This report represents a synthesis of the available information on the special and representative features of Maybelle River Wildland Provincial Park and the Athabasca Dunes Ecological Reserve. The ecological reserve is located entirely within the boundaries of the wildland provincial park. For purposes of this report, these two sites will be referred to as the 'study area', unless specifically mentioned otherwise, and will be treated as a single site. This report is largely based on a number of other reports and documents that were prepared as a result of field studies conducted during June and August of 2000.