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Caribou News April 3, 2008

2008-04-03T11:15:00.000-07:00

The Last Hunters
Mother Earth News - Topeka,KS,USA
Subsisting largely on the Porcupine Caribou Herd, the Gwich'in claim they're
fighting Big Oil and Congress to preserve the very essence of their people: ...
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The Last Hunters

Grey ghosts; Locals fear caribou herds falling victim to the coyote
Western Star - Corner Brook,Newfoundland and Labrador,Canada
The scale of the place, along with the easy foraging, has made the area a snowy paradise for woodland caribou. The scene is almost complete. It’s all there, ...
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The coyote's invasion and the caribou's decline
Western Star - Corner Brook,Newfoundland and Labrador,Canada
Dramatic declines in the province's caribou population in recent years has

caused alarm for outdoor enthusiasts and government alike. ...
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Caribou Plan Doomed to Failure

VOCM - St. John’s,NL,Canada
A person who spent over 30 years in the bush as a wildlife officer is worried about
the state of the caribou population. Don Sutton says they noticed a ...
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Mooin, The Bear’s Child
By sipsis
Then Caribou stepped up and, thrusting her long antlers into the crack, she tried
to pry the stone loose, but only broke off one of her antlers. It was no use. In the
end, all gave up. They could not move the stone. ...
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Fur flying over animal control tactics
Edmonton Sun - Alberta, Canada
A grander goal - often overlooked - is to find a kinder way of keeping the wolves in
this province from driving woodland caribou to extinction. ...
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Caribou News March 17, 2008

2008-03-17T10:51:00.000-07:00

Province says wolf sterilization program not a done deal
Rocky Mountain Outlook - Canmore,Alberta,Canada
It would have less impact on regional wolf populations and allow one to selectively target packs affecting species of interest, such as caribou. ...
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Life Going On
Walrus Magazine - Toronto,Ontario,Canada
by Emilie Cameron It’s not uncommon to see a whole caribou carcass on the kitchen floor at the Niptanatiaks. This time, I help Grace cut the meat into cubes ...
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South Lee Mailbag: Drill for oil in US
The News-Press - Fort Myers,FL,USA
The Caribou herds have increased in size as well. We've also been told that we have 131 billion barrels of oil and 1000 trillion cubic feet of natural gas ...
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The Caribou Hunter
Walrus Magazine - Toronto,Ontario,Canada
In the spring, when Michael had applied for his caribou hunting licence, I was curious and felt a challenge. I asked if I could go with him. ...
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Two girls celebrate tradition on successful caribou hunt
Tundra Drums - Anchorage,AK,USA
They first had to obtain caribou tags from the Alaska Department of Fish and Game. People in the workplace and community members were called to let them ...

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Washington poacher gets jail time
Seattle Post Intelligencer - USA
The two men were accused of illegally killing, then wasting the meat of two sub-legal Dall sheep, a moose, a brown bear and a caribou over a 10-day period. ...
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Wildlife cops target country food smugglers
Nunatsiaq News - Iqaluit,Nunavut,Canada
Don't take fish or caribou out of Nunavik unless you can prove that you caught them yourself. This the gist of a recent warning from Quebec to residents of ...
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Caribou News March 2007

2008-03-10T16:51:00.001-07:00

Sidney company proposes giant wind farm in caribou habitat
Canada.com - Hamilton,Ontario,Canada
VANCOUVER - An alpine wilderness in northern BC that's critical habitat to a herd of threatened mountain caribou is being proposed as the site for hundreds ...
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Proposed wind farm cited as threat to caribou
Vancouver Sun - British Columbia, Canada
An alpine wilderness in northern BC that's critical habitat to a herd of threatened mountain caribou is being proposed as the site for hundreds of ...
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Committee fighting to save Northern Peninsula pristine wilderness ...
Western Star - Corner Brook,Newfoundland and Labrador,Canada
Given the declining caribou herds in the province, this wintering and calving ground must continue to be protected, he said. “The construction of forest ...
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Caribou News February 18 2008

