This is a field puzzle cache. There is a bench close by to sit while you get in to the log book. Please make sure you also put it back together when you are done.
You are looking at Cranberry marsh.
Cranberry Marsh has long been recognized as a valuable wildlife area with regional significance for bird breeding and migration. Approximately 200 hectares was originally the R.W. Starratt Wildlife Sanctuary. It is located at the junction of the Columbian and Thompson-Okanagan migration corridor and is a staging area for Swans, Canada Geese, and many species of ducks. Blue-listed American Bittern use the marsh, and both the marsh and upland habitat are frequented by beaver, muskrat, moose, and a variety of shorebirds, perching/song birds, woodpeckers, and raptors. The area likely also supports breeding amphibians and small mammals.
Cranberry Marsh is the remnant of a flat bottom lake which now drains the lower east slopes of the valley. It has dense growth of bullrush, sedges, and cattails, with some open water areas. The shorelines slope into willow and aspen stands along with some pine trees on the sandy soils. Ducks Unlimited Canada has implemented habitat enhancements that include dyke control, ditching, floating nesting islands and inlet channel modifications.