Three Decades of Caribou Recovery Programs in Yukon: A Paradigm Shift in Wildlife Management

Authors
Richard Farnell
Contacts
Resource Date:
2009
Page Length
22 pages

A relatively brief paper published by the Yukon government in 2009, it summarizes the experience of the managing five different Yukon herds (mostly non-migratory). It suggests that both harvest management and wolf management have been effective methods, and emphasizes that managing impacts on herds, such as development and harvest impacts are preferable to costly recovery programs.

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