Tuesday, October 24, 2006

Caribou in the News - October 24, 2006

Testimony leans against proposed changes to Nelchina caribou hunt
KTVA - Anchorage,AK,USA
AP. The state Board of Game is getting an earful this weekend from opponents of proposed changes to the popular Nelchina caribou hunt. ...

Game board adds new restrictions to caribou hunting in Nelchina ...
Anchorage Daily News - Anchorage,AK,USA
The Alaska Board of Game changed the highly restricted Nelchina caribou hunt slightly Monday, including reducing the maximum number of permits per household. ...

Caribou advocates, USFS seek trail deal
The Spokesman Review - Spokane,WA,USA
Caribou advocates will work with the US Forest Service in coming weeks in an attempt to determine which trails could be reopened in caribou habitat, following ...

Game Board adds new restrictions to caribou hunting in Nelchina ...
KTVA - Anchorage,AK,USA
AP. The state Board of Game has added new restrictions to hunting caribou in the Nelchina Basin. The board Monday unanimously agreed ...

Snowmobilers want trails in caribou recovery zone reopened
Seattle Post Intelligencer - USA
AP. COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho -- US Forest Service officials and groups that want caribou habitat in northern Idaho protected from snowmobiles plan to meet to decide ...
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Car kills caribou on Colorado highway

The Casper Star Tribune - Casper,WY,USA
GREELEY, Colo. (AP) -- Wildlife officials were puzzled by the rare appearance a caribou that was struck and killed by a car in Colorado this week, hundreds of ...

Biologist tells panel proposed northern pipeline would threaten ...
Canoe.ca - Canada
... CP) - A biologist has told a panel reviewing the massive Mackenzie Gas Project that the proposed $7-billion pipeline would threaten caribou herds if it's ...

Caribou killed in La Salle
Greeley Tribune - Greeley,CO,USA
... "It was a caribou," Fisher said later, but as he watched it grazing beside the highway, tragedy struck. ... The caribou -- a buck -- had a large rack of antlers. ...

Caribou likely to be hurt by pipeline, biologist says
Globe and Mail - Canada
Yellowknife -- A biologist says he doesn't buy claims from the backers of the Mackenzie pipeline project that it won't hurt caribou herds. ...

Caribou killed on Colorado highway came from private herd
KTVA - Anchorage,AK,USA
AP. Wildlife officials have solved the mystery of the Colorado caribou. Wildlife officials initially said they didn't know of any ...
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Caribou roadkill gives officials double take
Denver Post - Denver,CO,USA
... The last person to see a caribou running free in these parts was wrapped in the skin of a saber-toothed tiger, bracing against the ice sheet covering the ...

Caribou mystery solved: Animal was owned by Weld man
Greeley Tribune - Greeley,CO,USA
No, the caribou did not travel thousands of miles south to find his fateful death being hit by a car in Weld County on Tuesday morning. ...
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