The Canadian Rocky Mountains ecoregion covers approximately 27.1 million acres, extending across three U.S. states and two Canadian provinces. The ecoregion extends over a large portion of the Rocky Mountains from southeastern British Columbia and southwestern Alberta to northern Idaho, northwestern Montana, and only a small portion of northeastern Washington. The ecoregion is geologically and ecologically complex, due in part to historic and current glaciation that has sculpted a dramatic mountain landscape. At least 67 plants, animals, and habitats are endemic to the Canadian Rocky Mountains. A full complement of large mammals can be found here, including Elk, woodland caribou, mountain goats, moose, grizzly bear, gray wolves, lynx, and wolverines. Most of the ecoregion is public land and managed for a variety of purposes by provincial, federal, and state agencies. The largest land manager in the ecoregion is the Province of British Columbia, which manages 46% of the land base. The primary threats to biodiversity in the ecoregion are incompatible fire management and forestry, residential development, invasive species, and recreation uses. Additional information on this ecoregion is available from the Washington Biodiversity Council.
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