Friday, October 23, 2009

Caribou News

The Political Carnival: ANWR debate will heat up as caribou dwindle
By GottaLaff
Unusual freezing rains in autumn are locking lichen, the caribou's winter forage, under impenetrable ice sheets. This was the documented cause in the late 1990s of the near-extinction of the 50000-strong Peary caribou subspecies on ...
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Reaction mixed to Yukon caribou hunting rules - Hymoo (Beta Version)
By Bluto
At least one Yukon aboriginal leader is praising new hunting restrictions that aim to protect the Porcupine caribou herd, but hunters from the.
Hymoo (Beta Version) - http://www.hymoo.com/
For some caribou herds, news is good « Travelling and the American Man
By fionatan
Alaska's two largest caribou herds, the Western Arctic and Porcupine herds, appear to follow the Arctic trend of declining population, and the Mulchatna herd west of Anchorage is especially hard hit. ...
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Caribou decline
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
I read the article on Oct. 5 by Charles J. Hanley about caribou herds across the Arctic and how the herds are in decline. Biologists in the Eurasian Arctic ...
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REINDEER HERDS UNDER THREAT
UK Express
Scientist Liv Solveig Vors, who is studying the deer, called caribou in North America, said climate change was to blame. Global warming has boosted ...
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For some caribou herds, news is good
TheNewsTribune.com
By SEAN COCKERHAM Alaska's two largest caribou herds, the Western Arctic and Porcupine herds, appear to follow the Arctic trend of declining population, ...
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Wednesday, October 21, 2009

IPY Caribou - Home

The Arctic Peoples, Culture, Resilience and Caribou IPY project has just launched its website. Basic information on the project is available now and more content will be loaded over the coming months

The site can be viewed at:

Wednesday, October 07, 2009

Mighty caribou herds dwindle, warming blamed

Mighty caribou herds dwindle, warming blamed
Kansas City Star
By CHARLES J. HANLEY AP Special Correspondent Here on the endlessly rolling and tussocky terrain of northwest Canada, where man has hunted caribou since the ...
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Thursday, September 24, 2009

Caribou News

Alaska wildlife offers varied driving hazards
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
KENAI PENINSULA, Alaska — Seeing caribou in the backyard, or while commuting to work, is one of the perks of living in Alaska, but at this time of year ...
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State hunters take Canadian caribou
NewsOK.com
BY ED GODFREY Stalking caribou 80 miles south of the Arctic Circle was the adventure of a lifetime for five Oklahoma hunters, who just returned from the ...
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Tales from the hunt: Crookston teen bags 400-pound bull caribou in ...
Grand Forks Herald
Derek Janssen (right) and his uncle, Dave Kucera, both of Crookston, celebrate Janssen's success in shooting this bull caribou Aug. 24 in Alaska. ...
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Kevin Kennedy: Here are the facts about ANWR
Washington Examiner
Sure the caribou population at Prudhoe Bay has increased by 1340 percent since development began there. But developing energy 70 miles to the east on 0.01 ...
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Yellowknives caribou hunt cancelled
Northern News Services (subscription)
The Yellowknives Dene First Nation has decided to cancel its traditional fall caribou hunt and it is pushing for the government to put greater limitations ...
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Yellowknives caribou hunt cancelled
Northern News Services (subscription)
SOMBA K'E/YELLOWKNIFE - The Yellowknives Dene First Nation has decided to cancel its traditional fall caribou hunt and it is pushing for the government to ...
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President, minister have differing views over outfitting industry
Western Star
The main point of emphasis continues to revolve around the handling of the caribou crisis. Now, Pelley is calling on government to buy out some of the ...
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An Alaskan adventure of a lifetime
Payson Roundup
By Dennis Pirch A recent trip to Alaska netted Payson outdoorsman Craig Mathews a trophy caribou and lots of big salmon. How would you like the opportunity ...
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Checking rifles worth the work
Jamestown Sun
About the same time as the .222 incident, I went on my first caribou hunt in southwest Alaska. Three of us hired a floatplane to fly us in to the Nushagak ...
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Fortymile caribou herd off limits to hunters at midnight tonight
TheNewsTribune.com
All hunting for caribou in the Fortymile herd will end at 11:59 pm tonight . The only open area was a remote tract between the Steese and Taylor highways ...
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