Caribou in peril

July 30, 2009 | Dr. Jeff Wells

This just out in Toronto paper. Links to entire story below. 

 Caribou in peril, Ontario warned

Facing 'emergency,' province urged to halt logging, road building in threatened habitatsCatherine PorterToronto Star "The Ontario government should halt all logging and road building in endangered woodland caribou habitat, as six out of nine known populations below the 51st parallel are at risk of collapsing, environmentalists warn. A report released today by the Wildlands League reveals the formerly pristine habitats of six caribou populations have already been disturbed by logging and wildfires to the point where they likely will no longer sustain the extremely sensitive species. 

A seventh caribou range is close to the established threshold beyond which scientists say caribou become too exposed to predators and no longer reproduce sufficiently to maintain their numbers."

Read full story here:
http://www.thestar.com/news/ontario/article/673897

Read more about caribou here:
http://caribouandyou.ca/

To download Wildlands League report go here:
http://www.wildlandsleague.org/

Video of southern boreal logged landscape:
/video/NWOntarioTripJune2008.shtml

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