PR (BATH 2019): 038 - Wolf Technical Feasibility Assessment: Options for Managing Wolves on the Range of the Bathurst Barren-ground Caribou Herd
Keywords: Wolf, wolves, feasibility assessment, Bathurst, Caribou, predators.
Keywords: Wolf, wolves, feasibility assessment, Bathurst, Caribou, predators.
Keywords: Bathurst, Public Hearing, Management Proposal, Total allowable harvest, conservation.
Key words: calving ground composition surveys; Bathurst and Bluenose‐East caribou herds;breeding females estimate; calf productivity; relative distribution of breeding caribou estimate; relative abundance of predators.
Key words: GNWT-ENR; management; cumulative impacts; Bathurst caribou; caribou habitat; Caribou People; human-caused disturbance; natural (fire) disturbance in the Bathurst
Key words: monitoring; calf production; adult sex ratio; barren-ground caribou; Bathurst and Bluenose East herds; composition surveys
Key words: calving ground photo survey; Bluenose-East barren-ground caribou; breeding females estimate; collared caribou; systematic reconnaissance surveys; calving status; caribou density
Key words: calving ground photo survey; Bathurst barren-ground caribou; breeding females estimate; collared caribou; systematic reconnaissance surveys; calving status; caribou density
Key words: Bathurst caribou; Bluenose-East caribou; survival and productivity rates; environmental variables; temporal variables; spatial variables; integrated population demographic model; environmental covariates
This report describes the results of a calving ground photo survey of the Kokètì Ekwǫ̀ (Bathurst Caribou) herd conducted in June of 2018 near Bathurst Inlet in Nunavut (NU). The main objectives were to estimate the numbers of breeding females, adult females, and adults in the herd, to compare with results of previous calving ground surveys of this herd, the last of them in 2015.
Keywords: Barren Ground Caribou; Late-Winter Calf:Cow Ratio; Summer Range; Leaf Biomass; Phenology; Remote Sensing