Wednesday, June 17, 2009

Caribou News...shocking! June 09

'Caribou herds dwindling worldwide: Alberta study
CBC.ca - Toronto,Ontario,Canada
Populations of caribou and reindeer, which northern peoples have long relied on, have fallen drastically worldwide over the past three decades, ...
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U' researchers discover caribou hunting structures in Lake Huron
Michigan Daily - Ann Arbor,MI,USA
The researchers found caribou hunting structures and camps preserved 100 feet deep in a location 100 miles wide in Lake Huron. John O'Shea, curator of Great ...
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Drop In Reindeer, Caribou Population Linked To Climate Change ...
AHN - USA
Edmonton, Alberta (AHN) - The number of herds of caribou and reindeer in the northern hemisphere is declining due to climate change and disturbance of their ...
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Animal migrations disappearing from face of the earth, study concludes
Telegraph.co.uk - United Kingdom
Bison and caribou have also all been badly affected. Migrations evolved to take animals from areas where food was scarce to those where it was abundant, ...
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Paths Less Travelled: Caribou, Reindeer Numbers Show Dramatic Decline
By Larry Powell
Caribou, Reindeer Numbers Show Dramatic Decline. ScienceDaily (June 12, 2009) — Caribou and reindeer numbers worldwide have plunged almost 60% in the last three decades. Click on headline for full story. ...
Paths Less Travelled - http://earthkeeperfarm.blogspot.com/


Caribou and reindeer population plunges 60 percent in three decades
The first ever comprehensive survey of caribou worldwide (known as reindeer in Europe) has found that the species has suffered a staggering decline.
Caribou, reindeer numbers down worldwide - UPI.com
Caribou and reindeer populations worldwide have dropped nearly 60 percent in the last 30 years, researchers at the University of Alberta said Friday.
Reindeer & Caribou Populations Plunge Yahoo News
Reindeer and caribou numbers worldwide have plunged nearly 60 percent in the last three decades due to climate change and habitat disturbance caused by ...
WCS: Caribou
Caribou occur across most of northern Canada and Alaska in boreal and arctic landscapes. Caribou have declined in their distribution and abundance due to ...
Reindeer & Caribou Populations Plunge | LiveScience
Reindeer and caribou numbers worldwide have plunged almost 60 percent in the last three decades.
First ever worldwide census analysis of cariboureindeer numbers ...
Caribou and reindeer numbers worldwide have plunged almost 60 percent in the last three decades. The dramatic revelation came out of the first ever ...
caribou - Wiktionary
From Canadian French caribou, from Mi'kmaq qalipu (“'snow-shoveller'”), from qalipi (“'to shovel ... Retrieved from "http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/caribou" ...
Ancient Underwater Camps, Caribou Traps in Great Lake?
In one of North America's Great Lakes, robot-assisted archaeologists may have discovered prehistoric American camps and long "drive lanes" built to guide ...

Tuesday, June 09, 2009

Caribou news notes June 09

Drilling foes gather in Arctic Village
Bellingham Herald - Bellingham,WA,USA
The group said threats to the caribou calving grounds was a threat to the heart of their people, who rely on caribou for subsistence hunting.
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Around Nunavut
Nunatsiaq News - Iqaluit,Nunavut,Canada
Williams noted that caribou meat is flown daily into Iqaluit from the Kivalliq because caribou are now hard to find in south Baffin. ...
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Wildsight's 10 Ways to Celebrate Our Environment
Wildsight - Kimberley,BC,Canada
2) All in favour of Mountain Caribou? Raise your right foot. Slow down for the mountain caribou when you are driving on Highway 3. ...
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Michael's Meanderings: The Porcupine River
By Meandering Michael
The Porcupine isn't just any river; it constitutes a large part of the migration route for the Porcupine Caribou herd (hence the name of the herd). The herd winters in the NWT and makes its way to the North Slope of Alaska every spring ...
Michael's Meanderings - http://michaelpealow.blogspot.com/

Efforts to protect caribou worthwhile
Timmins Daily Press - Timmins,Ontario,Canada
The conservation of the noble caribou should not be questioned, for it may be the only common denominator between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal communities. ...
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Three Students Named Vanier Scholars | University of Guelph
"My goals are to provide decision-makers with predictive tools for caribou conservation while promoting a mechanistic cognitive approach to the study of animal movement," said Avgar. "The Vanier award will go a long way in providing me ...
University of Guelph News - http://www.uoguelph.ca/news/


Earth belongs to the animals too
Times and Transcript - Moncton,New Brunswick,Canada
While watching a herd of caribou running freely I knew that, according to the unwritten, unofficial rules of film making, something was going to go wrong. ...
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Conservationists say Canada's Species at Risk Act isn't working
Metro Canada - Vancouver - Vancouver,Canada
She says other species like the polar bear, northern spotted owl and boreal woodland caribou continue to disappear with little help from the federal ...
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Canada's caribou face growing risk | Environment | Reuters
OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada's 36000-strong population of woodland caribou will shrink over the next century and those animals that live in areas heavy in ...