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Table 1. Boreal woodland caribou in Canada. Source: Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society.

Territoryand

Province

Number of

herd homeranges

ormanangement

units

Number

ofhomerangesthat are

not self-sustaining

Caribou Home Range1Extent of

homerangethat is

disturbed(%)2Number

Proportionof total

population(%)

Area(km 2)

Proportionof

CanadianRange

(%)

Proportionof

Territoryor

Province(%)

NorthwestTerritories

8 2 5,800 16 477,496 19 41 8

British Columbia 6 4 1,000 3 25,193 1 3 52

Alberta3 13 13 3,000 8 120,491 5 18 45

Saskatchewan 8 4 4,300 12 278,994 11 43 8

Manitoba 11 2 2,500 7 211,857 9 33 11

Ontario 4 1 5,500 15 455,263 19 42 6

Quebec 6 3 11,000 30 680,433 28 44 14

Labrador4 4 1 3,300 9 207,669 8 71 4

Canada 57 30 36,000 100 2,457,395 100 25 12

1 Size of the home range (km2) was determined from a GIS assessment of the ranges identified in the Scientific Review.2 Condition of the home range (% disturbed) is the category and percentage disturbance of all ranges identified in the Scientific Review.3 The population and area of home ranges in Alberta includes the population and area of the herds that AB shares with NWT (2) and BC (1), which

inflates the total for population and area of home ranges for Alberta and reduces the population and area in British Columbia and the NorthwestTerritories.

4 Labrador is mainland portion of Newfoundland and Labrador and does not include the area of populations of caribou on the island ofNewfoundland.

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Figure 1. Habitat loss and fragmentation. Source: Parks Canada.

Figure 2. Schematic representation of three scales of movement and habitat selectionidentified using locations collected with GPS collars placed on caribou of the Wolverineherd in north-central British Columbia. Source: Johnson, C.J., K.L. Parker, D.C. Heard,and D.R. Seip. 2004. Movements, foraging habits, and habitat use strategies of northernwoodland caribou during winter: Implications for forest practices in British Columbia. BCJ. Ecosys. and Manage. 5(1):2235.

Between-patch movment

Within-patch movement

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Figure 3. Habitat needed for the survival of boreal woodland caribou; an interpretation of Environment Canadasscientific review of boreal woodland caribou critical habitat recommendations. Source: Canadian Parks andWilderness Society, http://caribouandyou.ca/

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Figure 4. Areas of suspended timber harvest as outlined in the The Canadian Boreal Forest Agreement. Source:Canadian Boreal Forest Agreement http://canadianborealforestagreement.com