2008-02-18T17:14:00.001-08:00

Land Use Plan could save caribou
Northern News Services (subscription) - Yellowknife,Northwest Territories,Canada
DEH CHO - New research findings show that unless the Dehcho Land Use Plan is implemented woodland caribou populations could be lost in the southern portion ...
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Innu hunters vow return to disputed caribou area
CBC - Newfoundland & Labrador - St. John's,Newfoundland and Labrador,Canada
A group of Innu hunters in Labrador is planning to hunt caribou in an area that government officials say is off limits. The RCMP recently seized seven ...
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Caribou News February 11, 2008

2008-02-11T11:35:00.001-08:00

Plan only goes part way
Western Star - Corner Brook,Newfoundland and Labrador,Canada
The government has heard the warnings of a potential collapse of the province’s native caribou population from outdoors enthusiasts, outfitters and wildlife ...
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On frozen pond
ChronicleHerald.ca - Halifax,Nova Scotia,Canada
NORTHWEST RIVER (CP) — Two rare and historically significant caribou coats painted by Innu artisans in the late 18th century have been returned to ...
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Caribou pose a $15-million problem
Montreal Gazette - Montreal,Quebec,Canada
The Newfoundland and Labrador government will spend $15.3 million to study the rapid decline of caribou. In 1996, there were more than 96000 caribou in the ...
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Smart wildlife programs let both animals and people thrive
Vancouver Sun - British Columbia, Canada
In the 1980s, BC conducted wolf killing programs to protect moose, elk, black-tailed deer and caribou. And, as late as last year, the BC government planned ...
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No Roads, No Regrets
Washington Post - United States
We walked along ancient animal trails, over spongy tussocks, across shivery streams, in the wake of bear, wolf and caribou tracks. A rainbow halo encircled ...
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NL gov't to spend $15.3 million on strategy to halt caribou herd ...
The Canadian Press -
Environment Minister Charlene Johnson says the money will be used to build on earlier efforts to better understand and mitigate the drop in woodland caribou ...
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Caribou in the News January 30, 2008

2008-01-30T10:28:00.000-08:00

Research means cold cash
Houston Chronicle - United States
"You get a caribou guy talking to a caribou guy and the cultural differences almost

disappear," he said. Brian Person, a wildlife biologist with the North ...
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Alta. development threatens caribou habitat: group
StarPhoenix - Saskatoon,Saskatchewan,Canada
The Alberta government is letting industrial activity intrude on the sensitive habitat of a
threatened caribou herd, says a conservation group. ...
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Wolf-Protecting Oil Drilling Opponent Rep. George Miller Stands ...
The National Center for Public Policy Research - Washington,DC,USA
But then we have to remember that the point of the predator control program is not to save
humans, but moose and caribou, animals so near and dear to the ...
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A critical shield against global warming
Globe and Mail - Canada
Canada's boreal is also home to some of the world's largest populations of grizzly
and polar bears, wolves, woodland and barren-ground caribou Future: ...
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Caribou News Dec 10, 2007

2007-12-10T10:54:00.000-08:00

Grey River caribou number in decline: aboriginal people
CBC - Newfoundland & Labrador - St. John's,Newfoundland and Labrador,Canada
Aboriginal people on Newfoundland's south coast are worried that coyotes
are causing a drastic drop in Grey River caribou numbers. ...
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A green Christmas, alas, for catalogues
Media Life Magazine - USA
This year alone, eight million tons of trees, some from the very forests where
that favorite Christmas animal, the reindeer, aka the Caribou, cavorts, ...
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Kivalliq News Nunavut News/North
Northern News Services (subscription) - Yellowknife,NWT,Canada
The Government of Nunavut will be drafting a Caribou Management Strategy
over the coming year to deal with the animals' shrinking population and an influx ...
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Roast Caribou
4 lb Caribou roast. MARINADE: 1/2 c.
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Caribou Stroganoff
By RecipeFeed.com
1 1/2 lb Caribou steak or boneless. -stewing meat (cut in -1/2" strips) 1/2 c Flour. 1/2 ts Salt. 1/2 lb Mushrooms, chopped. 2 sm Onions, chopped. 1 cl Garlic; minced. 3 tb Lard or bacon fat. 1 tb Worcestershire sauce ...
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World Outfitters seeks caribou colossus
ReportonBusiness.com - Canada
The global juggernaut of consolidation that has been rolling through steel,
mining, technology and other sectors now has an unlikely new target: caribou ...
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University of Saskatchewan Research - Discovery @ U of S: Explore: 100 yrs of Innovation

2007-12-04T16:54:00.000-08:00

University of Saskatchewan Research - Discovery @ U of S: Explore: 100 yrs of Innovation: "Naomi Carriere - Master Student in Biology A Master's student in Biology, Naomi Carriere is looking at traditional aboriginal knowledge of the woodland caribou and modern-day scientific knowledge in an effort to help preserve the species. Flash Video (Runs: 2:59)"

Caribou in Canada - Canadian Geographic Magazine: In-depth

2007-11-30T14:59:00.000-08:00

Online article on caribou from the quality outreach people at CG...

