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A Decision Support Tool for Assessing Cumulative Effects on an Arctic Migratory Tundra Caribou Population
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Using the caribou cumulative effects model, an existing decision support tool, we evaluate 6 alternative development scenarios, from no leasing to full leasing with standard mitigation conditions
Alberta Regional Caribou Knowledge Network Announce Request for Proposals
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The Alberta Regional Caribou Knowledge Network, a partnership between Alberta's government and forest sector, is currently accepting proposals for two research opportunities. Researchers and...
Alternative Silvicultural Systems & Harvesting Techniques for Caribou Habitat: Summary Version
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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...
Alternative Silvicultural Systems and Harvesting Techniques for Caribou Habitat
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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...
Biogeochemical Response to Vegetation and Hydrologic Change in an Alaskan Boreal Fen Ecosystem
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Boreal peatlands store approximately one third of the earth’s terrestrial carbon, locked away in currently waterlogged and frozen conditions. Peatlands of boreal and arctic ecosystems are affected...
Caribou Ecology and Recovery Webinar Series - "Indigenous-led Conservation: Pathways to Recovery for the Nearly Extirpated Klinse-Za Mountain Caribou"
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Join us to explore the latest research supporting caribou ecology and recovery in Canada—from the mechanisms of caribou declines to potential recovery options. This series is co-hosted by the Caribou...
Caribou Migration, Subsistence Hunting, and User Group Conflicts in Northwest Alaska: A Traditional Knowledge perspective
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Project Objectives: To document local and traditional knowledge on caribou, caribou hunting, hunting conflicts To support subsistence and caribou resources To have Noatak people give feedback on...
Caribou Migration, Subsistence Hunting, and User Group Conflicts in Northwest Alaska: A Traditional Knowledge Perspective
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Abstract Alaska Natives of northwest Alaska are highly dependent on barren-ground caribou ( Rangifer tarandus) for meeting their nutritional and cultural needs. The Alaska Native village of Noatak...
CircumArctic Collaboration to Monitor Caribou and Wild Reindeer
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Caribou and wild reindeer ( Rangifer) are integral to ecology and Aboriginal lives and culture in circumArctic regions. Since reaching peak size in the 1990s, most herds have been declining, while...
Contrasts in Use and Perceptions of Biological Data for Caribou Management
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This project compared the attitudes and perceptions toward caribou ( Rangifer tarandus) management practices held by users and managers of the Western Arctic Herd (WAH) in Alaska and the Beverly and...
Contrasts in Use and Perceptions of Biological Data for Caribou Management
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Abstract Attitudes and perceptions toward caribou ( Rangifer tarandus) management practices held by users and managers of the Western Arctic Herd (WAH) in Alaska and the Beverly and Qamanirjuaq herds...
Do Beaver Ponds Increase Methane Emissions Along Arctic Tundra Streams?
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Beaver engineering in the Arctic tundra induces hydrologic and geomorphic changes that are favorable to methane (CH 4) production. Beaver-mediated methane emissions are driven by inundation of...
Expansion of white-tailed deer populations in boreal landscapes and its implications for managing woodland caribou
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The Alberta Regional Caribou Knowledge Partnership (ARCKP) is pleased to present "Expansion of white-tailed deer populations in boreal landscapes and its implications for managing woodland caribou."...
Exploring the Implementation of Aggregated Harvest in Woodland Caribou Ranges
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The Alberta Regional Caribou Knowledge Partnership (ARCKP) is pleased to present "Exploring the Implementation of Aggregated Harvest in Woodland Caribou Ranges." This webinar, presented by Logan Purdy...
Factors Contributing to the Cultural and Spatial Variability of Landscape Burning by Native Peoples of Interior Alaska
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In this project, a multidisciplinary research team, together with native community partners, analyzed patterns of human-fire interaction over time and then stratified the predominant anthropogenic...
Factors Contributing to the Cultural and Spatial Variability of Landscape Burning by Native Peoples of Interior Alaska
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This article analyzes the geographical extent to which native peoples of Interior Alaska used fire to modify the landscape at the time of European contact. Although wildfire has been central to the...
Historical Landscape Use of Migratory Caribou: New Insights From Old Antlers
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Accumulations of shed caribou antlers ( Rangifer tarandus) are valuable resources for expanding the temporal scope with which we evaluate seasonal landscape use of herds. Female caribou shed their...