Monday, February 18, 2008

Caribou News February 18 2008

Land Use Plan could save caribou
Northern News Services (subscription) - Yellowknife,Northwest Territories,Canada
DEH CHO - New research findings show that unless the Dehcho Land Use Plan is implemented woodland caribou populations could be lost in the southern portion ...
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Innu hunters vow return to disputed caribou area
CBC - Newfoundland & Labrador - St. John's,Newfoundland and Labrador,Canada
A group of Innu hunters in Labrador is planning to hunt caribou in an area that government officials say is off limits. The RCMP recently seized seven ...
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Monday, February 11, 2008

Caribou News February 11, 2008

Plan only goes part way
Western Star - Corner Brook,Newfoundland and Labrador,Canada
The government has heard the warnings of a potential collapse of the province’s native caribou population from outdoors enthusiasts, outfitters and wildlife ...
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On frozen pond
ChronicleHerald.ca - Halifax,Nova Scotia,Canada
NORTHWEST RIVER (CP) — Two rare and historically significant caribou coats painted by Innu artisans in the late 18th century have been returned to ...
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Caribou pose a $15-million problem
Montreal Gazette - Montreal,Quebec,Canada
The Newfoundland and Labrador government will spend $15.3 million to study the rapid decline of caribou. In 1996, there were more than 96000 caribou in the ...
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Smart wildlife programs let both animals and people thrive
Vancouver Sun - British Columbia, Canada
In the 1980s, BC conducted wolf killing programs to protect moose, elk, black-tailed deer and caribou. And, as late as last year, the BC government planned ...
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No Roads, No Regrets
Washington Post - United States
We walked along ancient animal trails, over spongy tussocks, across shivery streams, in the wake of bear, wolf and caribou tracks. A rainbow halo encircled ...
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NL gov't to spend $15.3 million on strategy to halt caribou herd ...
The Canadian Press -
Environment Minister Charlene Johnson says the money will be used to build on earlier efforts to better understand and mitigate the drop in woodland caribou ...
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