Fire is a natural and important part of the boreal forest ecosystem. Northern plants and animals have adapted to the cycles of fire and regrowth, and barren-ground caribou have co-existed with the effects of forest fires on their winter range for thousands of years.
Conservation planning, Harvesting: Hunting, Gathering, Trapping, Fishing, Legislation, Regulations, Policies and Guidelines, Monitoring, Research and data, Wildlife and nature
Movements of barren-ground caribou have been tracked by the Government of the Northwest Territories (GNWT) since 1996 using satellite radio collars. Collars provide key information on caribou throughout the year.
Conservation planning, Harvesting: Hunting, Gathering, Trapping, Fishing, Legislation, Regulations, Policies and Guidelines, Monitoring, Research and data, Wildlife and nature
Wildlife Act Phase 2 Regulations and Guidelines: What We Heard Report
Deuxième phase de modifications des règlements liés à la Loi sur la faune : Ce que nous avons entendu - Le présent document contient un résumé en français.
Publication date:
June 2019
Resource Category:
Legislation, Regulations, Policies and Guidelines, Wildlife and nature
Full title: Estimates of breeding females & adult herd size and analyses of demographics for the bluenose-east herd of barren-ground caribou: 2018 calving ground photographic survey.
John Boulanger, Jan Adamczewski, John Nishi3, Dean Cluff, Judy Williams, Heather Sayine-Crawford, and Lisa Marie LeClerc. 98 pp. Wildlife Manuscript Report 278.
Publication date:
May 2019
Resource Category:
Monitoring, Research and data, Wildlife and nature
L’objectif global du présent accord est d’énoncer les mesures afin de soutenir la conservation et le rétablissement de la population de caribou boréal qui se trouve aux TNO.