A Management Plan for the Bathurst Caribou Herd (Bathurst Caribou Management Planning Committee, November 2004)

Date

2004-11-04

Document type

report

Parties

Bathurst Caribou Management Planning Committee, Resources, Wildlife & Economic Development (RWED), GNWT, Department of the Environment, Government of Nunavut, Indian & Northern Affairs Canada (DIAND), North Slave Metis Alliance (NSMA), Yellowknives Dene First Nation (YKDFN), Lutsel K'e Dene First Nation (LKDFN), Dogrib Treaty 11 Council, Kitikmeot Hunters and Trappers Association (KHTA), Nunavut Wildlife Management Board (NWMB), Wek'èezhìi Renewable Resources Board (WRRB), Nunavut Tunngavik Incorporated, Environment Canada, Mackenzie Valley Land & Water Board (MVLWB), Nunavut Impact Review Board (NIRB)

Locations

Bathurst Inlet, Bathurst caribou herd range, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Hood River, Burnside River, Contwoyto Lake, Great Bear Lake, Great Slave Lake, Yellowknife, Lac de Gras, Wekweti, Wha Ti, Gameti, Lutsel K'e, Cambridge Bay, Kugluktuk, Rae, Northern Saskatchewan, Slave Geological Province, West Kitikmeot

Parameters

caribou abundance, caribou population cycles, calf survival, pregnancy rates, calf fall body weight, caribou health, diseases, caribou movements, migration routes, calving grounds, summer range, winter range, caribou habitat, snow depth and conditions, insect harassment, environmental contaminants, heavy metals, radionuclides, wolf predation, grizzly bear predation, wolverine abundance, caribou harvest levels, harvest allocation, industrial development impacts, climate change, forest fires, wood bison, cumulative effects, environmental monitoring

Pages

51