This recovery strategy is for the Woodland Caribou (Rangifer tarandus caribou), Boreal population herein referred to as "boreal caribou", assessed in May 2002 as threatened and re-examined and confirmed as threatened in November 2014 by the Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada (COSEWIC). This document is an amended version of the boreal caribou recovery strategy published by Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) under the title Recovery Strategy for the Woodland Caribou (Rangifer tarandus caribou), Boreal population, in Canada (Environment Canada, 2012a).
2019 Amendments are:
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identifying critical habitat in northern Saskatchewan's Boreal Shield range (SK1)
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updating population and habitat condition information, based on information previously published in the 5-Year Progress Report (Environment and Climate Change Canada, 2017)
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other minor edits to update factual information and/or to improve internal consistency within the document
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