Awesome online visual of caribou migration

Journey of the Caribou
Featuring the movements of the Qamanirjuaq caribou herd, this site uses satellite collar data to show how the animals migrate from season to season and year to year.

A beautiful sight/site. Check it out!!

Caribou in the News - January 30, 2007

Aboriginals admit their hunting may be part of Arctic caribou decline
Discovery Reports Canada - Toronto,Ontario,Canada
INUVIK, NWT (CP) - Northern aboriginals are acknowledging that how they hunt could be contributing to the rapid decline of the caribou herds central to the ...
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Tag system considered for aboriginal caribou hunters
CBC North - Canada
The easiest way to track the number of caribou killed by aboriginal hunters would be a tag system, similar to the one used for non-aboriginal hunters, ...

New caribou committee not needed: Tetlichi
CBC North - Canada
Action, not another committee, is needed to solve the problem of declining northern caribou herds, the chair of the Porcupine Caribou Management Board says. ...

Caribou population worries Canada
Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack,British Columbia,Canada
The caribou population in Canada’s vast Northwest Territories is falling rapidly and the increasingly warm climate could slow the animals’ chances

Caribou in the News - January 25, 2007

Northern caribou need Ottawa's help, says MLA
CBC North - 42 minutes ago
Even though wildlife management falls to the territorial government, Ottawa has a role to play in setting aside habitat and limiting industrial development, Miltenberger told more than 180 people gathered in Inuvik to develop a territory-wide caribou ...

Recovery Plan for Caribou
Robson Valley Times - 22 hours ago
Heather Mitchell, of the province’s Species at Risk Coordination Office, spoke to the association about the province’s recovery strategy for mountain caribou. Mitchell said that mountain caribou were listed as endangered in 1984.

Caribou in the News -January 23, 2007

Acquisition Protects Caribou and Salmon in Southwest Alaska
The Nature Conservancy - Arlington,VA,USA
This acquisition, in partnership with The Nature Conservancy, protects an important river crossing for the Mulchatna Caribou Herd as well as spawning ...

Caribou fences need special status: Parks Canada
CBC North - Canada

Caribou fences built in the northern Yukon by First Nations people deserve to be designated as national historic sites, Vuntut National Park's ...

Vuntut MLA accuses Fentie of ignoring caribou
CBC North - Canada
The agenda for a Friday meeting between Yukon and Alaska political leaders is missing an important item — the Porcupine caribou herd, Vuntut Gwitchin MLA ...

Caribou herds dwindling rapidly
Globe and Mail - Toronto,Ontario,Canada
Susan Fleck, director of wildlife with the government of the Northwest Territories, will be among those delivering that message at a caribou

Caribou information and activities "en français".

MRNF - Décembre - Pleins feux sur... le temps des Fêtes et les caribous du Père Noël ont chaud

Quebec Information and activities "en français".

Teacher on the Tundra: a teacher's guide to Thunder on the Tundra

Teacher on the Tundra: a teacher's guide to Thunder on the Tundra

Download the whole document here!!

Thunder on the Tundra resource

Thunder on the Tundra
Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit of the Bathurst Caribou
Natasha Thorpe, Naikak Hakongak, Sandra Eyegetok and the Kitikmeot Elders

Inuit elders share their insights of caribou and explore the link between Qitirmiut and caribou.

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Caribou in the News - January 3, 2007

Happy New Year!

New measures proposed to save Bathurst caribou herd
CBC North - Canada
The NWT government wants to limit the harvest of its largest caribou
herd to cope with a dramatic decline in its population. The ...

NWT outfitters say planned caribou restrictions will destroy ...
Vancouver Sun (subscription) - British Columbia, Canada
(CP) - Faced with drastic declines in the size of its caribou herds, the
Northwest Territories has proposed new hunting restrictions that some outfitters say ...

Board backs curtailed Bluenose-West caribou hunt

CBC North - Canada
Hunting of the Bluenose-West caribou herd should be limited to
four per cent or about 700 animals in 2007, the Sahtu Renewable Resources
Board says. ...

Snowmobilers return to N. Idaho forests where last caribou roam
Twin Falls Times-News - Twin Falls,ID,USA
The sound infuriates those seeking to protect the Lower 48 states' last herd
of caribou but thrills local business owners and riders from across the region who ...