The caribou is a living Canadian icon that is found in windswept arctic tundra landscapes and in BC's remote inland rainforest mountain ranges to dense boreal forests - across Caribou Nation. This report educates the reader on Canada's many types of caribou and lays out the threats and solutions to seeing this great icon survive in the future.

Caribou Nation, Coast to Coast to Coast

Wilderness Committee Edu. Report Vol.24-No.04, April 2005 - Co-publishers: ForestEthics, Sierra Club of Canada

Literature Cited

Article: Woodland, Peary, Barren Ground

(1) Schaefer, James A. “Long-Term Range Recession and the Persistence of Caribou in the Taiga. October 2003.
(2) Assessment and Update Status Report on the Woodland Caribou in Canada. COSEWIC. 2002
(3) Manitoba government. “Woodland Caribou in Manitoba”. Technical Report. 1993
(4) Assessment and Update Status Report on the Woodland Caribou in Canada. Ibid centre spread – peary (1) The Nature of Caribou, H. John Russell, Greystone Books, 1998
(2) Northwest Territories Department of Wildlife and Fisheries website
(3) Ibid
(4) Regal looking Peary now hard to find in Arctic, Ed Struzik, Edmonton Journal, November 30, 1999
(5) Ibid

Article: Map of Caribou Nation - BRITISH COLUMBIA

(1) http://cityofrevelstoke.com/caribou/pdf/cosewic_status_report_2002.pdf
(2) Ian Hatter, BC Ministry of Water Land and Air Protection

Article: Map of Caribou Nation – ONTARIO

(1) The Forest-dwelling Woodland Caribou, Ontario Parks publication, March, 2003
(2) Disappearance of the Woodland Caribou: “A Crisis in Slow Motion” press release, Trent University, June 25th, 2004.
(3) Weyerhaeuser Forest Management Plan for Trout Lake Forest, 2004-2009.
(4) Disappearance of the Woodland Caribou: “A Crisis in Slow Motion” , Ibid

Article: Map of Caribou Nation – QUEBEC

(1) RENEW, 2003-2004
(2) Sara Registry, www.sararegistry.gc.ca.
(3) Species At Risk Website, http://www.speciesatrisk.gc.ca/search/speciesDetails_e.cfm?SpeciesID=144, as visited March 8, 2005.

Article: Strong Measures Needed Across Caribou Nation

(1) Alberta draft Recovery Plan for Woodland Caribou, 2004
(2)Species At Risk Report Card 2004, Canadian Nature Federation, Next Stop; Extinction: A Report Card on the failure of Canadian Governments to save endangered species, Environmental Defence Fund, 2004.
(3) Ibid.
(4) There are numerous obstacles to species at risk enforcement, including shortages of enforcement staff and legal loopholes. For example, in Ontario charges can only be laid against willful intent to harm or endanger a listed species, which is difficult to prove.