Caribou in the News--- big catchup!! (not ketchup)

Hope you didn't miss the caribou news too much...I'm a little behind so here's a flood! from most recent to older... RR

Quebec hunter charged after threatened caribou killed in Labrador
The Canadian Press
JOHN'S, NL — A hunter from Quebec faces charges in connection with the killing of threatened caribou last year in southern Labrador. ...
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Woodcutting affecting NL caribou population: outfitter
CBC.ca
A big game outfitter in central Newfoundland says logging, not predation, is to blame for the decline in woodland caribou. The province's ministry of ...
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Deal allows controlled Dene caribou hunt
CBC.ca
The Yellowknives Dene and the NWT government have reached a deal to keep the band supplied with caribou meat. Under an agreement made public Monday, ...
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Landmark court decision backs first nation's concern about caribou Vancouver Sun Only about 11 caribou remain in the herd, which has been decimated over the years by the cumulative impact of resource development and hydro dams, ... See all stories on this topic US outfitter fights NWT caribou policy with NAFTA CTV.ca A move by the Northwest Territories to revoke caribou tags for non-resident hunters is effectively the same as shutting down his business, says John Andre, ... See all stories on this topic BC mining project halted over caribou herd Globe and Mail Chief Roland Willson has said that thousands of caribou used to roam the province's northeast but that is no longer the case. The BC government has moved ... See all stories on this topic NWT, Tlicho given more time for Bathurst caribou plan CBC.ca An interim emergency hunting ban currently in effect has outraged Dene leaders, as well as hunters and outfitters, who have relied on caribou for ... See all stories on this topic Caribou plan would trample Northern jobs Timmins Daily Press Despite the findings calculated by one provincial ministry, it's another ministry — natural resources — which is leading the implementation of the caribou ... See all stories on this topic Quebec caribou hunters arrested in Labrador CBC.ca Two caribou, four guns and three snowmobiles were all seized by provincial conservation officers. Conservation officers said four men were hunting in the ... See all stories on this topic We're a never-kill-wolf province, public says Vancouver Sun By Larry Pynn, Vancouver SunMarch 17, 2010 9:00 PM The public has rejected the idea of an aerial wolf kill in BC to benefit threatened mountain caribou, ... See all stories on this topic Alaska: Aerial Wolf Hunt Begins New York Times By LESLIE KAUFMAN State employees began an aerial wolf hunt on the Yukon border on Tuesday in what officials describe as an effort to preserve caribou for ... See all stories on this topic Woodland caribou: Going down with the trees Grand Falls-Windsor Advertiser Woodland caribou are in serious trouble on the island of Newfoundland and the public need to reflect on the major contributing factors. ... See all stories on this topic Northern Peninsula police warn of caribou on the roads St. John's Telegram Police on the Northern Peninsula are asking motorists to slow down and look out for caribou in the area of Flowers Cove. Const. Kevin Bowes says there have ... See all stories on this topic Caribou's inner clock set to Arctic time CBC.ca A wild caribou roams the tundra near the Meadowbank Gold Mine located in Nunavut. (Nathan Denette/Canadian Press) Caribou living in the Arctic have switched ... See all stories on this topic Caribou hunt impact won't be known for year CBC.ca Environment and Conservation Minister Charlene Johnson said a forthcoming census will yield important information about the Red Wine caribou. ... See all stories on this topic Highway 63 twinning project on hold for caribou calving season Edmonton Journal comMarch 3, 2010 EDMONTON — The twinning of Highway 63 north of Wandering River has been suspended until after the caribou calving season is finished, ... See all stories on this topic Fortymile caribou hunt restricted further TheNewsTribune.com AP FAIRBANKS -- The Fortymile caribou hunt will open almost three weeks later this season and will be limited only to bull caribou. ... See all stories on this topic DNA links caribou migration to volcanic eruption CBC.ca DNA from ancient frozen caribou bones found in the Yukon suggests caribou herds in the area were displaced by a volcanic eruption 1000 years ago. ... See all stories on this topic AFN chief Atleo defends Innu hunt of at-risk caribou Globe and Mail The government says the endangered Red Wine caribou herd intermingles in the area with the healthier George River herd. In a news release Wednesday, ... See all stories on this topic Hunting for caribou ancestry Science Friday In the Canadian Yukon, scientists are using genetic techniques to identify caribou and to study ancient caribou that roamed the same ice patches 6000 years ... See all stories on this topic NWT, Dene prepare for caribou court debate CBC.ca The Northwest Territories Supreme Court will hear a heated debate over a caribou hunting ban, and whether the territorial government has the authority to ... See all stories on this topic NL government urges Quebec Innu to stop caribou hunt in Labrador The Canadian Press The provincial Natural Resources Department said Sunday that 100 to 150 Innu hunters are camped in an area populated by the George River caribou herd. ... See all stories on this topic Seized caribou meat debate returns to NWT court CBC.ca The Bathurst caribou hunting ban took effect Jan. 1 in an area stretching from the north shore of Great Slave Lake to the Nunavut border. ... See all stories on this topic Caribou conservation funding drops Northern News Services (subscription) The department has allocated $500000 from their 2010-2011 budget to caribou conversation, said Evan Walz, senior adviser to the deputy minister. ... See all stories on this topic Modern and ancient DNA reveal recent partial replacement of ... whole data set of 16 caribou herds (Aishihik, Atlin,. Bonnet Plume, Carcross, Cassiar, Chase, Chisana, Fin- layson, Fortymile, Ibex, Klaza, Kluane, Pelly, ... Managing Alaska's Wildlife Ranges of Alaska's. Caribou herds. Alaska Caribou Herds. Adak. Beaver Mountains. Teshekpuk. Central Arctic. Central. Chisana. Arctic. Delta. Porcupine ...

