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Moraine.jpg Spruce forest around Moraine Lake in Banff National
Park Alberta Mountain forests map.svg Biome Temperate coniferous
forests Bird species 179[1] Mammal species 57[1] Area 39,800 km2
(15,400 sq mi) Country Canada Habitat loss 56.25%[1] Protected
63.85%[1]  The Alberta Mountain forests are a temperate
coniferous forests ecoregion of Canada.   This ecoregion covers
the grand Rocky Mountains of Alberta including the eastern
outliers of the Continental Ranges. Located almost entirely in
Alberta and taking in the Alberta-British Columbia border from
Banff north to Jasper, Alberta and Kakwa Wildlands Park. This is
an area of glaciers and high mountains covered with a forest of
tall trees. The highest points are the mountains around the
Columbia Icefield the largest ice field in the Rockies.  The
mountain valleys have a mild climate with warm, dry summers and
snowy winters but t