soil degradation. Many alien plants have seeds that survive in the soil for decades.
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Osoyoos
Antelope-brush steppe communities are dryland ecosystems dominated by bunchgrasses. The proposed national park area is one of the last remaining strongholds of pristine in-tact bunchgrass ecosystems in British Columbia.
FRESH KILLS PARK: Staten Island, NY Demonstrates a growing parkland overtime through habitat phasing; from existing site to a mature biomatrix in 30 years.
NK’MIP DESERT CULTURAL CENTRE: Osoyoos, British Columbia Promotes conservation efforts through education, by drawing close connections to the land through materiality. Homage to traditional winter dwellings of Okanagan First Nations utilizes hillside insulation.
IRISH SKY GARDEN: Ireland James Turrell’s concept interweaves inner and outer worlds, “in the sense that relationships between the irish landscape and sky changes”.
CASE STUDIES
SYLIX PERSEPECTIVE ON ECOLOGY
SUCCESSIVE SEQUENCE OF PHASES
There are 2 important teachings regarding the life and life cycles of this land; 1- We see the Earth, the elements and all of its inhabitants as a living entity; air is the breath of the Earth, rocks are time keepers, water is a sacred life source, plants and animals are alive and each have their own purpose and they are all parents to the Syilx people. 2- Nothing could continue without the fusion of everything with one another even though each is its own powerful life source. http://www. okanaganfirstpeoples.ca/land.cfm Senklip [Coyote]; the trickster and the transformer, is known to help people survive on the land. Coyote’s travels are a record of the natural laws necessary for Sylix people to survive and essential to the ability to carry on.
Park Features Programming Senklip National Park will host different types of social, cultural and recreational activities, including hiking, biking, ceremonial space and large scale public art. Wildlife Senklip National Park supports richly diverse habitats of wildlife, amphibians, and plant communities, and provides natural settings for recreation.
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http://www.okanaganfirstpeoples.ca/land.cfm
Existing Protected Land
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PHASE 1 [0-10 YEARS] Land zoning is redeveloped. All protected lands will be connected by selling private land through incentive programs. Restrict ATV activity. Restore grassland habitat diversity.
PHASE 2 [10-15 YEARS] Connections and access for park is developed.
PHASE 3 [15-20 YEARS] Larger ares of the park will be reclaimed as public park land over time. Various zoning is still required, dependent on incentive program.
PHASE 4 [20-25 YEARS] Additional large areas of land is reclaimed as public park land. Some zoned areas may still exist for economic income.
MCINTYRE BLUFF LOOKOUT McIntyre Bluff is a mountain of white granite towering 265 metres providing views of Oliver and Okanagan Falls. The bluff is easily recognizable from a distance when traveling on Highway #97 by the carved face of a person. At one point on the highway the road passes the base of the granite monolith.
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PUBLIC ART
Public art within the National Park will communicate respect, for the land and for the people that live off the land. According to the Syilx people every aspect of their culture is based on belief in the laws of respect.
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15m 1-2m
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OBSERVATORY • CEREMONY SECTION
OBSERVATORY • CEREMONY
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HP
1873m Mt Kabou
OBSERVATORY • CEREMONY SPACE
Mount Kobau was selected as a site for a national observatory in the 1960s. The observatory was not built, but amateur astronomers still use the easyaccess summit for stargazing. Osoyoos is known for its clear skies and lack of air and light pollution. This large space will provide other opportunities by day, and intended to represent Sylix ceremony space. According to the Syilx way of life a ceremony is an act of respect, a voice of thanks, an honoring of or a prayer for the subject of our ceremony.
8.3km
PARK ENTRANCE
SACRED SPOTTED LAKE
3.8km
Spotted Lake contains large amounts of magnesium sulfate, calcium, and sodium sulfates, along with other minerals and traces of silver and titanium. In summer when water evaporates in the desert climate, these minerals are revealed in the “spots” of the lake’s name. Considered a sacred medicine spot known as Kliluk by First Nations people in both Canada and the United States, the lake is surrounded by cairns; rock piles often indicating graves.
MASTER PLAN 2.5
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Elevated Path
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s nk’l’ip NATIONAL PARK e
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Rammed Earth Walls
Sandra Froese • Studio: Emergent Futures • Professors: R. Perron & A. Schwann
PARK ENTRANCE
A Walk through Canada’s Desert in the lens of the Coyote.