Caribou in the News -- September 11, 2006

NWT caribou herds continue decline
CBC North - Canada
The number of caribou continues to drop in the Cape Bathurst, Bluenose-East and Bluenose-West herds, the NWT government's summer survey says. ...

Attention Caribou: It's time for your closeup
Reuters - USA
... "The White Planet," a documentary about life in the Arctic, was delayed by a year as filmmakers waited for a herd of nearly half a million caribou to gather ...

Northern aboriginals debate what to do about continuing caribou ...
Canoe.ca - Canada
By BOB WEBER. (CP) - Northern aboriginal groups were discussing what to do after the release Thursday of survey data that showed caribou herds many depend on ...

Caribou in the News -- September 5, 2006

Declining NWT caribou herds mean fewer hunting tags
CBC North - Canada
Despite a solid hunting season, outfitters in the Northwest Territories will see a decline in caribou sport-hunting next year. The ...

Mystery skull belongs to caribou calf
Nunatsiaq News - Iqaluit,Nunavut,Canada
The mysterious skull unearthed in Pangnirtung several months ago is nothing more than the remains of a young caribou, says an esteemed archeologist. ...

Caribou in the News -- August 29, 2006

Environmentalists take federal government to court to protect BC ...
Calgary Sun - Canada... the proposed Tulsequah Chief mine have initiated a legal challenge against the federal government saying the project could wipe out a protected caribou herd. ...

BC: Legal action challenges federal government to protect caribou
Forest NewsWatch.com (subscription) - Montreal,QC,Canada... 160 kilometre access road into a pristine, rich and sensitive ecological area, with devastating impacts on local wildlife including a herd of caribou that are ...

Caribou cited in lawsuit over British Columbia mine plan
Seattle Post Intelligencer - USA... 100-mile road through one of the largest roadless areas on the continent and reopening the mine could damage or wipe out the protected East Atlin caribou herd. ...

NWT caribou population plummets
Ottawa Citizen - Ontario, Canada
INUVIK, NWT -- Caribou has disappeared from restaurant menus in this Arctic community and the meat is becoming scarce, even in the homes of aboriginal hunters. ...

Arctic caribou decline a mystery
Canada.com - Hamilton,Ontario,Canada
INUVIK, NWT - Caribou has disappeared off restaurant menus in this Arctic community and the meat is becoming scarce, even in the homes of aboriginal hunters. ...

Caribou in the News -- August 20, 2006

Hard life may get harder for caribou
Toronto Star - Ontario, Canada
The forest-dwelling woodland caribou, in turn, define the wilderness in Ontario's boreal forest. They are an indicator species — and they may be doomed. ...

Caribou habitat faces threat
Toronto Star - Ontario, Canada
When it comes to woodland caribou, a species designated as threatened, Ontario's Ministry of Natural Resources has a soul divided. ...

Province wants input on caribou
Fort Frances Times - ON, Canada
... taking action to protect species at risk by inviting the public to comment on a draft recovery strategy for forest-dwelling woodland caribou, Natural Resources ...

Little Smoky cows give birth to a new generation of caribou
Hinton Parklander - Canada
Hinton Parklander — When they shut the corral gates last spring, Sustainable Resource Development (SRD) staff counted ten caribou -- when the gates were ...

Caribou Landscape Management Association (CLMA) Quicknote #2
....the Yukon-based Chisana Caribou herd, experienced high calf-mortality. The Chisana Caribou Project. placed cows and their calves in an enclosure to protect ...

Alberta Chamber of Resources
The story of the Yukon Government’s successful intervention with the Chisana caribou herd demonstrates there are alternatives that can give caribou a chance ...