Wednesday, August 29, 2007

Porcupine Caribou Schools Program: Online Access to Guides

Support Materials - Project Caribou

Recently added: a link to these Porcupine Caribou Herd resources, developed originally by the Yukon Department of Education, and an inspiration for the Project Caribou resource.

Look for the image on this page.

Tuesday, August 21, 2007

Caribou News August 21, 2007

Astronaut Dave Williams says Caribou jerky helps him prepare for ...
Canada East - Canada
(CP) - Astronaut Dave Williams says munching on Canadian caribou jerky is a
good way to prepare for his record-breaking spacewalk Saturday outside the ...

Wildlife abundant on Alaska's Arctic tundra
Contra Costa Times - Walnut Creek,CA,USA
On our way to see the oil rigs, we drove past a caribou calf that was grazing on
tundra plants beside the road. "It's a harsh world up here," cracked our ...

Tuesday, August 07, 2007

Caribou NewsAugust 7, 2007

Businesses back caribou conservation in British Columbia
Globe and Mail - Canada
British Columbia, which has the world's last remaining mountain caribou, with
about 1900 animals in 18 separate herds, is formulating a plan to save the ...
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BC asked to save endangered caribou species
Canada.com - Hamilton,Ontario,Canada
VANCOUVER -- The fate of the world's remaining mountain caribou
will be decided in coming weeks -- and conservationists are urging the
BC government to save ...
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Nelchina hunting permits announced
Anchorage Daily News (subscription) - Anchorage,AK,USA
By ALEX deMARBAN More than a thousand Alaskans who didn't win a coveted permit to hunt a Nelchina caribou or moose will get the chance after all. ...
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Arctic players poles apart on bears, caribou
Canada.com - Canada
The Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife claims the Peary
caribou
population has declined by 72 per cent since 1984. "Don't
worry about it," he ...
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Hawaii Sen. Akaka cancels Alaska visit
KPUA - HI,USA
... to recognize the concerns of the Gwich'in Indians, who worry
drilling could disrupt the calving grounds of Porcupine caribou they
depend on for food. ...
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Chisana Caribou Recovery Project
The Chisana herd is a small, genetically distinct, population of
caribou
inhabiting eastcentral Alaska and southwest Yukon.
The herd summers almost entirely ...