NEW Barren-Ground Caribou 2012-2013 Harvest and Monitoring Summary

The Barren-Ground Caribou 2012 / 2013 Havest and Monitoring Report is now complete and posted on our website.  This summary report includes information that was gathered during the 2012 / 2013 fall and winter harvesting seasons, and has been approved by the Barrenground Caribou Technical Working Group. It is part of the implementation of recommendations made by the WRRB in response to the joint proposal for caribou management actions in Wek’èezhìı submitted by the Tłı̨chǫ Government and the Government of the Northwest Territories in 2010.

The report includes reported harvest data for the Bathurst caribou herd and the Bluenose-East caribou herd.  This report also includes information from monitoring activities conducted during this period for the Bathurst, Bluenose-East, and Ahiak and Beverly caribou herds. Monitoring activities included satellite collar tracking, fall composition survey, recruitment (spring survival), calving ground photo and composition survey, and health and body condition sampling. Data on wolf harvest and wolf monitoring activities is also included in this report. 

You can view the Barren-Ground Caribou 2012 / 2013 Harvest and Monitoring Report here