Monday, February 23, 2009

Caribou News Feb 23, 09...cool stuff!

Genetics Reveal Unique Caribou Species: Discovery News
Long considered members of one subspecies, many mountain caribou are closely related to a different subspecies that lives hundreds of miles to the north, ...
Not home on the range
Winnipeg Free Press - Winnipeg,Manitoba,Canada
It's the caribou, particularly the barren-land caribou. Until recently, two herds ranged from northern Manitoba and Saskatchewan to their isolated calving ...
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Woodland herds 'holding their own'
Winnipeg Free Press - Winnipeg,Manitoba,Canada
MANITOBA'S woodland caribou face the same pressures as their northern cousins, but at this stage their health and herd-strength remains stable, ...
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Game board faces growling over predator control
Anchorage Daily News - Anchorage,AK,USA
Defenders' high-profile spokeswoman, actress Ashley Judd, decried Alaska's intensive management that aims to increase moose and caribou numbers by reducing ...
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Chugach bears, wolverines at issue
Anchorage Daily News - Anchorage,AK,USA
Proposals to change the scoring for subsistence permits for Nelchina caribou to give a broader range of people a chance at obtaining permits. ...
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Coal versus caribou clash brewing in BC between natives and coal ...
The Canadian Press - VANCOUVER, B.C.
VANCOUVER, BC — There is a coal, caribou and consultation clash brewing in northeastern British Columbia between a First Nation and a mining exploration ...
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Government's Recovery Plans Include “IOU” for Mountain Caribou
Wildsight - Kimberley,BC,Canada
VANCOUVER, BC – A coalition of ten leading environmental groups is applauding the BC government's recent legal protection of endangered Mountain Caribou ...
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Tuesday, February 10, 2009

Caribou News Feb 10, 2009

Reading the North
Anchorage Daily News - Anchorage,AK,USA
'A Koyukon elder explained that they dislike the noise caribou make, walking carelessly through the brush and running to and fro without reason. ...
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Town Talk: Published Feb. 8
North County Journal - Florissant,MO,USA
Sarah Palin says they have to slaughter the wolves to save the moose and caribou population. Boy, does that story have a big hole in it. ...
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Beware of booking hunts in Quebec
Allentown Morning Call - Allentown,PA,USA
This past September, 170 hunters, most of them from the United States, lost their deposits for caribou hunts from a bankrupt outfitter in Quebec. ...
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Reindeer Games: Tracking Caribou in the Slate Islands
Backpacker Magazine - USA
Happy coincidence for wildlife-loving paddlers: Canoes and woodland caribou converge like nowhere else on Earth in Ontario's Slate Islands. ...
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Science Canada: Mercury levels rising in caribou, contaminants ...
By Jeff Sharom
Mercury levels rising in caribou, contaminants program finds. Posted by Jeff Sharom at 11:41 PM. Feb 2, 2009. CBC News http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/02/02/north-caribou.html ...
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Thursday, February 05, 2009

Caribou News Feb 5, 2009

Suit demands caribou be protected
Seattle Times - United States
By Becky Kramer GB / AP Environmentalists say the last tiny herd of caribou in the Lower 48 is fighting for survival in the Selkirk Mountains. ...
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CHISANA CARIBOU HERD STABLE, SLIGHTLYGROWING IN 2007
unique. The Chisana Caribou. herd, whose range crosses the ... ELIAS NATIONAL PARK & PRESERVE’S CHISANA CARIBOU HERD OF SPECIAL INTEREST ...

Chisana Caribou Project Conservation experiment to preserve the ...
Chisana Caribou Project Conservation experiment to preserve the Chisana caribou herd. Includes a daily journal, photos and educational information. ...

Viral Nerd: Frozen caribou
By Wayne Miltz
Frozen caribou. Jan 25, 04:14 PM. These pictures come from a friends friend who lives in Alaska. This caribou froze while standing up in -80°F winds on the North slope at the top of Alaska. — Viral Nerd ...
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