Wednesday, August 10, 2011

Caribou News August 2011


Caribou hunting on hold in Labrador
The Telegram
The provincial Department of Environment and Conservation is postponing the opening of the caribou hunting season in Labrador, with no date for when hunting caribou might be allowed again. The season was scheduled to begin Aug. 10. ...
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The Telegram
Where the caribou roam
Vancouver Sun
Most Canadians will never see one in real life, but everyone who has ever held a 25-cent coin knows what caribou look like. While the image on the Canadian quarter is not going anywhere, the same can't be said of the thundering herds of caribou that ...
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Labrador caribou hunt indefinitely postponed
Globe and Mail
Grappling with the precipitous decline of a once-enormous caribou herd, the government of Newfoundland and Labrador has postponed this year's hunt while it tries to figure out how many animals are left. For decades, huge numbers of George River caribou ...
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Globe and Mail
Begin woodland caribou protection strategy: Judge
Fort McMurray Today
A federal judge has questioned just how the federal environment minister could conclude there is no imminent threat to the endangered woodland caribou even when its own reports outline the threats. That statement was posed late last week by Judge Paul ...
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Nakusp council hears VWS caribou park presentation
BCLocalNews
By Staff Writer - Arrow Lakes News Efforts to secure a network of wilderness areas in the region for Mountain Caribou and other species got a closer look from the Nakusp Village Council. Anne Sherrod, chair of the Valhalla Wilderness Society, ...
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 Court overturns Minister's decision not to recommend emergency ...
EDMONTON, July 29, 2011 — The federal Environment Minister's "out of the blue" decision not to recommend emergency protection for woodland caribou in northeastern Alberta ignored scientific evidence and must be set aside, ...
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BC to relocate 40 caribou to save dwindling herd
CBC.ca
Beginning of Story Content The BC government wants to relocate caribou from northern BC to bolster a dwindling herd in the Kootenays that's in danger of being wiped out. The Ministry of Forests has a plan to move 40 caribou from a healthy herd in the ...
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War of words erupts over how best to save Woodland Caribou
Daily Miner and News
By the end of summer, the federal government is expected to deliver a plan on preserving woodland caribou populations in the Boreal forest but opinions on land use between environmentalists and the forestry industry differ greatly on what form ...
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Thelon Expedition: Caribou and the Dene | Cool Green Science: The ...
They sighted in the far distance a herd, the dogs surged forward, Joseph lost his grip on the sled. When he tumbled on to the snow, his dad kept going ...
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 Court tells feds endangered caribou in oilsands needs another look ...
By Bob Weber
EDMONTON — The federal government has been ordered to revisit its refusal to issue an emergency order that would protect habitat for endangered caribou in Alberta's oilsands region. And a Federal Court judge says Environment Minister ...
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