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Quebec bou: 1, NWT bou: 0

Mar 27, 2009

A huge study of Quebec's caribou is underway, thanks to $1.7 million dollars from the provincial and federal governments.  The study will focus on the barren-ground (migratory) 'bou in far northern Quebec, not us Boreal woodland caribou.

Quebec's barren-ground caribou seem to be in fairly good shape so far.  But over in the western arctic, the news is bleak.  Herds of both Barren-ground and Peary (cute little arctic critters) caribou have plummeted over the past few decades.

Is it natural cycles, hunting, development, climate change or all of the above?  I hope the Quebec study will shed some light on what's impacting the herds.

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