Yukon Caribou genetics research

CKRW 8:00 A.M. NEWS                                            WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2010

3.                     DNA recovered from ancient caribou bones in southern Yukon has revealed a possible link between several small caribou herds and a massive volcanic eruption that blanketed much of the territory in a thick layer of ash over 1,000 years ago. The study was conducted by an international team of scientists from the US, the UK and Canada who have been studying the history of the fragile species. Yukon paleontologist Dr. Grant Zazula says this latest study shows the massive impacts and eruption of a huge volcano in southern Alaska had on wildlife in Yukon almost 1,000 years ago.

(Zazula) “It’s something called the White River ash and if you drive on the highway from here to Carmacks or even if you just scuff under the soil you see this white power and it’s from this volcanic event that took place at a mountain called Mount Bonachurchill(sp). It’s by the Yukon/Alaska border and it’s probably one of the most significant volcanic events of the last 10,000 years, massive volcanic eruption so basically the entire Yukon or at least the southern half of the Yukon was blanketed by thick volcanic ash and volcanic ash is basically pulverized glass so the disruption to the environment must have been just amazing. It seems like what happens is the caribou that were living in that area prior to this volcanic ash eruption were probably either wiped out completely or displaced somehow. They had to migrate to some other area because their habitat was completely destroyed by this volcano.”

A Whitehorse native and Simon Fraser University graduate Tyler Kuhn worked on this study by taking bits of ancient DNA from caribou bones found in 6,000 year old snow patches. Zazula talked with CKRW about the unique Yukon climate and how those snow patches preserve bones and help researchers peak into the past.

(Zazula) “What’s so remarkable about these sites is because when the bones are deposited on these snow patches they’re basically frozen since the time the animal dies so when the bone is say deposited 8,000 years ago, it remains frozen so all the proteins and DNA preserved within the bone is perfectly preserved so you can look at the evolution of these animals and look at how the populations have changed through time and there’s not too many places in the world where you can find 8,000 year old caribou DNA preserved in bone. The Yukon is an amazing place for this kind of research and we’re really glad to be a part of it here.”

Findings from the report compared ancient DNA with DNA from caribou living nearby today and found that bones older than 1,000 years in Whitehorse did not match. The study more than a decade in the making also indicates today’s modern caribou turned out not to be related to the herds to the northeast or west and represent new arrivals possibly from further south.

(Zazula) “There’s been a collaboration between the Yukon government and a number of the Yukon first nations and scientists from universities have been working on this project for I think it’s almost 12 years now, and developing the history of hunting in the alpine zones, the changes of technology between different types of bow and arrows and different types of throwing spears and also looking at how these caribou populations have changed so this sort of research has been ongoing for over 10 years now and this is just the newest report to come from it and it’s basically the first major report on the genetics from the caribou populations that are preserved in the ice.” The research is the first to identify a possible link between changes in local wildlife and the volcanic eruption in a document that was released on line yesterday.

