Successful and unsuccessful attempts to resolve caribou management and timber harvesting issues in west central Alberta

• Published in: Rangifer
• Main Authors: Hervieux, David, Edmonds, Janet, Bonar, Richard, McCammon, Jim
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Septentrio Academic Publishing 1996
• Subjects: caribou management; Rangifer; woodland caribou; timber management; landscape planning; habitat management; conflict resolution; Alberta; Caribou Range
• Online Access: https://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/rangifer/article/view/1241; https://doi.org/10.7557/2.16.4.1241

Research studies of woodland caribou in west central Alberta began in 1979 in response to proposed timber harvesting on their winter ranges. Using results from initial studies, timber harvest guidelines were developed. A recent review of these guidelines, and the assumptions on which they were based...