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2024 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…

Canadian 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…

Ecological 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…

Recovery 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…

Canadian 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))…

Ecological 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.…

Ecological 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…