Assessing the Influence of Industrial Development on Caribou (Rangifer tarandus) in the Lower Athabasca Planning Region of Alberta: 2011 Final Report

Organization
Alberta Biodiversity Monitoring Institute (ABMI)
InnoTech Alberta (ITA)
Resource Type
Report
Author(s)
Alberta Biodiversity Monitoring Institute (ABMI)
Alberta Innovates – Technology Futures
Salmo Consulting
Original Authors
Alberta Biodiversity Monitoring Institute
Alberta Innovates - Technology Futures
Salmo Consulting
Resource Date:
2011
Page Length
34

This report analyses the effects of above-ground pipelines and linear features on woodland caribou range and population levels. At current levels of industrial development, pipelines and linear features have a very small negative effect on caribou populations compared to the high levels of predation.