Caribou Fences Interactive

Caribou Fences Interactive:
All about the caribou and ancient fences used to catch them in the North Slope of the Yukon.
Very cool Flash-based site, with great illustrations and simple explanations.
Great for younger students too.

Animal Antics - The Barren-ground Caribou

Animal Antics - The Barren-ground Caribou: "

Animal Antics is an EcoKids comic strip about the “antics” of Canadian wildlife. Xalibu the Pawer is all about the barren-ground caribou. The name caribou likely came from the Micmac word “xalibu,” which means 'the one who paws.'

Our illustrator has drawn a series of pictures showing a herd of barren-ground caribou throughout the seasons, starting in winter. Each picture represents different caribou behaviour. But the comic strip is missing one very important element—the captions! So we need your help!

You can help by writing the words to go along with the pictures.

To help you write the captions for “Xalibu,” EcoKids has put together a Barren-ground Caribou Fact Sheet to give you some basic information and interesting facts.

Caribou in the News MORE!

Bluenose East caribou herd recovering
HQ Yellowknife
Yellowknife, NWT - The Bathurst caribou may be dwindling, but it looks as though the Bluenose East herd is recovering. Summer surveys show the Bluenose East ...
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South Dempster caribou hunting ban signed
CBC.ca
The emergency caribou hunting ban begins Friday in an area covering the southern part of the Dempster Highway and much of Tombstone Territorial Park. ...
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 Nelchina herd big enough for human horde
Anchorage Daily News
It was an easy, warm autumn for the caribou, prompting them to linger in their summer foraging grounds along the Denali Highway. ...
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 Caribou concerns arise at Winnipeg workshop
CBC.ca
A wild caribou pauses near the Meadowbank gold mine in Nunavut in 2009. Population declines have been reported in some barren-land caribou herds across ...
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 Meeting pledges to work to save caribou
Winnipeg Free Press
Scientists, wildlife managers and aboriginal leaders have wrapped up a four-day summit by pledging to work to save endangered caribou but they didn't ...
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 Manitoba: Threatened Woodland Caribou, Moose Populations To Be ...
In Manitoba the threatened Woodland Caribou and moose populations will be monitored by First Nations as the East Side Road project moves forward.
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Caribou in the News

South Dempster caribou hunting ban signed CBC.ca The emergency caribou hunting ban begins Friday in an area covering the southern part of the Dempster Highway and much of Tombstone Territorial Park. ... See all stories on this topic »     Labrador Innu offer to help NL save caribou CBC.ca The grand chief of the Innu Nation in Labrador says his members could help the provincial government communicate with Innu from Quebec who hunt caribou in ... See all stories on this topic » CBC.ca Reindeer arrive for holidays San Francisco Chronicle And others saw four caribou trucked in from Redmond, Ore. Susan Mathison, however, was not among the latter. "It brings out the kid in me," said Mathison, ... See all stories on this topic » Reindeer Romp: Check out these caribou at S.F. Zoo San Francisco Chronicle Nappi says reindeer - which are essentially caribou - roam the tundras of Sweden, Russia and Mongolia, as well as Canada and Alaska. ... See all stories on this topic » Fortymile caribou hunt short of quota, excess added to winter permit hunt Fairbanks Daily News-Miner by Tim Mowry / tmowry@newsminer.com FAIRBANKS — Hunters will get a shot at more Fortymile caribou this winter after falling short of the harvest quota for ... See all stories on this topic » Oil and gas remnants killing caribou: First Nations CTV.ca Residents of the Treaty 8 lands near Fort St. John say that contamination from the abandoned sites is poisoning bison, moose, deer and caribou, ... See all stories on this topic » Labrador caribou plan devastating: outfitters CBC.ca A new conservation plan aimed at saving a dwindling caribou herd in Labrador will have devastating consequences, outfitters say. ... See all stories on this topic » CBC.ca New hunting limits preserve Fortymile caribou herd Anchorage Daily News AP FAIRBANKS -- The 2010 Fortymile caribou hunt went as planned for state Fish and Game Department officials, with a late start and one unexpected closing ... See all stories on this topic » Food Sector Earnings: California Pizza Kitchen, Caribou Coffee MarketNewsVideo.com Also late yesterday, Caribou Coffee Company (NASDAQ:CBOU) posted earnings of $1.6 million, or $0.08 per share, compared to $0.7 million, or $0.03 per share, ... See all stories on this topic » NL gov't toughens rules for caribou hunting CTV.ca JOHN'S, NL — The Newfoundland and Labrador government has brought in tough restrictions on caribou hunting in light of a serious decline in the size of the ... See all stories on this topic » CTV.ca George River Caribou Herd Declining: Critic VOCM Liberal critic Roland Butler says the environment minister has been slow to act in saving the George River caribou herd. Charlene Johnson brought an end ... See all stories on this topic »     VOCM Going, going, gone? Edmonton Journal By Ed Struzik, edmontonjournal.com November 14, 2010 Parks Canada biologist Mark Bradley uses a radio antenna to home in on caribou near Amethyst Lake in ... See all stories on this topic » Nunatsiavut Government to Talk Caribou Numbers VOCM The Nunatsiavut Department of Lands and Natural Resources will begin public consultations Sunday to discuss the state of the George River caribou herd. ...

