Caribou and Muskox buddies

Unusual pairing of a young caribou and muskox...
Follow this link to see report and photos from Northern Quebec of a young caribou and a yearling muskox hanging out together. Local Inuit have never observed this behaviour before...

Caribou News, April 09...lots of controversy!

Hanging on in the Selkirks
The Spokesman Review - Spokane,WA,USA
Despite setbacks caused by vehicle collisions, the endangered Selkirk Mountains caribou herd is at least holding an even population. ...
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creatures take center stage in 'Earth'
The Virginian-Pilot - Norfolk,VA,USA
We see the migration of thousands of caribou, with added suspense when a coyote separates a calf from its protective herd. The resulting chase is more ...
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Caribou Headed Same Way as Cod; Outfitters
VOCM - St. John’s,NL,Canada
Outfitters in the province think the caribou herd is headed in the same direction as cod stocks did just before the moratorium. Members of the Newfoundland ...
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Protesters claim lack of government action to control caribou ...
Western Star - Corner Brook,Newfoundland and Labrador,Canada
The tame protest involved the group, holding a number of placards with messages such as “save our caribou” and “help save woody,” gathered around a pickup ...
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Colonialism and the Economic Crisis in Canada
Socialist Project - Toronto,Ontario,Canada
Environment Canada's response to a scientific study it commissioned on protecting the endangered woodland-caribou – an important part of the livelihood of ...
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Environment Canada's Decision On Woodland-Caribou Bird Riles ...
AHN - USA
Ottawa, Ontario (AHN) - Canadian scientists are angry at Environment Canada for asking their advice on a habitat to save the threatened woodland-caribou ...
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Environment Canada puts off action to protect woodland-caribou habitat
Globe and Mail - Canada
Environment Canada assembled some of the world's top woodland-caribou scientists for advice on the habitat needed to save the threatened animals, ...
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Avalanche wipes out most of tiny caribou herd in Banff National Park
Metro Canada - Halifax - Halifax,Canada
An avalanche has wiped out most of a tiny herd of rare woodland caribou in Banff National Park. Parks Canada officials believe the snow slide occurred about ...
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Canada's caribou population shrinking: report
ABC Online - Australia
By Dan Karpenchuk in Toronto The Canadian government has released a report suggesting the country's caribou herds are in decline and could die out in the ...
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Canada's caribou face growing risk | Environment | Reuters
OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada's 36000-strong population of woodland caribou will shrink over the next century and those animals that live in areas heavy in ...

Rudolph relative of caribou on quarter Miramichi Leader - Miramichi,New Brunswick,Canada We stand on guard for… the caribou?" This Canadian, four-legged animal is very much like the deer. You can find it on the Canadian quarter. ... See all stories on this topic

North of 60 Canada.com - Don Mills,Ontario,Canada One of the largest and most isolated wildlife refuges on Earth, the Thelon Wildlife Sanctuary is home to migrating herds of barren ground caribou, muskox, ... See all stories on this topic

The politics of woodland struggle
St. John's Telegram - St. John's,Newfoundland and Labrador,Canada
Caribou are getting killed, Quebec Innu look like the bad guys and the Quebec government is losing face. The only ones getting anything good out of the hunt ...
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Que. Innu warn NL to not intervene in caribou hunt Vancouver Sun - British Columbia, Canada The Joir River herd of woodland caribou numbered 108 in early March. Kathy Dunderdale, Newfoundland's minister of natural resources, says Innu hunters had ... See all stories on this topic

Caribou harvest: The province of Newfoundland and Labrador fails ... Canada NewsWire (press release) - Toronto,Ontario,Canada Nevertheless, the same province intervened in the Romaine Hydroelectric Complex Project claiming that the project could have an impact on caribou habitat. ... See all stories on this topic Minister Baffled by Quebec Innu's Actions VOCM - St. John’s,NL,Canada The Minister for Labrador Affairs says he is baffled why Quebec Innu have crossed into Labrador to hunt protected woodland caribou. ... See all stories on this topic Canada Sunflashes Toronto Sun - Ontario, Canada JOHN'S, NL -- Newfoundland and Labrador's government says six more caribou from the threatened Woodland herd in Labrador have been killed. ... See all stories on this topic Quebec hunters threatening protected Labrador caribou herd: Dunderdale Western Star - Corner Brook,Newfoundland and Labrador,Canada A protected woodland caribou herd in Labrador with about 100 remaining animals is under threat of being killed off by a group of Quebec hunters, ... See all stories on this topic Frozen wasteland Fairbanks Daily News-Miner - Fairbanks,AK,USA In the past, I went there and saw moose, caribou, sheep, lynx, marten, rabbits and foxes on every trip. Then, about five or six years ago, I started seeing ... See all stories on this topic Newfoundland minister tells Quebec Innu to stop hunting threatened ... The Canadian Press - ST. JOHN'S, N.L. Conservation officials say the group has used high-powered rifles to kill five boreal woodland caribou from the Joir River herd, which includes only 100 ... See all stories on this topic

Perfect storm' hitting Canada's caribou herds
Canada.com - Don Mills,Ontario,Canada
By Margaret Munro, Canwest News ServiceMarch 26, 2009 9:17 PM The Peary caribou are so scarce in Canada's high arctic that scientists want the creature ...
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Nouveau programme de recherche sur le caribou

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Nouveau programme de recherche sur le caribou

Québec, 26 mars 2009. – Une équipe de chercheurs dirigée par le professeur Steeve Côté, de l’Université Laval, lance aujourd’hui un vaste programme de recherche qui vise à mieux comprendre la dynamique des populations de caribous migrateurs et leur utilisation de l'espace au Québec et au Labrador dans un contexte de changements climatiques. Le projet de recherche, qui s’étendra sur cinq ans, bénéficie d’un budget de 1,7 M$, grâce à la contribution de nombreux partenaires, dont le Conseil de recherches en sciences naturelles et en génie du Canada (CRSNG).

