Friday, April 23, 2010

Caribou in the News--- big catchup!! (not ketchup)

Hope you didn't miss the caribou news too much...I'm a little behind so here's a flood! from most recent to older... RR

Quebec hunter charged after threatened caribou killed in Labrador
The Canadian Press
JOHN'S, NL — A hunter from Quebec faces charges in connection with the killing of threatened caribou last year in southern Labrador. ...
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Woodcutting affecting NL caribou population: outfitter
CBC.ca
A big game outfitter in central Newfoundland says logging, not predation, is to blame for the decline in woodland caribou. The province's ministry of ...
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Deal allows controlled Dene caribou hunt
CBC.ca
The Yellowknives Dene and the NWT government have reached a deal to keep the band supplied with caribou meat. Under an agreement made public Monday, ...
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Landmark court decision backs first nation's concern about caribou
Vancouver Sun
Only about 11 caribou remain in the herd, which has been decimated over the years by the cumulative impact of resource development and hydro dams, ...
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US outfitter fights NWT caribou policy with NAFTA
CTV.ca
A move by the Northwest Territories to revoke caribou tags for non-resident hunters is effectively the same as shutting down his business, says John Andre, ...
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BC mining project halted over caribou herd
Globe and Mail
Chief Roland Willson has said that thousands of caribou used to roam the province's northeast but that is no longer the case. The BC government has moved ...
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NWT, Tlicho given more time for Bathurst caribou plan
CBC.ca
An interim emergency hunting ban currently in effect has outraged Dene leaders, as well as hunters and outfitters, who have relied on caribou for ...
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Caribou plan would trample Northern jobs
Timmins Daily Press
Despite the findings calculated by one provincial ministry, it's another ministry — natural resources — which is leading the implementation of the caribou ...
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Quebec caribou hunters arrested in Labrador
CBC.ca
Two caribou, four guns and three snowmobiles were all seized by provincial conservation officers. Conservation officers said four men were hunting in the ...
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We're a never-kill-wolf province, public says
Vancouver Sun
By Larry Pynn, Vancouver SunMarch 17, 2010 9:00 PM The public has rejected the idea of an aerial wolf kill in BC to benefit threatened mountain caribou, ...
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Alaska: Aerial Wolf Hunt Begins
New York Times
By LESLIE KAUFMAN State employees began an aerial wolf hunt on the Yukon border on Tuesday in what officials describe as an effort to preserve caribou for ...
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Woodland caribou: Going down with the trees
Grand Falls-Windsor Advertiser
Woodland caribou are in serious trouble on the island of Newfoundland and the public need to reflect on the major contributing factors. ...
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Northern Peninsula police warn of caribou on the roads
St. John's Telegram
Police on the Northern Peninsula are asking motorists to slow down and look out for caribou in the area of Flowers Cove. Const. Kevin Bowes says there have ...
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Caribou's inner clock set to Arctic time
CBC.ca
A wild caribou roams the tundra near the Meadowbank Gold Mine located in Nunavut. (Nathan Denette/Canadian Press) Caribou living in the Arctic have switched ...
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Caribou hunt impact won't be known for year
CBC.ca
Environment and Conservation Minister Charlene Johnson said a forthcoming census will yield important information about the Red Wine caribou. ...
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Highway 63 twinning project on hold for caribou calving season
Edmonton Journal
comMarch 3, 2010 EDMONTON — The twinning of Highway 63 north of Wandering River has been suspended until after the caribou calving season is finished, ...
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Fortymile caribou hunt restricted further
TheNewsTribune.com
AP FAIRBANKS -- The Fortymile caribou hunt will open almost three weeks later this season and will be limited only to bull caribou. ...
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DNA links caribou migration to volcanic eruption
CBC.ca
DNA from ancient frozen caribou bones found in the Yukon suggests caribou herds in the area were displaced by a volcanic eruption 1000 years ago. ...
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AFN chief Atleo defends Innu hunt of at-risk caribou
Globe and Mail
The government says the endangered Red Wine caribou herd intermingles in the area with the healthier George River herd. In a news release Wednesday, ...
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Hunting for caribou ancestry
Science Friday
In the Canadian Yukon, scientists are using genetic techniques to identify caribou and to study ancient caribou that roamed the same ice patches 6000 years ...
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NWT, Dene prepare for caribou court debate
CBC.ca
The Northwest Territories Supreme Court will hear a heated debate over a caribou hunting ban, and whether the territorial government has the authority to ...
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NL government urges Quebec Innu to stop caribou hunt in Labrador
The Canadian Press
The provincial Natural Resources Department said Sunday that 100 to 150 Innu hunters are camped in an area populated by the George River caribou herd. ...
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Seized caribou meat debate returns to NWT court
CBC.ca
The Bathurst caribou hunting ban took effect Jan. 1 in an area stretching from the north shore of Great Slave Lake to the Nunavut border. ...
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Caribou conservation funding drops
Northern News Services (subscription)
The department has allocated $500000 from their 2010-2011 budget to caribou conversation, said Evan Walz, senior adviser to the deputy minister. ...
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Modern and ancient DNA reveal recent partial replacement of ...
whole data set of 16 caribou herds (Aishihik, Atlin,. Bonnet Plume, Carcross, Cassiar, Chase, Chisana, Fin- layson, Fortymile, Ibex, Klaza, Kluane, Pelly, ...
Managing Alaska's Wildlife
Ranges of Alaska's. Caribou herds. Alaska Caribou Herds. Adak. Beaver Mountains. Teshekpuk. Central Arctic. Central. Chisana. Arctic. Delta. Porcupine ...