Western Arctic Herd News..Caribou Trails

The latest edition of Caribou Trails is now available on the Project Caribou website...
check it out!

Caribou in the News end of October 2010

First Nations people, scientists meet to save caribou
Winnipeg Free Press
The North American Caribou Workshop has registered 400 environmentalists, aboriginal leaders, government regulators and scientists, twice as many as ...
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Consultations taking place on George River Caribou
St. John's Telegram
Consultations are taking place in Labrador today and Wednesday on the management of the George River caribou herd. Preliminary census results, from a ...
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Board approves hunt for Nelchina caribou Anchorage Daily News AP The Alaska Board of Game has decided to proceed with a community harvest of the Nelchina herd, the state's most sought after caribou. ... See all stories on this topic »

Bathurst caribou plan to help preserve herd CBC.ca The Bathurst caribou herd's population has dropped from about 128000 in 2006 to 32000 last year, according to NWT government surveys. ... See all stories on this topic »

 Flying in Caribou Country - 2008_1.pdf 1783520 - geology.gov.yk.ca ...
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Caribou Herd Ranges - Environment Yukon Map Collection

Caribou Herd Ranges - Environment Yukon Map Collection:

Online map...free!

Bathurst caribou conservation plan signed
CBC.ca
Yellowknives Dene First Nation chiefs Ted Tsetta, left, and Edward Sangris sign the caribou agreement Thursday with NWT Environment Minister Michael ...

 Harvest reports due on Nelchina caribou herd
Anchorage Daily News
Hunters so far have taken 730 of the 1500 quota on the Nelchina caribou herd, according to the Alaska Department of Fish and Game. ...



14 great migrations: Caribou | MNN - Mother Nature Network
North America's caribou populations migrate the furthest of any terrestrial mammal, a journey which can span over 3000 miles annually.
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 On Our Radar: Shrinking Caribou Herds
New York Times (blog)
By JOHN COLLINS RUDOLF Caribou populations across the Arctic drop precipitously; resource development and a warming climate are to blame, researchers say. ...

 Government's plan will not save caribou
ECO/Huff Strategy (press release)
Toronto, 22 September 2010 –Ontario's woodland caribou are in danger of disappearing from this province, warns the Environmental Commissioner of Ontario, ...

 OPINION: How to Field Dress a Caribou
Arctic Sounder
At a young age, my father taught me how to hunt and process large game animals, specifically caribou, with minimal effort and equipment. ...
 
 Alberta First Nations press Ottawa over caribou depletion
Edmonton Journal
Two caribou herds live in the area the Beaver Lake Cree claim as their traditional territory, an area the size of Switzerland bordering Saskatchewan in the ...
 Court challenge launched to halt new oilsands development on caribou land
Winnipeg Free Press
Environmental and aboriginal groups hope to use the Species At Risk Act to force federal Environment Minister Jim Prentice to protect woodland caribou herds ...

US hunter's caribou may be record size
CBC.ca
The antlers of the mountain caribou Mark Seacat hunted in the Mackenzie Mountains on Aug. 17 may be the second-largest on record. ...
 

Flying in Caribou Country brochure

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(2010) Studies show that caribou are sensitive to low-altitude overhead flights. This brochure provides valuable information on how to minimize caribou disturbance from aircraft.
Current range maps of Yukon caribou herds too!

