caribou

What’s Really Behind Dwindling Numbers of Woodland Caribou?

What’s Really Behind Dwindling Numbers of Woodland Caribou?

By Tara Lohan A logged forest is a changed forest, and for woodland caribou that could mean the difference between life and death. A recent study in the Journal of Wildlife Management tracked the survival rates and population growth of woodland caribou (Rangifer tarandus caribou) across two areas of northern Ontario, Canada. In one area […]

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    Alaska Sen. Murkowski Introduces Bill to Drill Arctic Wildlife Refuge

    Alaska Sen. Murkowski Introduces Bill to Drill Arctic Wildlife Refuge

    Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) introduced legislation Wednesday night that would open a portion of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) to oil and gas development for the first time. The bill could advance with only 51 votes in the Senate instead of the usual 60 as it complies under Congress’ budget resolution instructions for 2018. […]

    ACTION: Help Stop Tar Sands Wolf Kills

    ACTION: Help Stop Tar Sands Wolf Kills

    CREDO Action To make up for the fact that rapid tar sands oil mining is threatening caribou herds by destroying vast swaths of rainforest habitat in Alberta, the Canadian government has called for strychnine poisoning and aerial shooting of thousands of wolves in areas of tar sands mining.1 If Alberta Canada’s tar sands oil fields […]