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The boreal woodland caribou (Rangifer tarandus caribou; but subject to a recent taxonomic revision.See Reindeer: Taxonomy), also known as Eastern woodland caribou, boreal forest caribou and forest-dwelling caribou, is a North American subspecies of reindeer (or caribou in North America) found primarily in Canada with small populations in the United States.
In their August 2008 scientific review and, Environment Canada established that in order to monitor and manage the boreal caribou's recovery, they would use "local population range" as the "relevant spatial scale for the identification of critical habitat" because "habitat conditions within boreal caribou ranges affect their survival and ...
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.
Boreal woodland caribou are also known as southern mountain caribou, woodland caribou, and forest-dwelling caribou. Mountain caribou are uniquely adapted to live in old-growth forests. The mountain caribou diet consists of tree-dwelling lichens predominantly. They are unique in this aspect as in the far northern regions of their habitat zones ...
In North America, because of its vast range in a wide diversity of ecosystems, the woodland caribou is further distinguished by a number of ecotypes. In the Ungava region of Quebec, several herds of Labrador caribou in the north, such as the large George River caribou herd, overlap in range with the boreal woodland caribou to the south.
Chinchaga Wildland Provincial Park is a wildland provincial park in northwestern Alberta, Canada.The park is a 802.7 square kilometres (310 sq mi) environmentally protected tract of land within the 5,000 km 2 (1,900 sq mi) of the greater Chinchaga wilderness area.
In 1981, a lone male caribou was observed on the island; how it arrived there remains unknown. [8] In 1982, additional caribou - one male, three adult females and three female calves - were moved to the island from the Slate Islands by the Ministry of Natural Resources. An additional male was translocated in 1989. [17]
The Wildlands Network (formerly known as “Wildlands Project") was created in 1991 to stem the tide of species extinctions that was being recorded across North America. . Evidence that such extinctions were often exacerbated by a lack of habitat connectivity between existing protected areas [1] [non-primary source needed] resulted in the organization’s adoption of a primary mission focused ...