23. Harvey Creek
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HABITAT: Mid-elevation, mixed-conifer forest
of western redcedar, hemlock, and lodgepole
pine interspersed with riparian habitat along
Harvey Creek, the main tributary to Sullivan
Lake.
WILDLIFE: Kokanee salmon, cutthroat trout,
bull trout, gray wolf.
VIEWING OPPORTUNITY: Harvey Creek Road
borders the creek for much of its distance and
offers roadside access. In early winter, watch
Harvey Creek. © Eric Zamora
brightly colored kokanee head upstream by
the thousands to spawn.
ACCESS: From Hwy 31 at the south edge of Ione, go east on Sullivan
Lake Road across the Pend Oreille River bridge. In 6.5 miles, turn
right (south) onto Harvey Creek Road (NF 1935).
Mountain caribou (Rangifer tarandus caribou)
The last remaining population of mountain caribou (an ecological variant
of woodland caribou) in the lower 48 states lives in the upper reaches
of the Selkirk Mountains. In winter they subsist on lichens and mosses
growing from the trunks and limbs of old-growth Engelmann spruce and
subalpine fir. In summer they browse leaves of herbs and shrubs. Unlike
reindeer and the "barren ground" caribou of Alaska, which migrate long
geographical distances to breed and feed, mountain caribou "migrate" in
the mountains, moving up in summer and down in winter. They are nimble
on deep snows of the Selkirks and Inland Temperate Rainforest, thanks to
large hooves that spread widely to support them.
© Milo Burcham
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