Tuesday, November 21, 2006

Caribou links galore!! Go to rangifer.net

Just a reminder of an excellent online compendium of caribou links, for both general audiences and researchers. Includes links to educational resources, films, photos, management and more...a treasure trove!!

http://www.rangifer.net/rangifer/resresources/index.cfm

Caribou in the News - November 21, 2006

Vuntut Gwitchin denies caribou hunting requests
CBC North - Canada
The Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation has stopped granting non-members permission to hunt caribou along the Dempster Highway in an attempt to ease pressure on the ...

New caribou count needed, says Yukon hunting group
CBC North - Canada
Wildlife officials need to do a new count of the Porcupine caribou herd before considering hunting limitations, said the Yukon Fish and Game Association ...

Monday talks to expose Inuit division over boom in Arctic uranium
News1130 - Vancouver,British Columbia,Canada
... Most of the exploration is near Baker Lake and the Thelon Wildlife Sanctuary, home to 800,000 caribou. Ross Thompson of the Beverly ...

Monday, November 20, 2006

WikiSpecies: Caribou

Ever heard of Wikipedia? Well, here's WikiSpecies for caribou: http://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Rangifer_tarandus

They need some contibutors!

Tuesday, November 14, 2006

Caribou in the News - November 14, 2006

Battle lines drawn over caribou
Salmon Arm Observer - B.C., Canada
... But what the government is calling a sensible compromise to preserve remaining caribou habitat is being denounced as proof that snowmobiling Socreds are still ...

Judge reopens Idaho snowmobile trails in caribou recovery area
Longview Daily News - Longview,WA,USA
COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho - A federal judge has reopened popular snowmobile trails in northern Idaho surrounding Priest Lake that had been closed to protect caribou ...

Elusive creatures of the forest
Toronto Star - Ontario, Canada
... and fearing an industry backlash will weaken a proposed "huge improvement" in the Species Act — said this week it would make protecting caribou, and their ...

Are snowmobiling Socreds running the environment?
Richmond Review - BC, Canada
... But a recently released study on prospects for saving the endangered mountain caribou in BC’s eastern high country has environmentalists breaking out the ...
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Monday, November 06, 2006

Caribou in the News - Nov.6, 2006

Caring for caribou
24 Hours Vancouver - Canada
BC's declining mountain caribou population needs help, but a controversial recommendation to kill off its predators has environmentalists' heads spinning. ...

Report predicts mountain caribou recovery possible
North Thompson Times - Clearwater,British Columbia,Canada
... Everything from possibly relocating mountain caribou from larger to smaller herds, to removing predators such as cougars and wolves or removing other ungulates ...