Caribou in the News June 20, 2006

More calves join Chisana caribou herd

Whitehorse Star (subscription) - Whitehorse,Yukon,Canada

BIG BOUNDARY LAKE – For the fourth and final time, 45 caribou calves and their mothers left a pen along the banks of Big Boundary Lake and headed toward the ...

Mountain caribou in steep decline
Salmon Arm Observer - B.C., Canada
By Barb Brouwer. Mountain caribou populations are in severe decline in British Columbia and conservationists want the province to do something about it - now. ...

Rare caribou coat to remain in Canada
CBC New Brunswick - New Brunswick,Canada
A rare 18th-century caribou-skin coat will stay in Canada, after weeks of discussions and dealing on the part of Newfoundland and Labrador's The Rooms and the ...

Caribou in the News June 15, 2006

Threat to caribou official
Winnipeg Sun - CanadaThe woodland caribou is being listed as "threatened" under Manitoba's Endangered Species Act, Conservation Minister Stan Struthers announced yesterday. ...

Manitoba's woodland caribou threatened
Winnipeg Sun - CanadaManitoba's woodland caribou populations are being listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act to strengthen steps already taken by the province to ...

Caribou in the News -- June 6, 2006

NWT lauded for caribou protection strategy
CBC - Newfoundland & Labrador - St. John's,Newfoundland,Canada
The Northwest Territories is on the right track when it comes to protecting the woodland caribou, a new report from two environmental groups says. ...

Rooms in talks to buy historic caribou coat
CBC.ca - Alberta, Canada
Newfoundland and Labrador's provincial museum, The Rooms, says it will try to buy a rare caribou coat before it's sold to a private collector in the United ...

Development threatens woodland caribou: report
CTV.ca - Canada
EDMONTON -- Canada's declining herds of woodland caribou will only survive if governments move to protect large tracts of northern forest from industrial ..

Woodland caribou need protection, report says
StarPhoenix - Saskatoon,Saskatchewan,Canada
EDMONTON (CP) -- Canada's declining herds of woodland caribou will only survive if governments move to protect large tracts of northern forest from industrial ...