Boreal Caribou Sustainable Harvest Assessment Fact Sheet

Authors
Government of Northwest Territories
Resource Date:
2021
Page Length
2

Overall, the population of boreal caribou in the NWT is considered stable, but there are declines in some areas of the Dehcho region. This year, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources looked at more than 10 years of information on boreal caribou in the southern NWT and created a report that looked at:

• Caribou survival rates

• The number of calves compared to cows

• The number of bulls compared to cows

• How many calves were born

With this information, a computer model was used to see how many caribou could be harvested in different areas of the southern NWT without contributing to boreal caribou declines.


This Fact Sheet is part of a three-part resource that also includes: