Woodland Caribou

The governments of Canada and Quebec said on Monday, August 22, 2022, they reached an agreement in principle to protect endangered caribou in the province, but Indigenous and environmental groups said concrete action is needed.

A new caribou conservation agreement between the federal government and Ontario fails to protect habitat critical to both the iconic creatures and the climate fight, environmental groups say.

Ottawa is threatening to act unilaterally to protect caribou in Quebec, a move that Premier François Legault said on Tuesday, April 12, 2022, would be interference in an area of provincial jurisdiction.

A new study done in northeastern Alberta suggests habitat restoration may not be enough to save threatened woodland caribou, at least in the short term, and researchers at the University of British Columbia say their results make the case for a more rigorous analysis of conservation methods.

A new bar will soon be set on what counts as sustainable forestry, holding potential implications for the future of the woodland caribou and of the forestry industry itself.

The Alberta government says it is creating the world's largest boreal forest preserve with new wildland parks in the province's northeast.

Alberta is suspending portions of its draft plan to protect threatened woodland caribou, saying more research needs to be done and that Ottawa needs to help out.

A once-thriving herd of endangered caribou on a northern Ontario island is weeks away from being killed off by a pack of wolves, says a First Nation that is working with the provincial government to get the animals moved to a safe location.

Canada's woodland caribou herds and the habitat they need continue to decline five years after the provinces agreed to develop strategies to preserve them, a federal study has concluded.

The Quebec government says a plan to put a dwindling herd of caribou in a zoo is a "new start" for the animals. Environmentalists say it's a sham.

Environment Minister Catherine McKenna is being sued for failing to tell Canadians how the country's woodland caribou are being protected.