NBCKC Accomplishments

This page lists the guidance documents, toolkits, newsletters, webinar series, presentations, and other resources developed by National Boreal Caribou Knowledge Consortium (NBCKC), its working groups, and Indigenous Knowledge Circle. (Last updated Oct 2023.)

To learn more about the NBCKC, please visit our home page.

Knowledge Products

Boreal Caribou Habitat Restoration

Boreal Caribou Population Management

Population Management Overview Infographic

Indigenous Knowledge Systems in Boreal Caribou Conservation

Beyond Conservation: A Toolkit for Respectful Collaboration with Indigenous Peoples

Boreal Caribou Monitoring

Boreal Caribou Monitoring toolkit

Knowledge Sharing Platform

NBCKC Newsletters and Annual Reports

Presentations

North American Caribou Workshop 2021 - The Boreal Caribou Ecological Model: A planning tool for caribou habitat restoration
North American Caribou Workshop 2021 - The Boreal Caribou Monitoring Toolkit: Perspectives and Best Practices from the NBCKC Monitoring Working Group
COP 15 Presentation - The National Boreal Caribou Knowledge Consortium: Meaningful Collaboration for Conservation
North American Caribou Workshop 2023 - More than one way to count caribou in Canada: Showcasing the NBCKC’s Boreal Caribou Monitoring Methods Toolkit
North American Caribou Workshop 2023 - Beyond Conservation: A Toolkit for Respectful Collaboration with Indigenous Peoples

Webinars

Indigenous Led Caribou Conservation Webinar Series

Collaboration, Range Planning and the Porcupine Caribou Herd
How can range planning for caribou advance reconciliation?
Community-led Planning for Caribou: Changing How We Do Conservation
Caribou Conservation, Treaty Rights, and Guardians in Alberta's Oil Sands

Canadian Conservation and Land Management (CCLM) Webinar Series

Caribou Ecology & Recovery Webinar Series (co-hosted with ABMI)

Testing the efficacy of linear restoration for caribou recovery in the Birch Mountains, Alberta Partnering for Restoration Success - Eric Neilson, Ryan Grandjambe, Ryan Abel, Lorne Gould, Dani Degenhardt, Cynthia Chand
Forecasting climate-sensitive landscape change reveals habitat shifts and population uncertainty for northern boreal caribou - Frances Stewart
Testing operational innovations to maximize linear restoration outcomes: A field study in NE Alberta - Matthew Pyper, Jason Barrie, Jesse Tigner
Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation and Mikisew Cree First Nation Tâdzié/Atihk Stewardship Plan - Susan Leech, Anne Hervieux, Lori Cyprien
Linking woodland caribou abundance to forestry disturbance in southern British Columbia, Canada - Kyle Lochhead
Collaborative research and monitoring of migratory Eastern Cape Chruchill caribou: linking Wapusk National Park and an Indigenous Conservation Protected Area - Matt Webb, Russell Turner, Derek Leask, Jessica Lagimodiere, Riley Bartel, Ryan Brook and Connor Staub
Habitat Restoration: Why Indigenous Partnerships Matter - Paula Bentham
Using causal analysis to advance caribou recovery research and policy - Steve Wilson
Disentangling the influence of anthropogenic habitat alteration from climate on expanding white-tailed deer populations in western Canada - Melanie Dickie
Predicting patterns of terrestrial lichen biomass recovery following boreal wildfires - Geneviève Degré-Timmons and Ruth Greuel
Alberta’s Moose Lake Access Management Plan: Potential to Support Indigenous Rights and Caribou Critical Habitat Requirements - Michael Evans and Carolyn Campbell
Predators, prey, and harvest blocks in west-central Alberta caribou ranges - Tracy McKay
The National Boreal Caribou Knowledge Consortium – Advancing conservation through collaborative knowledge sharing, generation and mobilization - Tatyana Flick and Matthew Boeckner
A Holistic Approach to Restoration in FNFN Territory: By Us, For Us - Katherine Wolfenden, Jesse Tigner, and Susan Leech
Demographic responses of threatened woodland caribou to annual variation in meteorological and phenological conditions - Craig DeMars
Wild forest reindeer returns to its historical range – first releases from breeding enclosures in a Finnish reintroduction project - Sakari Mykrä-Pohja, Milla Niemi & Pekka Kilpeläinen
Recovery actions for woodland caribou: Predicting and testing the efficacy of habitat restoration - Melanie Dickie
Indigenizing Science - Morgan Hrycak
Movement, energetics, and demography of Norwegian reindeer - Rebecca Viejou
Science to inform policy: Linking population dynamics to habitat for threatened species in Canada - Cheryl Johnson
Let it grow? Moose response to habitat disturbance in caribou ranges - Laura Finnegan
Boreal caribou winter range in the Central Mackenzie Valley, NWT: What is it, where is it, and how can we manage for it proactively? - Jesse Tigner
Using forecasting tools to inform recovery actions for woodland caribou: a comparison of the tested and the untested - Mariana Nagy-Reis & Chris Johnson
Application of integrated population models for conservation of at-risk caribou populations - Mark Hebblewhite
30 years of change: Linking habitat, predators and alternative prey to explain recruitment variations of an endangered caribou population - Martin-Hugues St-Laurent
Density-dependent social behaviour: from individuals in groups to populations - Quinn Webber
Habitat loss on seasonal migratory range imperils an endangered ungulate: implications for redefining critical habitat for mountain caribou - Sara Williams
Continental and regional patterns in caribou resource selection across a wide gradient of fire frequency - Eric Palm
Boreal caribou living in an area shaped by natural disturbances: insights into the ecology and conservation of the species from where we know the least - Clara Superbie
Caribou habitat restoration: A trial in northeastern Alberta - Shannon O’Dwyer
Partial Cutting: Changing the timber harvest paradigm in Alberta to conserve mountain caribou - Kirby Smith
Informing Woodland Caribou Habitat Restoration Strategies Through an Innovation Roadmap Matthew Pyper
A National Network of Adaptive Management and Trophic consequences of terrestrial eutrophication for a threatened ungulate - Robert Serrouya
Indigenous-led Conservation: Pathways to recovery for the nearly extirpated Klinse-Za mountain caribou - Clayton Lamb
Supplemental feeding increases the growth rate of an endangered caribou herd - Doug Heard
New development in genomics methods to inform on caribou population demography - Micheline Manseau