Not to be confused with the numerous barren ground caribou or the woodland caribou, the mountain caribou is faltering all over B.C. In the United States it would be, and in fact it is, an endangered species. A tiny herd hangs on in northern Idaho. It wanders back and forth over the border.
This sad situation has been brought on by too much logging old growth forests. Now the B.C. government has a plan, and it’s controversial.
Read in the Globe and Mail, “Can B.C. help save endangered caribou?”
Related. Backcountry traveller to present on caribou. Robson Valley Times (B.C.)
More. British Columbia May Kill Cougars, Wolves for Caribou Recovery. By Neville Judd.
Ralph Maughan
Dr. Ralph Maughan is professor emeritus of political science at Idaho State University. He was a Western Watersheds Project Board Member off and on for many years, and was also its President for several years. For a long time he produced Ralph Maughan's Wolf Report. He was a founder of the Greater Yellowstone Coalition. He and Jackie Johnson Maughan wrote three editions of "Hiking Idaho." He also wrote "Beyond the Tetons" and "Backpacking Wyoming's Teton and Washakie Wilderness." He created and is the administrator of The Wildlife News.
Isn’t this the most asinine thing you’ve ever heard? Wait, I’m talking to Ralph Maughan and readers of his blog. I imagine you’ve heard a lot of asinine things over the years…
These caribou…think about it people…geez, I can hardly talk about it. I mean, geez. What kind of surreal world are we living in?
Here’s the contact info for the knucklehead responsible for this: Send him an email and let him know this is a completely unacceptable plan.
Hon. Barry Penner
Minister of Environment and Minister responsible for Water Stewardship and Sustainable Communities
barry.penner.mla@leg.bc.ca
Room 112
Parliament Buildings
Victoria, BC
V8V 1X4
Also, check out these links to see what more we can do.
http://www.mountaincaribou.org
http://www.caribounation.org