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 November 2024.)
To learn more about the NBCKC, please visit our home page.
Knowledge Products
Boreal Caribou Habitat Restoration
- Boreal Caribou Ecological Model Infographic
- Boreal Caribou Ecological Model Technical Report
- Boreal Caribou Habitat Restoration Practices: Applications and Outcomes
- Infographic - Leverage Our Learnings: Applications And Outcomes Of Boreal Caribou Habitat Restoration
Boreal Caribou Population Management
Indigenous Knowledge Systems in Boreal Caribou Conservation
Boreal Caribou Monitoring
- Boreal Caribou Monitoring toolkit
- Boreal Caribou Monitoring methods toolkit: introductory video
- Boreal Caribou Monitoring in Canada Part I: Perspectives from the NBCKC Monitoring Working Group
- Monitoring Methods decision tree
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Factsheets (Aerial counts , Aerial occupancy surveys, Aerial imagery , Radio collars , Camera collars , Camera trapping , Fecal sampling, Harvest interviews , Harvester based sampling )
- Comparative tables (Suitability Table 1: Selecting a Monitoring Method That Suits Your Objectives and Suitability Table 2: Comparing Suitability and Requirements of Monitoring Methods)
- NBCKC Aerial Surveys Technical Report / guidance document
- NBCKC Telemetry based monitoring methods Technical Report/ guidance document
- NBCKC Indirect monitoring methods Technical Report/ guidance document
- NBCKC Harvester-based monitoring methods Technical Report/ guidance document
- Guide to classification based on aerial photography
- Guiding Resources for Including Data or Evidence From Multiple Knowledge Systems
- Creating a Common Language Glossary
Knowledge Sharing Platform
- Boreal Caribou Subportal of the Canadian Conservation and Land Management Portal
- Boreal Caribou Interactive Map
- NBCKC: Storymap
NBCKC Newsletters and Annual Reports
- NBCKC Newsletter #1 - September 2018
- NBCKC Newsletter #2 - November 2018
- NBCKC Newsletter #3 - January 2019
- NBCKC Newsletter #4 - March 2019
- NBCKC Newsletter #5 - Annual Report July 2019
- NBCKC Newsletter #6 - December 2019
- NBCKC Newsletter #7 - February 2020
- NBCKC Newsletter #8 - April 2020
- NBCKC Newsletter #9 - Annual Report August 2020
- NBCKC Newsletter #10 - October 2020
- NBCKC Newsletter #11 - January 2021
- NBCKC Newsletter #12 - March 2021
- NBCKC Newsletter #13 - Annual Report October 2021
- NBCKC Newsletter #14 - January 2022
- NBCKC Newsletter #15 - May 2022
- NBCKC Newsletter #16 - Annual Report October 2022
- NBCKC Newsletter #17 - August 2023
- NBCKC Newsletter #18 - October 2024
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
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Collaboration, Range Planning and the Porcupine Caribou Herd
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How can range planning for caribou advance reconciliation?
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Community-led Planning for Caribou: Changing How We Do Conservation
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Caribou Conservation, Treaty Rights, and Guardians in Alberta's Oil Sands
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Tâdzié-Sagow Atihk Stewardship Plan - Indigenous Knowledge to Recover Caribou
Canadian Conservation and Land Management (CCLM) Webinar Series
- Advancing Conservation Outcomes Through Research, Collaboration and Knowledge Exchange
- Monitoring Environmental Impacts Through Remote Sensing
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The Application of Drone and Unoccupied Aerial Vehicle Technology in Conservation Work
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Nature-Based Climate Solutions: Expert Panel on Canada's Carbon Sink Potential
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