The goal of the five-year wolf (dìga) management program is to sufficiently reduce wolf (dìga) predation on the Bathurst and Bluenose-East herds to allow for an increase in calf and adult caribou (ekwǫ̀) survival rates to contribute to the stabilization and recovery of both herds. This report summarizes wolf management and monitoring activities undertaken by GNWT and Tłı̨chǫ Government during 2024.
This is the Executive Summary of the Wolf (Dìga) Management Pilot Program Technical Report 2020, Manuscript No. 313. For a full copy of the report, please contact Patricia Lacroix, Wildlife Management Division, Environment and Climate Change, GNWT.
The goal of the five-year wolf (dìga) management program is to sufficiently reduce wolf (dìga) predation on the Bathurst and Bluenose-East herds to allow for an increase in calf and adult caribou (ekwǫ̀) survival rates to contribute to the stabilization and recovery of both herds. This report summarizes wolf management and monitoring activities undertaken by GNWT and Tłı̨chǫ Government during 2023.
A technical working group was established to compile information and determine the current abundance, trend, and distribution of wolverine on the ranges of the Bathurst and Bluenose East caribou herds. The information available for the Bathurst and Bluenose East caribou ranges is too fragmented to determine whether wolverine have become a more important predator of barren-ground caribou during the recent caribou and wolf declines, given that wolverine are long-lived and opportunistic in their behavior.
This framework is to assess the monitoring data that becomes available throughout the year and to reassess the implementation success of management and monitoring activities. The framework will encourage collaborative understanding and discussions considering the different sets of indicators. The need to step co-management forward using both Indigenous and Scientific knowledge is being increasingly recognized.
The goal of the five-year wolf (dìga) management program is to sufficiently reduce wolf (dìga) predation on the Bathurst and Bluenose-East herds to allow for an increase in calf and adult caribou (ekwǫ̀) survival rates to contribute to the stabilization and recovery of both herds. This report summarizes wolf management and monitoring activities undertaken by GNWT and TG through winter 2021.
The Grizzly Bear and Wolverine Biological and Management Feasibility Working Group (WG) was formed to compile information about grizzly bear predation on Bluenose-east and Bathurst Caribou, as well as management options and their risks. Grizzly bear management options are to be provided to management authorities, who in turn, and depending on their decisions, will submit specific management proposals for review in a public forum to allow for further discussion.
The Wolf Technical Feasibility Assessment: Options for Managing Wolves on the Range of the Bathurst Barren-ground Caribou Herd was completed collaboratively by the Wolf Feasibility Assessment Technical Working Group, which was formed to compile information about wolf management options and risks. The assessment was done to fulfill commitments made by ENR to conduct a collaborative feasibility assessment of wolf management options for the range of the Bathurst herd, including areas within and outside of Wek’èezhìı.
The management plan "Taking Care of Caribou" describes principles and goals for managing the Cape Bathurst, Bluenose-West and Bluenose-East caribou herds. The management plan also describes current population estimates and trends, information needed to effectively manage the herds and guidelines for determining what management actions should be taken for defined population level thresholds. "Taking Care of Caribou" is accompanied by two companion documents, a Community Report on information recorded during community meetings ("Engaging Bluenose Caribou Communities") and a Science Report d