pdf Recovery Strategy for the Boreal Caribou (Rangifer tarandus caribou) in the Northwest Territories Popular

Collaboratively developed in 2017, it lays out specific actions for conservation and recovery under six objectives. Helps Management Authorities prioritize work and allocate resources. Managing fire disturbances in 1.3 in the document.  

1. Ensure adequate habitat to maintain a healthy and sustainable population of boreal caribou.

2. Ensure sustainable harvesting.

3. Obtain information to inform sound management decisions, including boreal caribou ecology, key habitat and population indicators, and cumulative effects.

4. Manage boreal caribou collaboratively, using adaptive management practices and the best available information.

5. Exchange info with NWT people about boreal caribou in all regions.

6. Further the national recovery strategy, ensure recovery obligations for protecting critical habitat and maintaining a self-sustaining populate are met or exceeded in the NWT