A Troubling Decline in the Caribou Herds of the Arctic by Ed Struzik: Yale Environment 360

A Troubling Decline in the Caribou Herds of the Arctic by Ed Struzik: Yale Environment 360: "23 Sep 2010: Report
A Troubling Decline in the
Caribou Herds of the Arctic
Across the Far North, populations of caribou — an indispensable source of food and clothing for indigenous people — are in steep decline. Scientists point to rising temperatures and a resource-development boom as the prime culprits.
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More caribou goodies, a bit older

A Caribou-bou in the Warming Arctic
New York Times (blog)
By STEVE ZACK A long-running joke with my nieces, Allison and Lindsay, is that a mistake involving caribou is a “caribou-bou.” Our caribou-bou is now clear. ...
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 B.C. to monitor, manage, mitigate habitat for threatened boreal caribou
Winnipeg Free Press
The ministry says caribou populations will be closely monitored over the next five years, and specific measures will be established for their management and ...
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 Exploratory drilling for zinc raises concerns for caribou, environment
Vancouver Sun
By Larry Pynn, Vancouver Sun June 22, 2010 9:00 PM A Vancouver mining company proposes to conduct exploratory drilling for zinc on threatened caribou ...
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Caribou controversy Chico News & Review US District Judge H. Russel Holland ruled that federal wildlife officials are allowed the time necessary to determine reasons for the declining caribou ... See all stories on this topic

Caribou issue more complex than "kill them all" Juneau Empire The ratio of caribou bulls to cows is skewed at 5:100. The bulls are old, leading to low birth rates and unhealthy calves. Reported predation on calves ... See all stories on this topic

My national animal: the noble caribou - The Globe and Mail

My national animal: the noble caribou - The Globe and Mail: "Joseph Boyden

Joseph Boyden

From Tuesday's Globe and Mail Published on Tuesday, Jun. 29, 2010 12:01AM EDT Last updated on Saturday, Jul. 03, 2010 12:28AM EDT

In the days leading up to Canada Day, The Globe is teaming up with Facebook for an unscientific survey of Canadians about what our true national symbols should be. We've also asked a few Canadians to share their picks. Today, author Joseph Boyden makes his pitch.

Be it resolved that the caribou should be our national animal.

And let it make no difference should said caribou represent any one of the three major subspecies—Peary of the far north, Barren Ground of the central north, or Woodland of the low north – for they all share unique and resilient qualities befitting a country that is in itself so unique and resilient.

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Speaking to the resilience of the caribou, this is an animal that can cover one hundred kilometers of the toughest and most frigid terrain imaginable in a single day, pawing through snowdrift and ice for the meager yet nourishing lichen in winter, fording vast rivers and mosquito-plagued tundra in summer.

Still, in every life upon this earth there will always be predators. The world of the caribou contains its enemies too; its sinewy flanks are the mouthwatering awe of polar bear, grizzly, wolf, lynx, and even the eagle when it spies from above the newborn calf.

Some say the animal’s greatest predator is the human race, but it isn’t through the most obvious relationship between hunter and hunted. Rather, it is through our growing hunger for the earth’s bounty.

The creation of pipelines that cut through and cut off traditional migration routes, the encroachment of construction on sensitive feeding grounds, and the continued temperature rise that threatens to topple the Arctic ice into a warming sea might very well account for the drastic drop in caribou populations all across the north.

And so let these resilient beasts be a reminder to us all that there’s great irony in the fact that we make these animals’ already tough lives much tougher in our constant hunger to fill our own lives with more ease.

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While gender equality might not be a phrase commonly considered when we speak of the natural world, a fascinating fact exists when we consider the mighty caribou: it is the only member of the deer family in which both male and female grow antlers. If this fact alone doesn’t impress you, imagine yourself carrying a weight equal to your thighbones fused to your forehead as you run through said tundra or away from said polar bear.

Perhaps the caribou’s greatest strength is its desire to gather in massive herds after the rut in autumn and to travel en masse through the tough winter months, staying together as one giant entity, one huge family, until the miracle that happens on the birthing grounds in late spring allows them to break off into smaller families for the pleasant months of summer.

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Caribou innately understand that strength exists in numbers, that they are better protected from hungry predators in the fall, the killing cold in winter, and the bloodsucking mosquito hordes that awake in the spring. The caribou recognizes, most importantly, that the good of the group, for much of the year, far outweighs the needs of the individual.

What an incredible lesson for humans, if only we allow ourselves, for just a moment, to believe we can actually learn something from an animal so perfectly suited to its environment.

And no, it cannot go without mention that caribou is absolutely delicious in a stew with braised carrots, potatoes, onion, red wine, and perhaps half a bottle of Guinness beer. Is there anything more sublime than to be allowed to consume a tiny part of the spirit of this animal, the spirit of the North, the spirit of this country? It is only just, then, only right, that at the moment of eating, to offer up our hearty thanks to one so resilient and unique.

