Increasing the Klinse-za caribou population and restoring the landscape

The Historic 2020 Caribou Partnership Agreement between the governments of B.C, Canada, Saulteau First Nations, and West Moberly First Nations strives to protect southern mountain caribou in northeastern B.C., while considering the social and economic well-being of communities. It covers an area of nearly 8,000 km², and is instrumental in creating habitat for a self-sustaining population of caribou.

Historically, high elevation caribou range in BC has experienced relatively little disturbance by humans due to its remoteness. However, the past several decades have see major landscape disturbances from logging, mining, extraction, and human settlement that have been detrimental to caribou. These disturbances facilitate predator travel into the caribou range, increasing the risk of predation to caribou.

Recovering caribou takes a dedicated team, community support, and a long-term vision. We are working to avert the extirpation of these caribou while restoring their habitat so their long-term future is secure.