Caribou in the News -- December 8, 2005

Caribou in steep decline: can they be saved?
Slave Lake Lakeside Leader - Slave Lake,Alberta,Canada
"There are very few communities in Alberta can say they've got caribou a mile away," says provincial government wildlife biologist Mark Heckbert. ...

State closing section of Fortymile caribou hunt
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner - Fairbanks,AK,USA
The state Department of Fish and Game is closing a portion of the Fortymile caribou hunt off the Taylor Highway at midnight Thursday to protect animals from ...

Tuk hunters face curbs to caribou hunt
CBC North - Canada
Some residents of remote northern communities in the NWT may have to go a lot farther out on the land to hunt the caribou they rely on for food. ...

Caribou in the News -- December 1, 2005

Species Take Care Of Each Other In Ecological Communities
Science Daily (press release) - USA
Computer Models Expose Humans As Main Cause Of Caribou Decline (September 3, 2004) -- If not for humans, the number of woodland caribou in northern Alberta ...

Inuit official says warming hurting subsistence Arctic dwellers
North County Times - Escondido,CA,USA...
Brower said the issue is a complex one, because global warming is also having a detrimental affect on caribou and other wildlife on which subsistence users ...

National Park news
Jasper Booster - Alberta, Canada...
Earlier this month Parks Canada biologists completed caribou collaring operations for this fall, replacing old collars and bringing the total of collared ...