Resources and Science

Caribou Draft Recovery Strategy Report Card and Technical Assessment

As part of the public review process, in October 2011, the Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society (CPAWS) provided the following comments and recommendations on the proposed Federal Boreal Woodland Caribou Recovery Strategy required under the Species-At-Risk Act. CPAWS also issued the following “report card” in October summarizing its findings and recommendations for remedial work to close loopholes that could undermine the specie’s long –term survival.

• CPAWS’ Assessment and Recommendations for Proposed Boreal Woodland Caribou Recovery Strategy under the Federal Species At-Risk Act
• Report Card on Federal Government’s Proposed Boreal Woodland Caribou Recovery Strategy

In May 2010, CPAWS and eight other conservation groups came to a historic truce with the Forest Products Association of Canada, representing 21 forestry companies.

The Canadian Boreal Forest Agreement represents a groundbreaking commitment to protect woodland caribou in over 70 million hectares of Canada's Boreal forest.

The Canadian Boreal Forest Agreement...

• applies to over 70 million hectares of Canada's Boreal forest licensed to FPAC member companies across the country.
• commits these companies to world-leading sustainable forest management practices and conservation planning.
• focuses on protecting the Boreal woodland caribou's critical habitat.
• is signed by CPAWS and eight other conservation organisations, and 21 forestry companies represented by FPAC

Aran O'Carroll, who negotiated the Agreement on behalf of CPAWS, tells the story, and answers some of the great questions you asked on CPAWS.org and Twitter.

This groundbreaking 2009 report from Environment Canada, required under the Federal Species-At-Risk-Act, underscores the importance of protecting large areas of Boreal forest wilderness that are home to Canada's nationally at risk woodland caribou.

The report

• Read the report (Species at Risk Act site)
• Critical Habitat Boreal caribou National Map, including the status of each herd in Canada

Background and summaries

• Backgrounder: A summary of the report
• The numbers by province

Keeping woodland caribou in the boreal forest: Big challenge, immense opportunity
Canadian Boreal Initiative, 2011

A snapshot of caribou range condition in Ontario
CPAWS, 2009
(PDF, 2.4 MB)

Caribou and You in Manitoba
CPAWS, 2009
(PDF, 400K)

A review of Manitoba's conservation and recovery strategy for Boreal Woodland caribou
CPAWS, 2007
(PDF)

Uncertain Future: Woodland Caribou and Canada's Boreal Forest
CPAWS, 2006
(PDF, 700K)

Grey Ghosts: Can we save Woodland Caribou in Canada's Boreal Forest?
CPAWS, 2004
(PDF, 800K)