Le caribou migrateur est au centre de l’écosystème des milieux nordiques, il est aussi au cœur de la culture et de l’économie de cette région. Les populations de caribous du Québec et du Labrador ont subi des variations importantes dans le passé. D’éventuels changements quant au nombre et à la distribution des caribous pourraient avoir des répercussions néfastes, entre autres, pour les peuples autochtones et les pourvoiries du nord du Québec et du Labrador. À titre d’exemple, la chasse sportive au caribou dans la région Nord-du-Québec génère des revenus directs de plus de 20 M$ par année et la chasse de subsistance est très importante pour les nations autochtones. Le manque de connaissance actuel sur la dynamique des populations de caribous ainsi que sur les effets des changements climatiques et des activités industrielles sur son écologie, notamment le développement hydroélectrique et minier, complexifie sa gestion. Ce programme de recherche tentera de répondre aux préoccupations soulevées tant par la communauté scientifique que par les industries et les peuples autochtones du Nord québécois et du Labrador concernant l’avenir du caribou. L’équipe du professeur Côté tentera de déterminer les facteurs qui influencent les variations de la population de caribous, leur utilisation de l’espace et les effets des changements climatiques sur leur habitat afin d’améliorer la gestion de cette espèce et, ultimement, d’en assurer la conservation.

Pour le recteur de l’Université Laval, Denis Brière, « ce projet de recherche se démarque, non seulement pas la diversité des intervenants et partenaires, mais aussi par la prise en compte des aspects social et économique dans une recherche, au départ, biologique. Voilà qui montre bien la qualité de la recherche à l’Université Laval. »

« Nous sommes fiers d’appuyer le travail de M. Côté et de son équipe » , a souligné Alex Navarre, Gestionnaire du bureau régional du Québec du CRSNG. « Ce projet approfondira notre compréhension de ce sujet important, tout en offrant aux étudiants du premier au troisième cycle l’occasion de recevoir une formation de pointe dans un cadre concret. »

Le professeur Steeve Côté fait partie du Réseau de centres d’excellences ArcticNet. Le projet regroupe des chercheurs de l’Université Laval (Louis Bernatchez et Jean-Pierre Tremblay), de l’Université de Sherbrooke (Marco Festa-Bianchet) et du ministère des Ressources naturelles et de la Faune du Québec (MRNF) (Christian Dussault). En plus de la contribution du CRSNG, le projet de recherche bénéficie de l’appui, du MRNF, d’Hydro-Québec, de la Fédération des Pourvoiries du Québec, de la Fédération québécoise des chasseurs et pêcheurs ainsi que de Xstrata Nickel – Mine Raglan, de la Société Makivik et de First Air

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Renseignements :

Steeve Côté

Professeur, Département de biologie

Faculté des sciences et de génie

Université Laval

Tél. : 418 656-2131, poste 3490

Sources :

Martin Guay
Relations avec les médias
Direction des communications

Université Laval

Tél. : 418 656-3952

Caribou News ...lots! March 2009

Alaska Aims to Kill 328 Wolves in Aerial Hunt
findingDulcinea - New York,New York,USA
by Rachel Balik The Alaska Department of Fish and Game plans to kill 328 wolves to protect the state’s caribou population, using the controversial practice ...
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Less invasive ways to monitor caribou are coming: biologist ...
By Northern Waterways
CBC North - Scientists are seeking less invasive ways to monitor caribou in Canada's North, and one biologist says cutting-edge remote sensing technology could.
Arctos Canadensis - http://northernwaterways.com/news/

newsminer.com • Rebuild caribou
Recently, Alaskans have witnessed another substantial decline in the Fortymile caribou herd in Game Management Unit 20E, and we have only ourselves to blame ...

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Eight charged in Point Hope caribou slaughter: Rural Alaska | adn.com Eight people have been charged with indiscriminately gunning down dozens of caribou on the Arctic tundra near Point Hope last summer, sorting through the ...

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The Chisana Caribou. herd, whose range crosses the ... ELIAS NATIONAL PARK ... Caribou Project Conservation experiment to preserve the . ...

Arctic scientists, hunters meet to discuss harmful research methods
The Canadian Press
In the Northwest Territories, some communities are so opposed to putting radio tracking collars on caribou that scientists say their ability to measure ...
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Around the mountains: Analyst predicts hard times for Vail
Summit Daily News - Frisco,CO,USA
REVELSTOKE, BC — Snowmobilers and wildlife advocates are squaring off in British Columbia over the issue of the endangered mountain caribou, according to ...
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In review... IMAX: Mysteries of the Great Lakes
Ponte Vedra Recorder - Ponte Vedra Beach,FL,USA
The story centers around the bald eagle, the lake sturgeon and the caribou and how environmental factors effect them and the Great Lakes. ...
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