May 25, 2022Protect Woodland Caribou – Fill in a Short Government SurveyThere is finally hope the Manitoba government will act to protect threatened caribou after a decade of delays. Answer a quick survey to help.Read More
December 5, 2018Indigenous Knowledge and Conserving CaribouErnie Bussidor of Sayisi Dene First Nation and CPAWS MB Executive Director Ron Thiessen went to the North American Caribou Workshop in Ottawa.Read More
September 19, 2018TAKE ACTION: Manitoba government misses caribou protection deadlinesEight years. That’s how long it’s been since the Manitoba government missed its first self-imposed deadline to protect our threatened caribou. A federal deadline came and went nearly a yearRead More
May 8, 2018The Government of Canada and the Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society reach an important agreementThe Government of Canada and the Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society reach an important agreement on species at risk reportingRead More
October 15, 2015Manitoba Woodland Caribou Recovery Strategy releasedBest strategy in the nation needs swift implementation to save threatened speciesRead More
February 22, 2012Caribou recovery plan swamped by public feedbackThe iconic image of the woodland caribou has graced one side of Canadian quarters since 1937 and environmentalists are worried that may be the only way to see this endangeredRead More
January 10, 2011Woodland Caribou: A Canadian IdolIf you are Canadian, chances are you have a caribou in your pocket. Since 1937, we have celebrated the woodland caribou by featuring its image on the “tails” side ofRead More
October 29, 2010THREATENED WOODLAND CARIBOU, MOOSE POPULATIONS TO BE MONITORED, PROTECTED AS EAST SIDE ROAD PROJECTA high-tech wildlife monitoring program will be part of the environmental-licensing process for the all-season road project from PR 304 near Hollow Water to Berens River First Nation, Aboriginal andRead More
March 30, 2010Caribou herds worldwide experiencing serious decline: StudyA Canadian study of global caribou populations has produced what scientists are calling a “dramatic revelation” that numbers of the iconic species — pictured on the Canadian quarter — haveRead More
March 3, 2010Spare the caribouAbout a month ago I covered a newser at Fort Whyte Centre featuring the University of Manitoba’s David Barber and his work in Canada’s north documenting global warming. Here’s theRead More
January 15, 2008‘Linear features’ hurt caribou, mooseBoreal forest researchers refer to both roads and hydro transmission lines as “linear features” but to some forest-dwellers they might simply be called bad news. “The more of these youRead More