Caribou in Canada - Canadian Geographic Magazine: In-depth: "In-depth Caribou in Canada Across the country, caribou are struggling to survive in their ever-changing habitat. Facing a modern world, they are losing the battle."

Caribou News October 30, 2007

2007-10-30T08:58:00.000-07:00

Welcome to the birthplace of caribou jerky
Nunatsiaq News - Iqaluit,Nunavut,Canada
During a tour of the plant, Schindel is constantly tossing out current
and future product ideas: mikku, pipsi, caribou jerky, ground caribou. ...

Galaxies, caribou take readers to far-off places
Indianapolis Star - United States
Imagine spending five months following the path of a caribou herd
on the northern part of Canada near the Arctic Sea. The caribou determine
the path so ...

Caribou News Oct 23 2007

2007-10-23T10:05:00.000-07:00

Mountain Caribou Recovery Plan Unveiled
The Associated Press -
VICTORIA, British Columbia (AP) — British Columbia leaders announced a
plan Tuesday to rebuild endangered mountain caribou herds, including
protecting about ...
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BC takes steps to protect mountain caribou
Globe and Mail - Canada
Vancouver — In an effort to save a dwindling and endangered population
of mountain caribou the British Columbia government is putting nearly
400000 hectares ...
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Canadian province to set aside caribou lands
Reuters UK - UK
The province hopes the move will boost the caribou population from a current
1900 animals in 12 herds to about 2500, where it stood in 1995. ...
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Cultures and caribou explored together
StarPhoenix - Saskatoon,Saskatchewan,Canada
In her study of Saskatchewan's woodland caribou, University of Saskatchewan
biology master's student Naomi Carriere is not only working toward the ...
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Questions about caribou plan
Prince George Free Press - BC, Canada
Free Press file photo The provincial government unveiled this week a plan to
protect the mountain caribou. The following is an open letter to Prince George ...
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Quinn to listen in on mountain caribou strategy
North Thompson Times - Clearwater,British Columbia,Canada
By JUNE WEBB Thompson Nicola Regional District (TNRD) director for Area B,
Steve Quinn has been invited to sit on one of six mountain caribou implementation ...
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Snowmachiner dies in collision with well casing
Anchorage Daily News (subscription) - Anchorage,AK,USA
His hunting companion, Linda Kakaruk, shot and wounded a caribou near
Mile 144.5 Glenn Highway, and together they tracked the animal to the river
and killed ...
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Woo-hoo, caribou!
Grist Magazine - Seattle,WA,USA
The world's 1700 mountain caribou can chomp their lichens in peace -- Forest
Ethics and a coalition of Canadian environmental groups announced an agreement ...
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Province unveils plan to protect caribou herds
Prince George Free Press - BC, Canada
Combined with a selective cull of predators that have moved into the caribou
habitat, the plan’s target is to rebuild the population from the current 1900 ...
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Caribou News October 2, 2007

2007-10-02T09:27:00.000-07:00

Fentie failed to consult on caribou policy, says MLA
CBC North - Canada
Yukon Premier Dennis Fentie visited Old Crow in mid-September but failed to

mention a major policy change regarding the Porcupine caribou herd, ...
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First Nation 'shocked' over Dempster caribou hunting changes

CBC North - Canada
Vuntut Gwich'in First Nation leaders are demanding answers from the Yukon
government, after it lifted long-standing rules that restricted caribou hunting ...
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Caribou News September 18, 2007

