Boots-on-the-Ground Caribou Monitoring 2016 Results
Category:
Ekwǫ̀ Nàxoède K’è (Boots on the Ground)
Release Date:
August, 2017
This report presents the results from 2016, the pilot year of Boots-on-the-Ground caribou monitoring program. Boots-on-the-ground is a caribou monitoring program based on the traditional knowledge (TK) of indigenous elders and harvesters. The objectives for the pilot year included setting up a long term traditional knowledge monitoring program for the Bathurst caribou and monitor the conditions of Bathurst herd’s summer range by focusing on indicators: (1) caribou habitat and environment, (2) caribou, (3) predators, and (4) industrial disturbance.