Caribou News March 17, 2008

Province says wolf sterilization program not a done deal
Rocky Mountain Outlook - Canmore,Alberta,Canada
It would have less impact on regional wolf populations and allow one to selectively target packs affecting species of interest, such as caribou. ...
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Life Going On
Walrus Magazine - Toronto,Ontario,Canada
by Emilie Cameron It’s not uncommon to see a whole caribou carcass on the kitchen floor at the Niptanatiaks. This time, I help Grace cut the meat into cubes ...
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South Lee Mailbag: Drill for oil in US
The News-Press - Fort Myers,FL,USA
The Caribou herds have increased in size as well. We've also been told that we have 131 billion barrels of oil and 1000 trillion cubic feet of natural gas ...
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The Caribou Hunter
Walrus Magazine - Toronto,Ontario,Canada
In the spring, when Michael had applied for his caribou hunting licence, I was curious and felt a challenge. I asked if I could go with him. ...
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Two girls celebrate tradition on successful caribou hunt
Tundra Drums - Anchorage,AK,USA
They first had to obtain caribou tags from the Alaska Department of Fish and Game. People in the workplace and community members were called to let them ...

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Washington poacher gets jail time
Seattle Post Intelligencer - USA
The two men were accused of illegally killing, then wasting the meat of two sub-legal Dall sheep, a moose, a brown bear and a caribou over a 10-day period. ...
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Wildlife cops target country food smugglers
Nunatsiaq News - Iqaluit,Nunavut,Canada
Don't take fish or caribou out of Nunavik unless you can prove that you caught them yourself. This the gist of a recent warning from Quebec to residents of ...
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Caribou News March 2007

Sidney company proposes giant wind farm in caribou habitat
Canada.com - Hamilton,Ontario,Canada
VANCOUVER - An alpine wilderness in northern BC that's critical habitat to a herd of threatened mountain caribou is being proposed as the site for hundreds ...
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Proposed wind farm cited as threat to caribou
Vancouver Sun - British Columbia, Canada
An alpine wilderness in northern BC that's critical habitat to a herd of threatened mountain caribou is being proposed as the site for hundreds of ...
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Committee fighting to save Northern Peninsula pristine wilderness ...
Western Star - Corner Brook,Newfoundland and Labrador,Canada
Given the declining caribou herds in the province, this wintering and calving ground must continue to be protected, he said. “The construction of forest ...
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Caribou News February 18 2008

Land Use Plan could save caribou
Northern News Services (subscription) - Yellowknife,Northwest Territories,Canada
DEH CHO - New research findings show that unless the Dehcho Land Use Plan is implemented woodland caribou populations could be lost in the southern portion ...
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Innu hunters vow return to disputed caribou area
CBC - Newfoundland & Labrador - St. John's,Newfoundland and Labrador,Canada
A group of Innu hunters in Labrador is planning to hunt caribou in an area that government officials say is off limits. The RCMP recently seized seven ...
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Caribou News February 11, 2008

Plan only goes part way
Western Star - Corner Brook,Newfoundland and Labrador,Canada
The government has heard the warnings of a potential collapse of the province’s native caribou population from outdoors enthusiasts, outfitters and wildlife ...
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On frozen pond
ChronicleHerald.ca - Halifax,Nova Scotia,Canada
NORTHWEST RIVER (CP) — Two rare and historically significant caribou coats painted by Innu artisans in the late 18th century have been returned to ...
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Caribou pose a $15-million problem
Montreal Gazette - Montreal,Quebec,Canada
The Newfoundland and Labrador government will spend $15.3 million to study the rapid decline of caribou. In 1996, there were more than 96000 caribou in the ...
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Smart wildlife programs let both animals and people thrive
Vancouver Sun - British Columbia, Canada
In the 1980s, BC conducted wolf killing programs to protect moose, elk, black-tailed deer and caribou. And, as late as last year, the BC government planned ...
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No Roads, No Regrets
Washington Post - United States
We walked along ancient animal trails, over spongy tussocks, across shivery streams, in the wake of bear, wolf and caribou tracks. A rainbow halo encircled ...
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NL gov't to spend $15.3 million on strategy to halt caribou herd ...
The Canadian Press -
Environment Minister Charlene Johnson says the money will be used to build on earlier efforts to better understand and mitigate the drop in woodland caribou ...
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