Joseph Boyden is an award-winning novelist whose heart is in the north no matter how far south he sometimes resides.

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Caribou News backlog!

Eco groups back First Nations call to protect boreal caribou
Montreal Gazette
They argue the provincial government has not done enough to halt the decline of the herds, ignoring a recommendation in 2005 from its own woodland caribou ...
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 Caribou protection a priority
Edmonton Journal
Our member companies are committed to protecting Alberta's wildlife, including the caribou. Through our involvement with the Alberta Caribou Committee, ...
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 Mining, logging halt urged to help caribou recover
Winnipeg Free Press
The fire burned about 55000 hectares north of Cranberry Portage and destroyed a large part of the Kississing-Naosap caribou herd's range, ...
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Revised NWT caribou plan presented CBC.ca The NWT government banned hunting of the Bathurst caribou herd in the territory's North Slave region on Jan. 1. The ban remains in place while officials ... See all stories on this topic » CBC.ca
Alaska judge blocks 1000 caribou hunting permits Anchorage Daily News AP ANCHORAGE, Alaska - A judge in Kenai has blocked the state from issuing an extra 1000 subsistence hunting permits to take caribou in the Nelchina herd ... See all stories on this topic »
Alaska: Caribou Commons Or America's Lost Ace? Forbes In this case, this new Alaska could be labeled "the caribou commons." By now it's clear that the Great Plains region has value well beyond accommodating ...  1 day hunting season for Fortymile caribou herd Anchorage Daily News That's how long the caribou hunting season along Steese highway will last this summer. In an effort to avoid an over harvest of the Fortymile caribou herd, ... See all stories on this topic » In Nelchina Basin, village caribou hunts face shutdown Alaska Dispatch With less than two weeks before fall caribou and moose hunts are scheduled to begin, questions remain about whether Alaskans who were granted 2010 permits ... See all stories on this topic » Alberta First Nations urge caribou protection CBC.ca Canada's declining herds of woodland caribou will survive only if governments protect large tracts of northern forest from oil and gas and other development ... See all stories on this topic »Declining Unimak Island caribou have disappeared and reappeared before Alaska Dispatch The season of rebirth has not been a good one for the caribou of Unimak Island or the biologists who study them. The biologists engaged in trying to ... See all stories on this topic »Outfitter calls for compensation for travel to Bathurst Caribou hearings HQ Yellowknife Yellowknife, NWT - Groups concerned about the proposed plan to manage the Bathurst Caribou herd will make the trip to Behchoko next month to present their ... See all stories on this topic »Canada needs more, bigger parks to protect wildlife: study AFP As examples, the report blamed "habitat fragmentation" for grizzly bear deaths and for the decline of woodland caribou in Banff National Park until the last ... See all stories on this topic » CBC.ca

Caribou in the News--- lots o' stuff

State, federal officials await Unimak Island predator control ruling KTUU The Unimak Island caribou herd is in decline, and state biologists want to shoot seven wolves on the island. (Courtesy Lem Butler/Alaska Department of Fish ... See all stories on this topic

Alaska postpones wolf kill plans until judge rules The Associated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The state of Alaska is halting plans to kill wolves on caribou calving grounds in a national refuge until a federal judge rules on the ... See all stories on this topic

Federal judge to hear state case for shooting wolves next week KTUU At the hearing, US Fish and Wildlife Service officials argued that following federal regulations like NEPA is the best way to bring back the caribou ... See all stories on this topic

State waits for judge's decision on wolves Juneau Empire ANCHORAGE - The state is holding off on plans to kill wolves on the caribou calving grounds inside a national refuge on Unimak Island until it hears from a ... See all stories on this topic

My turn: Lack of science, planning to blame for low caribou herd Juneau Empire By Tina Brown | Juneau Empire According to the State of Alaska, the problem on Unimak Island is that there are not enough bull caribou to sustain the herd. ... See all stories on this topic