2007-09-18T13:24:00.000-07:00

Technology aids quest for happy caribou
Petroleum News - USA
Both government and industry scientists acknowledge that the question

of caribou in the oil fields of the Arctic is a very complex topic. ...
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Pine beetle and mountain caribou
North Thompson Times - Clearwater,British Columbia,Canada
This week the topic was Mountain Pine Beetle, Mountain Caribou and
their primary winter food, hair lichens. Caribou biologists often
insist hair lichens are ...
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Aboriginal chief fed up with Dempster Highway caribou hunting rules
CBC North - Canada
The Porcupine Caribou Management Board's regulations bar hunters
from shooting within a 500-metre corridor on either side of the highway. ...
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Caribou News September 4, 2007

2007-09-04T09:12:00.000-07:00

As loggers cut deeper, caribou retreat into oblivion
Toronto Star - Ontario, Canada
The area, about 400 kilometres north of Thunder Bay, is prime habitat for woodland
caribou, which are designated by the federal and Ontario governments as ...
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Ontario Releases Plan for Woodland Caribou Signature Site
Forest NewsWatch.com (subscription) - Montreal,QC,Canada
TORONTO -- The Ontario government is releasing the final management
plan for the Woodland Caribou Signature Site in northwestern Ontario,
Natural Resources ...
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Porcupine Caribou Schools Program: Online Access to Guides

2007-08-29T15:57:00.000-07:00

Support Materials - Project Caribou

Recently added: a link to these Porcupine Caribou Herd resources, developed originally by the Yukon Department of Education, and an inspiration for the Project Caribou resource.

Look for the image on this page.

Caribou News August 21, 2007

2007-08-21T09:31:00.000-07:00

Astronaut Dave Williams says Caribou jerky helps him prepare for ...
Canada East - Canada
(CP) - Astronaut Dave Williams says munching on Canadian caribou jerky is a
good way to prepare for his record-breaking spacewalk Saturday outside the ...

Wildlife abundant on Alaska's Arctic tundra
Contra Costa Times - Walnut Creek,CA,USA
On our way to see the oil rigs, we drove past a caribou calf that was grazing on
tundra plants beside the road. "It's a harsh world up here," cracked our ...

Caribou NewsAugust 7, 2007

2007-08-07T14:54:00.000-07:00

Businesses back caribou conservation in British Columbia
Globe and Mail - Canada
British Columbia, which has the world's last remaining mountain caribou, with
about 1900 animals in 18 separate herds, is formulating a plan to save the ...
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BC asked to save endangered caribou species
Canada.com - Hamilton,Ontario,Canada
VANCOUVER -- The fate of the world's remaining mountain caribou
will be decided in coming weeks -- and conservationists are urging the
BC government to save ...
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Nelchina hunting permits announced
Anchorage Daily News (subscription) - Anchorage,AK,USA
By ALEX deMARBAN More than a thousand Alaskans who didn't win a coveted permit to hunt a Nelchina caribou or moose will get the chance after all. ...
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Arctic players poles apart on bears, caribou
Canada.com - Canada
The Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife claims the Peary
caribou population has declined by 72 per cent since 1984. "Don't
worry about it," he ...
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Hawaii Sen. Akaka cancels Alaska visit
KPUA - HI,USA
... to recognize the concerns of the Gwich'in Indians, who worry
drilling could disrupt the calving grounds of Porcupine caribou they
depend on for food. ...
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Chisana Caribou Recovery Project
The Chisana herd is a small, genetically distinct, population of
caribou inhabiting eastcentral Alaska and southwest Yukon.
The herd summers almost entirely ...

Caribou in the News -- July 27, 2007

2007-07-27T08:23:00.000-07:00

Chisana Caribou Recovery Project
The Chisana herd is a small, genetically distinct, population of caribou
inhabiting eastcentral Alaska and southwest Yukon. The herd summers almost entirely ...

Author releases children's version of award-winning Being Caribou
Rocky Mountain Outlook - Bow Valley,Alberta,Canada
By Lynn Martel - Canmore Once upon a time there was a wildlife biologist,
his adventuresome wife and a 123000 head caribou herd. Every year, for 27000 years ...

Judge yanks permits for Nelchina hunts
Anchorage Daily News (subscription) - Anchorage,AK,USA
By ALEX DEMARBAN A Superior Court judge Friday pulled the permits of thousands
of people expecting to hunt caribou and moose in the Nelchina basin beginning ...

