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Interactive Map
Read more: Interactive MapOur newly updated ArcGIS webmap makes it easy to explore the Klinse-za Caribou herd range and see where restoration efforts are underway. The map highlights parks and protected areas, current road networks, and gives an overview of watershed intactness across the region.…
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Pen Operations and Effectiveness
Read more: Pen Operations and Effectiveness2024 Summary Report The Klinse-Za caribou herd in northern British Columbia, part of the endangered Central Mountain population of caribou (Rangifer tarandus caribou), declined from over 200 animals in the mid 1990’s to approximately 36 animals in 2013. Due to unsustainable levels…
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Assessing the health-fitness dynamics of endangered mountain caribou and the influence of maternal penning
Read more: Assessing the health-fitness dynamics of endangered mountain caribou and the influence of maternal penningCanadian Journal of Zoology The health of wildlife plays a crucial role in population demography by connecting habitat and physiology. Southern mountain caribou, a population of woodland caribou (Rangifer tarandus caribou (Gmelin, 1978)) found in the mountains of southwest Canada, are facing significant…
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Klinse-za Park Expansion
Read more: Klinse-za Park ExpansionThe Klinse-za/Twin Sisters Park in northeastern B.C. is expanding to nearly 200,000 hectares, offering stronger protection for sacred Indigenous sites and critical wildlife habitat. The expanded park, which is also home to at-risk species, such as fishers, bull trout, grizzly bears and…
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Effectiveness of population-based recovery actions for threatened southern mountain caribou
Read more: Effectiveness of population-based recovery actions for threatened southern mountain caribouEcological Society of America Habitat loss is affecting many species, including the southern mountain caribou (Rangifer tarandus caribou) population in western North America. Over the last half century, this threatened caribou population’s range and abundance have dramatically contracted. An integrated population model…
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Braiding Indigenous rights and endangered species law
Read more: Braiding Indigenous rights and endangered species lawRecovery targets fall short of culturally meaningful abundance Endangered species laws effectively prevent species extinction but fall short in restoring abundance for culturally important species. Legal agreements between Indigenous peoples and countries recognize the importance of abundant, culturally important species that disproportionately…
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2022 NFPCA Nature Inspiration Award co-winner
Read more: 2022 NFPCA Nature Inspiration Award co-winnerThe Nîkanêse Wah tzee Stewardship Society is a co-winner of the Canadian Museum of Nature’s 2022 Nature Inspiration Award in the not-for-profit organization (small to medium) category. A collaboration of two First Nations, the West Moberly and the Saulteau, the Society is…
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Influence of maternity penning on the success and timing of parturition by mountain caribou
Read more: Influence of maternity penning on the success and timing of parturition by mountain caribouCanadian Journal of Zoology Invasive conservation actions that require the capture and handling of individual animals are common, but the implications for both survival and reproduction are often not studied. Across North America, most populations of woodland caribou (Rangifer tarandus caribou (Gmelin, 1788))…
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Indigenous-led conservation: Pathways to recovery for the nearly extirpated Klinse-Za mountain caribou
Read more: Indigenous-led conservation: Pathways to recovery for the nearly extirpated Klinse-Za mountain caribouEcological Society of America Indigenous Peoples around the northern hemisphere have long relied on caribou for subsistence and for ceremonial and community purposes. Unfortunately, despite recovery efforts by federal and provincial agencies, caribou are currently in decline in many areas across Canada.…
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Demographic responses of nearly extirpated endangered mountain caribou to recovery actions in Central British Columbia
Read more: Demographic responses of nearly extirpated endangered mountain caribou to recovery actions in Central British ColumbiaEcological Society of America Recovering endangered species is a difficult and often controversial task that challenges status quo land uses. Southern Mountain caribou are a threatened ecotype of caribou that historically ranged in southwestern Canada and northwestern USA and epitomize the tension…
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Caribou Homeland
Read more: Caribou HomelandTwo First Nations in western Canada come together to protect an iconic animal they’ve relied upon for countless generations. Caribou Homeland offers a glimpse into the multi-faceted Indigenous-led conservation project that has created the most successful caribou recovery program in North America.…
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W5: The challenges facing Canada’s caribou herds
Read more: W5: The challenges facing Canada’s caribou herdsW5 goes to British Columbia to find out how the province is trying to save a dwindling herd of caribou and how a balance can be found with local industry.
