CPAWS is working to:
- Get critical caribou habitat defined in the provincial woodland caribou recovery strategy so the habitat gets the protection it needs.
- Make caribou habitat protection part of land use planning efforts in northern Saskatchewan.
- Protect the ecological integrity of the Churchill River watershed by establishing networks of protected areas within the 72,000 square kilometer Churchill basin. Our initial and primary conservation target is protection of the Churchill River itself. This would preserve a wide and healthy west-east forest corridor through northern Saskatchewan's critical woodland caribou habitat, connecting caribou and other wildlife populations, and preserving genetic diversity for long-term survival of the species.
Success!
- CPAWS helped acheive designation of three protected areas in the Dore/Smoothstone region: Budd Lake (17,924 ha), Caribou Flats (9,638 ha) and Selenite Point (3,800 ha).
Links and Resources
April 2009: Critical habitat identified in Saskatchewan
News release (PDF)
Backgrounder (PDF)
National Critical Habitat Report
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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:
5%
Original habitat remaining:
%50
Provincial protection:
Woodland caribou habitat isn't protected by provincial law. But because the caribou are a Federal Species at Risk, the province is working on a recovery strategy. The Saskatchewan Wildlife Act doesn't yet recognize Woodland caribou as a species at risk.
Caribou remaining:
4,300
Threats:
agriculture, logging, hunting and road building in the south; road building, mining, and oil and gas in the north
Other notes:
Except for subsistence hunting by aboriginal peoples, caribou hunting in Saskatchewan has been prohibited since 1987.