Tuesday, May 30, 2006

Anatomy resource on Project Caribou site

New at the Project Caribou web site support materials page (near bottom).

For those in communities with access to fresh caribou carcasses (legal hunting and subsistence activities), this reference (1MB PDF) will help with assessing animal health and learning about caribou anatomy (Courtesy E. Maltin)

Caribou in the News May 30, 2006

Canada's woodland caribou survival at risk -report
Reuters Canada, Canada - TORONTO (Reuters) - Canada's federal, provincial and territorial governments are failing to safeguard the survival of the woodland caribou, according to a ...

Woodland caribou need government to protect forests from industry ...
Canada.com, Canada - May 29, 2006 EDMONTON (CP) - Canada's declining herds of woodland caribou will only survive if governments move to protect large tracts of northern forest from industrial ...

Wildlife group raps province
Winnipeg Sun, Canada - By JOYANNE PURSAGA, STAFF REPORTER. The Manitoba government lacks the "political will" to save a species on the path to extinction ...

WEB UPDATE: Manitoba criticized on woodland caribou
Winnipeg Free Press (subscription), Canada - By Martin Cash. The Manitoba government’s continued refusal to include the woodland caribou on its endangered species list is contributing ...

Monday, May 29, 2006

New to website: Activity support materials

There are a few new Project Caribou resources on the website (www.projectcaribou.net), thanks to Elise Maltin, Education Specialist, Northern Canada, Parks Canada Agency (more Parks Canada education info at www.pc.gc.ca/education.

Please, send in your materials and experiences to share!!

Likin' Lichen (p 90)
Data sheet for recording information in a one-metre quadrat (from E. Maltin)

Checks and Balances (p 66)
Data sheet for tabulating figures generated in this activity (from E. Maltin).

Oh Caribou (adapted from Oh Deer, Project WILD)
Here's an adaptation of the famous Project WILD activity.

Wednesday, May 17, 2006

Caribou News May 17, 2006

[Editor's note: Sorry for the long period since the last posting...my source, Google Alerts, went AWOL for a while. I really like this first story!]

Kimberley School shows thier concern for caribou
North Thompson Times - Clearwater,British Columbia,Canada... teachers and parents from Lindsay Park Elementary School in Kimberley, BC, bent and stretched their bodies to from a 100-foot mountain caribou to help raise ...

Overhunting by explorer blamed for tiny Peary caribou herds
Edmonton Journal (subscription) - Edmonton,Alberta,CanadaCould polar explorer Robert Peary have pushed a small population of pint-sized caribou to the verge of extinction on Ellesmere Island? ...

Caribou at risk with all mining activity, biologist warns
Nunatsiaq News - Iqaluit,Nunavut,Canada
Caribou can be affected by every phase of mining activity, beginning with exploration, says Leslie Wakelyn, a contract biologist with the Beverly and ...

Caribou left out of uranium talks
Nunatsiaq News - Iqaluit,Nunavut,Canada
The Beverly and Qamanirjuaq Caribou Management Board was not pleased to learn that Nunavut Tunngavik Inc. is drafting a policy for ...

Board to set predator control boundaries
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner -
Fairbanks,AK,USA... Most of the proposals are aimed at killing more bears and wolves to increase the number of moose and caribou for sport and subsistence hunters throughout the ...

Many culprits active in caribou decline
Globe and Mail - CanadaBy MARK HUME. VANCOUVER -- It's easy to tell when a wolf pack has killed a caribou. From the frenzy of tracks left in the snow, you ...

Wednesday, May 03, 2006

Curriculum Correlations for Yukon/BC for resources like Project Caribou

Another reminder: You can easily search which learning objectives fit with your grade and subject for learning resources including:
Project Caribou
Project WET
Project WILD
Backyard Biodiversity and Beyond
Protected Areas
Wild Sheep
and more!

See www.hctf.ca/wild/educator/irp/cc/cc.htm