Caribou in the News (April-May)

Global warming tied to Arctic caribou decline
The Province - Vancouver,BC,Canada
flying along the coast of Bathurst Island searching for Peary caribou, found only in the High Arctic of Canada, when he spied a dark spot on the sea ice. ...
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Caribou, not oil: Biologist tracks herd for the cause
San Jose Mercury News - CA, USA
By Kristina Lindgren The caribou might be majestic and the ancient Gwich'in people dependent on them for survival, but when it comes to the oil under the ...
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Global warming linked to caribou-calf mortality
Penn State Live - PA,USA
University Park, Pa. -- A team of scientists has provided, for the first time, a detailed map of how the building blocks of chromosomes, the cellular ...
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“Trophic mismatch” killing Greenland caribou
Nunatsiaq News - Iqaluit,Nunavut,Canada
Caribou calves are dying more frequently in West Greenland because of climate change, says a new study. Eric Post, a biology professor from Penn State ...

Chisana Caribou on Flickr - Photo Sharing!
Rare sighting of a few members of the Chisana Caribou herd, a small group which crosses the Alaska Hwy. Spring and Autumn just north of kluane Lake, ...
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Alberta suspends use of strychnine to kill wolves near caribou ...
The Canadian Press - EDMONTON
EDMONTON — Alberta has suspended its use of deadly strychnine to kill wolves near a threatened caribou herd and is reviewing the use of the poison to ...
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Caribou Rosemary and Partridgeberry Stew
By Le Chef Secret(Le Chef Secret)
The sharpness of the partridgeberries balances out the sweetness of the vegetables and the earthy flavour of the rosemary goes well with the caribou. The recipe calls for the potatoes to be in the stew but I always like mine roasted on ...
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Biologists study smaller caribou herds
LocalNews8.com - Idaho Falls,ID,USA
AP - April 27, 2008 5:24 PM ET COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho (AP) - A group of scientists are studying a small herd of mountain caribou that make their home in ...
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Alberta govt. suspends wolf-poisoning program
Canada.com - Don Mills,Ontario,Canada
Provincial officials argue wolves are the biggest threat to caribou populations and will continue to shoot the predators from helicopters in the Little ...
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ANWR drilling benefits Americans
Minnesota Daily - Minneapolis,MN,USA
The environmental lobbyists pressured President Bill Clinton to veto ANWR legislation in the '90s, citing risks to Caribou population and native Alaskan ...
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Pushing ANWR now
Anchorage Times - Anchorage,AK,USA
The interviews are invariably accompanied by footage of a large herd of caribou, but what they don't mention is that the caribou scene is obviously in the ...
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Development ensnaring our wildlife
Toronto Star - Ontario, Canada
And so, in 1984, an estimated 10000 caribou drowned crossing the Caniapiscau River where they had always crossed. That year they found only water without ...
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Global Warming Linked to Caribou-Calf Mortality
Fewer caribou calves are being born and more of them are dying in West Greenland as a result of a warming climate.
Wild Biology News - http://www.wildbiology.com/

Caribou News April 3, 2008

The Last Hunters
Mother Earth News - Topeka,KS,USA
Subsisting largely on the Porcupine Caribou Herd, the Gwich'in claim they're
fighting Big Oil and Congress to preserve the very essence of their people: ...
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The Last Hunters

Grey ghosts; Locals fear caribou herds falling victim to the coyote
Western Star - Corner Brook,Newfoundland and Labrador,Canada
The scale of the place, along with the easy foraging, has made the area a snowy paradise for woodland caribou. The scene is almost complete. It’s all there, ...
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The coyote's invasion and the caribou's decline
Western Star - Corner Brook,Newfoundland and Labrador,Canada
Dramatic declines in the province's caribou population in recent years has

caused alarm for outdoor enthusiasts and government alike. ...
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Caribou Plan Doomed to Failure

VOCM - St. John’s,NL,Canada
A person who spent over 30 years in the bush as a wildlife officer is worried about
the state of the caribou population. Don Sutton says they noticed a ...
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Mooin, The Bear’s Child
By sipsis
Then Caribou stepped up and, thrusting her long antlers into the crack, she tried
to pry the stone loose, but only broke off one of her antlers. It was no use. In the
end, all gave up. They could not move the stone. ...
Bio-Regional Animism - http://bioregionalanimism.org

Fur flying over animal control tactics
Edmonton Sun - Alberta, Canada
A grander goal - often overlooked - is to find a kinder way of keeping the wolves in
this province from driving woodland caribou to extinction. ...
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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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