 

CBC 7:30 A.M. NEWS                                                   WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2010 

                    A Whitehorse researcher is finding some clues about modern day caribou in some 6,000 year old DNA. Tyler Kuhn a graduate student at Simon Fraser University. He worked with an international team trying to compare ancient DNA samples from frozen caribou to modern day species. One of the things they found was that the Southern Lakes caribou herd seems to have diverged genetically from other Yukon caribou about 1,000 years ago. That’s right around the time of a gigantic volcanic eruption. It covered much of the Southern Lakes area in a layer of ash called the White River ash. Coon says that impacted the caribou there. (Coon) “We think what actually happened is that after this volcanic eruption the caribou that were in this area actually got pushed away from the area or they disappeared locally and allowed a different group or herd of caribou to come in.” Coon says they’re still lots of work to be done but he’s happy to be working on the problems and says finding out what happened in the past may provide clues to protecting caribou in the future.

Caribou in the News this week

Minister must protect Alberta caribou in face of industry pressure, groups say The Canadian Press EDMONTON — Three Alberta conservation groups want federal Environment Minister Jim Prentice to use legislation to ensure the survival of woodland caribou. ... See all stories on this topic

CBC.ca Debate over NWT caribou hunting ban goes public CBC.ca The Bathurst caribou hunting ban took effect Jan. 1, barring aboriginal and non-aboriginal hunters from harvesting caribou in the NWT's North Slave region. ... See all stories on this topic

Oilsands put caribou in danger, group says Vancouver Sun A federal report says half of Canada's boreal caribou herds are in decline and could die off this century unless their habitat is better protected. ... See all stories on this topic

CBC.ca Caribou hunting ban raises Dene health concerns CBC.ca Caribou meat has long been a diet staple among northern aboriginal peoples, such as the Dene. (CBC) Some northern residents are becoming worried about the ... See all stories on this topic

What is wild - Caribou can be tamed. But should Alaska allow it? Anchorage Press Williams approached the Press in December angling for a story about island-bound reindeer and caribou in Alaska, stocked there by people. ... See all stories on this topic

The Porcupine Caribou Herd: Annual Migration Patterns in the ...
One of the largest caribou herds in North America travels up to 3000 miles each year in a journey to its ancient calving grounds and then back south to its ...

 

What is wild? Should Alaska allow caribou collecting?
Anchorage Daily News
Of course, Tom Williams stands to benefit from this plan too; he wants to get some of those caribou -- larger than most -- for his Butte farm. ...
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G-7's Arctic Retreat Menu Features Musk-Ox, Caribou BusinessWeek 3 (Bloomberg) -- Timothy F. Geithner, European Central Bank President Jean-Claude Trichet and other Group of Seven officials will dine on musk-ox, caribou ... See all stories on this topic

Oilsands threaten caribou, experts warn Montreal Gazette By MIKE DE SOUZA, Canwest News ServiceFebruary 2, 2010 The oilsands could wipe out threatened woodland caribou in northern Alberta if regulators fail to ... See all stories on this topic

The Canadian Press Aboriginals push back over hunting rules on caribou, polar bears in the North The Canadian Press Last fall, Yukon ruled that hunting of the Porcupine caribou herd - thought to have declined from 178000 to 100000 animals over the last 20 years - would be ... See all stories on this topic

Woodland caribou under threat in oilsands area, group says Montreal Gazette By Mike De Souza, Canwest News ServiceFebruary 2, 2010 1:03 AM The oilsands could wipe out threatened woodland caribou populations in northern Alberta if ... See all stories on this topic

G-7's Arctic Retreat Menu Features Musk-Ox, Caribou BusinessWeek 3 (Bloomberg) -- Timothy F. Geithner, European Central Bank President Jean-Claude Trichet and other Group of Seven officials will dine on musk-ox, caribou ... See all stories on this topic

Police: Idaho man arrested in 2005 stabbing death of pregnant wife in North ... Los Angeles Times Abaroa is being held without bail in the Caribou County Jail, awaiting an extradition hearing. Police say Abaroa told investigators he found his wife dead ... See all stories on this topic

Oilsands threaten caribou, experts warn Montreal Gazette By MIKE DE SOUZA, Canwest News ServiceFebruary 2, 2010 The oilsands could wipe out threatened woodland caribou in northern Alberta if regulators fail to ... See all stories on this topic

The Canadian Press Aboriginals push back over hunting rules on caribou, polar bears in the North The Canadian Press Last fall, Yukon ruled that hunting of the Porcupine caribou herd - thought to have declined from 178000 to 100000 animals over the last 20 years - would be ... See all stories on this topic

