Friday, May 14, 2010

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 ...
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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. ...
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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, ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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. ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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