##  [Alternative Silvicultural Systems & Harvesting Techniques for Caribou Habitat: Summary Version](/resource/alternative-silvicultural-systems-harvesting-techniques-caribou-habitat-summary-version) 

Organization

[Alberta Regional Caribou Knowledge Partnership](/organization/alberta-regional-caribou-knowledge-partnership)

 

 

Resource Type

[Report](/taxonomy/term/38)

 

 

Author(s)

Joshua Killeen

Casi Bouchie

Bob Christian

Ted Gooding

 

 

Original Authors

Joshua Killeen

Casi Bouchie

Bob Christian

Ted Gooding

 

 

Resource Date:

2022

 

Page Length

14

 

 

Urgent action is required to reverse caribou population declines that are occurring throughout Alberta and to meet federal targets for reducing habitat disturbance under the Species at Risk Act. Caribou declines are attributed primarily to anthropogenic habitat alteration, from a range of sources, such as oil and gas development, commercial forestry, and recreation.

  
Alternative silvicultural systems have potential to allow for a working landscape with some level of timber harvest whilst also minimizing negative impacts on caribou. However, widespread adoption of alternative silviculture systems over conventional clearcut forestry remains constrained by knowledge gaps, financial considerations, and policy restrictions. While there are limited caribou-specific trials of alternative systems in Alberta, experience from other jurisdictions and re-purposing of other studies provides guidance in how such systems could be applied.

See [here](/resource/alternative-silvicultural-systems-and-harvesting-techniques-caribou-habitat "Alternative Silvicultural Systems and Harvesting Techniques for Caribou Habitat") for full report.