State Sues Federal Agency for Blocking Caribou Preservation Plan SitNews Unimak Island, the eastern-most in the Aleutian chain, is home to the nation's only naturally occurring insular caribou herd. The herd numbered 1260 in 2002 ... See all stories on this topic NWT proposes new Bathurst caribou plan CBC.ca The most recent NWT government survey of the Bathurst caribou herd showed a decline from about 128000 caribou in 2006 to an estimated 31900 animals in 2009. ... See all stories on this topic Alaska sues feds over predator control The Associated Press At issue is the state's plan to kill wolves to preserve a caribou herd inside the Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge on Unimak Island, beginning as ... See all stories on this topic RONA Applauds Agreement to Ensure Enhanced Protection of Canada's Boreal Forest MarketWatch (press release) ... The completion of joint proposals for networks of protected areas and the recovery of species at risk, including woodland caribou; -- A full life-cycle ... See all stories on this topic Canadian Forestry Firms' Agreement Fails on Caribou, Boreal Protection The Media Co-op (blog) “An analysis of the announcement on forestry and caribou can come to only one conclusion: the logging companies do not plan to preserve anything near the ... See all stories on this topic Three Delta Junction hunters sentenced for illegally shooting caribou Fairbanks Daily News-Miner by Tim Mowry / tmowry@newsminer.com FAIRBANKS — Three Delta Junction men who illegally killed 10 caribou off the Denali Highway in December have been fined ... See all stories on this topic Canadian forestry firms agree to curb boreal forest logging Independent Forestry companies announced Tuesday a pact with environmentalists to stop logging huge swathes of Canada's boreal forest and protect caribou herds in ... See all stories on this topic USA Today 170 million acres of Canada's boreal forest to be saved USA Today "This is our best chance to save woodland caribou, permanently protect vast areas of the Boreal Forest and put in place sustainable forestry practices," ... See all stories on this topic Historic Deal Puts Caribou Before Cash The Epoch Times The deal is being hailed as a historic breakthrough that could reduce greenhouse gas emission by millions of tonnes and preserve the woodland caribou and ... See all stories on this topic Caribou still at risk under historic deal Edmonton Journal But caribou experts in Alberta fear it may not be enough to halt the iconic animal's precipitous decline in this province. The Canadian Boreal Forest ... See all stories on this topic 'World's biggest' forest protection deal for Canada 'World's biggest' forest protection deal for Canada BBC News Logging will be totally banned on some of the land, in the hope of sustaining endangered caribou populations. Timber companies hope the deal will bring ... See all stories on this topic Treehugger Government Buckshot: "Technique Allows Us To Achieve Our Caribou Objectives" Treehugger "Residents of False Pass are extremely concerned about the precipitous decline in caribou on the island because caribou have been an important part of our ... See all stories on this topic

Caribou in the News--- May 2010

Global warming unlocks archeological secrets in the North CTV.ca (Tom Andrews/GNWT) Global warming is allowing archeologists in the Northwest Territories to expand their understanding of how people interacted with caribou ... See all stories on this topic

Globe and Mail NWT natives fight to hunt dwindling caribou Globe and Mail FILE - A wild caribou roams the tundra near The Meadowbank Gold Mine located in the Nunavut Territory of Canada on March 25, 2009. ... See all stories on this topic

Groups decry province's proposed aerial wolf kill to protect caribou Vancouver Sun By Andrea Woo, Vancouver Sun May 5, 2010 12:16 AM A mountain caribou feeds on roadside salt at Kootenay Pass on Highway 3. On Monday, May 3, ... See all stories on this topic

Dancing with Caribou on the treeless plain Winnipeg Free Press 1With my arms held upwards in the approximate shape of antlers, I swayed and dipped like a feeding caribou just as our guide Steve Lybeck had instructed us ... See all stories on this topic

CBC.ca Porcupine caribou management plan awaits signatures CBC.ca A harvest management plan for the Porcupine caribou herd could be fully signed by the end of this month, when the Porcupine Caribou Management Board plans ... See all stories on this topic

Ancient tools revealed by melting Arctic ice
msnbc.com
In 1997, sheep hunters discovered a 4300-year-old dart shaft in caribou dung that had become exposed as the ice receded. Scientists who investigated the ...
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NWT bans caribou hunt advertising CBC.ca An interim ban on hunting caribou has been in effect since Jan. 1, covering areas considered to be the Bathurst caribou herd's winter grounds. ... See all stories on this topic

Study: Wolves prefer moose or caribou, but salmon will do in a pinch Fairbanks Daily News-Miner by Tim Mowry / tmowry@newsminer.com FAIRBANKS — Moose and caribou are the food of choice for wolves in Interior Alaska, but salmon also can be an important ... See all stories on this topic Wide caribou buffer would kill logging: minister CBC.ca A wide buffer to protect Newfoundland's woodland caribou would wind up killing the logging industry, a minister says. Scientists have long called for ... See all stories on this topic 13 months after illegal caribou hunt, only 1 person charged Globe and Mail When Quebec Innu swept into Labrador last year to hunt protected caribou – a blunt statement that government could not ignore their demands – conservation ... See all stories on this topic