Quebec
CPAWS is working on:
- The Grand Council of the Crees (Eeyou Istchee) and CPAWS Québec are jointly demanding an immediate halt in forestry development in the habitat of vulnerable woodland caribou, until their common concerns can be addressed by Québec. The call comes following the release of the provincial woodland caribou recovery strategy, published three years behind schedule by the Ministère des Ressources naturelles et de la Faune (MRNF). The strategy proposes actions to recover caribou populations, with the objective of “maintaining current caribou distribution throughout Québec”.
- CPAWS Quebec and its partners are pressing the Quebec government to implement a woodland caribou recovery plan that will promote vast conservation projects for caribou habitat.
- CPAWS is part of a vast public awareness campaign to protect "The Caribou Belt", a high priority site for woodland caribou in the province of Québec. This area includes the "Vallée des Montagnes blanches" and the Assinica-Broadback-Evans sector.
Success!
- CPAWS is part of a major public outreach campaign to protect the Vallée des Montagnes blanches, a Woodland caribou hotspot. 188,000 people signed our petition, leading the Quebec government to identify over 100,000 ha of woodland caribou habitat for conservation. In 2008, governement announced the protection of 960 sq km in this area. But it’s not enough for the caribou.
Links and Resources
April 2009: Critical habitat identified in Quebec
News release (PDF)
Backgrounder (PDF)
National Critical Habitat Report
Take action!
Boreal woodland caribou in Quebec are vulnerable.
We're asking the Québec government to protect Woodland caribou habitat, implement the recovery plan. We also want to see the province create more large protected areas.Sign the petition (French) or sign the petition (English)
Local news
- SNAP Québec welcomes Bill to reinstate Mont-Orford Park lands
March 24, 2010 - Progress on Canada's parks slows in 2009
July 16, 2009 - New video campaign launched to help threatened caribou in MB, ON and QC
June 29, 2009
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%
Original habitat remaining:
50%
Provincial protection:
Quebec has an Endangered Species law, but it doesn't protect Woodland caribou habitat.
Caribou remaining:
6-12,000 (optimistic estimate)
2-3,000 conservative estimate)
Other notes:
There is a stable population of woodland caribou in the Northern Boreal as well as two isolated and declining populations in the south.