Woodland caribou under threat in oilsands area, group says Montreal Gazette By Mike De Souza, Canwest News ServiceFebruary 2, 2010 1:03 AM The oilsands could wipe out threatened woodland caribou populations in northern Alberta if ... See all stories on this topic

Caribou killing trial begins in Point Hope Arctic Sounder Eight men were accused in the highly publicized caribou waste case. This week just three, Chester Koonuk, 30, Roy Miller, 20 and Aqquilluk Hank, 31, ... See all stories on this topic

Labrador's new national park TheChronicleHerald.ca "Certainly those areas are important for woodland caribou and wolverine, both wide-ranging species." The group said protecting the boreal region will also ... See all stories on this topic

Caribou hunters' traditional practice violated state law, judge rules Arctic Sounder In his concluding remarks Judge Richard Erlich took pains to honor the three men who, out of eight charged for the caribou waste in 2008, were the only ones ... See all stories on this topic

Ottawa creates massive new park in Labrador Globe and Mail Conservation Canada says the move should shield threatened populations of caribou, harlequin ducks and other bird species from development in the region. ... See all stories on this topic   Difference Between Elk and Caribou | Difference Between By Noa A Elk vs Caribou The difference between elk and caribou goes beyond just their behavioral differences. Most people believe that they are all simply larger deer, Difference Between - http://www.differencebetween.net/

BC aboriginals in court to save threatened caribou herd from coal mine The Canadian Press VICTORIA, BC — A First Nation group from northeast BC has gone to court to fight to protect a tiny, endangered caribou herd from a potential coal mine ... See all stories on this topic

 

Caribou News

G-7's Arctic Retreat Menu Features Musk-Ox, Caribou BusinessWeek 3 (Bloomberg) -- Timothy F. Geithner, European Central Bank President Jean-Claude Trichet and other Group of Seven officials will dine on musk-ox, caribou ... See all stories on this topic

Oilsands threaten caribou, experts warn Montreal Gazette By MIKE DE SOUZA, Canwest News ServiceFebruary 2, 2010 The oilsands could wipe out threatened woodland caribou in northern Alberta if regulators fail to ... See all stories on this topic

The Canadian Press Aboriginals push back over hunting rules on caribou, polar bears in the North The Canadian Press Last fall, Yukon ruled that hunting of the Porcupine caribou herd - thought to have declined from 178000 to 100000 animals over the last 20 years - would be ... See all stories on this topic

Woodland caribou under threat in oilsands area, group says Montreal Gazette By Mike De Souza, Canwest News ServiceFebruary 2, 2010 1:03 AM The oilsands could wipe out threatened woodland caribou populations in northern Alberta if ... See all stories on this topic

Caribou killing trial begins in Point Hope Arctic Sounder Eight men were accused in the highly publicized caribou waste case. This week just three, Chester Koonuk, 30, Roy Miller, 20 and Aqquilluk Hank, 31, ... See all stories on this topic

Labrador's new national park TheChronicleHerald.ca "Certainly those areas are important for woodland caribou and wolverine, both wide-ranging species." The group said protecting the boreal region will also ... See all stories on this topic

Caribou hunters' traditional practice violated state law, judge rules Arctic Sounder In his concluding remarks Judge Richard Erlich took pains to honor the three men who, out of eight charged for the caribou waste in 2008, were the only ones ... See all stories on this topic

Ottawa creates massive new park in Labrador Globe and Mail Conservation Canada says the move should shield threatened populations of caribou, harlequin ducks and other bird species from development in the region. ... See all stories on this topic

BC aboriginals in court to save threatened caribou herd from coal mine The Canadian Press VICTORIA, BC — A First Nation group from northeast BC has gone to court to fight to protect a tiny, endangered caribou herd from a potential coal mine ... See all stories on this topic

Difference Between Elk and Caribou | Difference Between By Noa A Elk vs Caribou The difference between elk and caribou goes beyond just their behavioral differences. Most people believe that they are all simply larger deer, Difference Between - http://www.differencebetween.net/

Caribou Hunt Gone Wrong Brings Town's First Trial : NPR This week in Alaska, three native hunters went on trial for leaving behind caribou carcasses after they were killed. The trial was in Point Hope, ...

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Woodland Caribou Under Threat in Oilsands Area, Group Says ... OTTAWA - The oilsands could wipe out threatened woodland caribou populations in northern Alberta if regulators fail to protect the boreal forest and its ...

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