Post-Doctoral Fellow - Caribou Conservation Genetics
We seek a landscape ecologist or landscape geneticist with strong quantitative skills
to complement a research team examining the conservation and spatial dynamics
of Canadian boreal caribou populations. This project is a partnership ...
Career.edu - academic job board - http://www.career.edu/

Caribou art exhibit among park's centennial activities
Waterloo Record - Waterloo,Ontario,Canada
An exhibition of 45 artworks on the theme of caribou herds will debut at the Buffalo
Nations Luxton Museum Aug. 1. The exhibition, called Tuktu Prayers, ...

Caribou News July 3, 2007

2007-07-03T10:05:00.001-07:00

Outfitters sue NWT government over caribou quota cuts
CBC North - Canada
Outfitters who rely on caribou hunts for much of their business have

filed a lawsuit against the Northwest Territories government for reducing sport hunting ...
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Caribou News June 14, 2007 MORE!

2007-06-19T09:30:00.000-07:00

Chisana Caribou Herd Recovery Project & Captive
Rearing Experiment ... (PDF of a PowerPoint presentation)
Ecotype of caribou a. species of 'Special. Concern'. In Yukon.
Chisana herd is. 'Specially Protected. Wildlife' and. therefore a 'Species. at Risk' ...

Kenai Peninsula Online - Alaska NewspaperCanadians
try experiment ...
WHITEHORSE, Yukon (AP) -- The very existence of the Chisana woodland
caribou herd may depend on the success of a unique experiment under way
in southwest ...

Caribou News June 19, 2007

2007-06-19T09:29:00.000-07:00

Environment minister pursues Peary caribou listing
CBC North - Canada
Canada's most northerly caribou may end up on the endangered species

list despite objections from the Nunavut Wildlife Management Board. ...
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Inuit fear federal government's 'total authority' over endangered ...
CBC North - Canada
Last fall, the Nunavut government said it had spent $2.5 million on
consultations, studies and the preparation of a management plan for
the Peary caribou. ...

Caribou News June 14, 2007

2007-06-14T09:50:00.000-07:00

Logging Could Drive Mountain Caribou to Extinction
Environment News Service - USA
Most of these forests are in the Interior Wet Belt of British Columbia,

which is inhabited by 98 percent of the world's surviving mountain caribou, ...
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Bathurst caribou plan delayed while governments reconsider
CBC North - Canada
A plan for protecting the Bathurst caribou herd in the Northwest Territories
could be in limbo, as both the territorial government and Tlicho leaders want ...
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Community profile: Anaktuvuk Pass
Anchorage Daily News (subscription) - Anchorage,AK,USA
Caribou is the primary source of meat. There is one school, attended
by about 100 students. During the April 2000 US census, 100 residents
were employed, ...
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The mystery of 53 dead caribou in the Alaska Range

2007-05-29T09:10:00.000-07:00

The mystery of 53 dead caribou in the Alaska Range
SitNews - Ketchikan,AK,USA
Thirty-five years ago, an Army helicopter pilot flying over an Alaska tundra
plateau saw a group of caribou. Thinking something looked weird, he circled for ...

Caribou News May 15, 2007

2007-05-15T09:54:00.000-07:00

Tuktoyaktuk families learn to reacquire tastes beyond caribou
CBC North - Canada
Caribou shortages in and around Tuktoyaktuk, NWT, are forcing Inuvialuit
hunters and their families to consider meat sources that have fallen from
favour in ...
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Bill to Streamline Predator Management Laws Introduced by Governor
SitNews - Ketchikan,AK,USA
During the last four winters, the state has been conducting predator

control programs in some areas to build up moose and caribou herds. ...
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Caribou News May 1, 2007

2007-05-01T09:44:00.000-07:00

Poaching investigated in threatened caribou herds
CBC - Newfoundland & Labrador - St. John's,Newfoundland,Canada
Caribou officials are investigating the slaughter of 39 animals in

threatened caribou herds in southern Labrador. Three separate
poaching incidents within ...
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Tlicho await NWT consultation on caribou proposal
CBC North - Canada
The Northwest Territories government has yet to consult with the
Tlicho government over proposed caribou hunting restrictions,
even though the deadline for ...
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Slaughter of threatened caribou under investigation
Canada.com - Hamilton,Ontario,Canada
JOHN’S NL — Wildlife officers are investigating the slaughter of 39
Labrador caribou, some from a herd that is near extinction.
In the most recent incident, ...
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