CPAWS is working to:
- Convince the Manitoba government to fulfill its commitment to the Boreal Framework by announcing an initiative to protect more than half of Manitoba's northern boreal forests from industrial developments.
- Convince the Manitoba government to place an immediate halt to logging in intact caribou habitats.
Success!
- CPAWS Manitoba negotiated a 50 year logging deferral by Tembec, in the habitat of the Owl Lake caribou population.
- CPAWS Manitoba convinced the Manitoba government to include woodland caribou in its endangered species legislation, which mandates habitat protection.
Links and Resources
- 2009 Report, Caribou and You
- Backgrounder: Caribou in Manitoba
- Detailed chart of caribou herds in Manitoba
- CPAWS Manitoba
- CPAWS news release on logging deferral
April 2009: Critical habitat identified in Manitoba
News release (PDF)
Backgrounder (PDF)
National Critical Habitat Report
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Boreal woodland caribou in Manitoba are threatened.
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Critical habitat for Woodland Caribou
Action needed for survival
Improve habitatMaintain habitat
Disturbance possible
Identification of local populations required
Range of Boreal Woodland caribou
Boreal region of Canada
Snapshot
Habitat protected:
less than 5%
Provincial protection:
Manitoba has endangered species legislation that lists Woodland Caribou as a threatened species and legally requires the protection of their habitat. The Manitoba government must now be convinced to revise its provincial Caribou Recovery Strategy to harmonize with the legislation by making protecting large, intact Woodland Caribou habitats its key objective.
Caribou remaining:
There are an estimated 1800 – 3100 woodland caribou in Manitoba – they have vanished from a significant portion of their historical range, including all of Whiteshell provincial park.
Other notes:
There is one large Woodland caribou population in Manitoba’s northern Boreal. While ten individual ranges have been identified, the province does not have enough data to determine the ranges in the majority of Manitoba’s boreal region.