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The migratory woodland caribou refers to two herds of Rangifer tarandus (known as caribou in North America) that are included in the migratory woodland ecotype of the subspecies Rangifer tarandus caribou or woodland caribou [1] [2] that live in Nunavik, Quebec, and Labrador: the Leaf River caribou herd (LRCH) [3] [4] and the George River caribou herd (GRCH) south of Ungava Bay.
Despite the focus on protections and conservation of the mountain caribou, herd numbers since the CORE was established have continued to diminish from approximately 2,450 spread across 17 separate isolated subpopulations to 1,900 animals in 15 subpopulations between 1997 and 2002 (Mountain Caribou Technical Advisory Committee, 2002) as a result ...
The state also recognizes the Texas State Bison Herd at Caprock Canyons State Park since 2011, [6] the state Longhorn herd at multiple state parks since 1969, [7] [6] and the state dog breed, Blue Lacy since 2005.
Caribou crossing Leaf River. Labrador ("Eastern migratory") caribou herds include four subpopulations such as the George River herd. [34] The George River caribou are one of four subpopulations of Labrador caribou in northern Canada. The herd's range extends through Labrador and Northern Quebec (Labrador Woodland Caribou Recovery Team, 2004).
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The Leaf River caribou herd (LRCH), [78] another migratory herd of Labrador caribou, near the coast of Hudson Bay, increased from 270 000 individuals in 1991 to 628 000 in 2001. [79] By 2011 the herd had decreased to 430 000.
Reindeer hunting by humans has a very long history and caribou/wild reindeer "may well be the species of single greatest importance in the entire anthropological literature on hunting." [ 3 ] In Greenland, wild reindeer have been hunted as a source of food, clothing, shelter, and tools by the Inuit - the indigenous peoples that populate the ...
It has a land area of 20,309 acres (8,219 ha). The grassland is administered together with all four national forests and two national grasslands located entirely in Texas, from common offices in Lufkin, Texas. The units include Angelina, Davy Crockett, Sabine, and Sam Houston National Forests, plus Caddo National Grassland and Lyndon B. Johnson.