NEW PAPER: We followed the fate of 40 caribou herds —the southern mountain caribou population—to assess their trajectory and response to recovery actions. What we found was surprising and bitter sweet: dramatic declines but recent recovery due to controversial measures. 🧵 (1/n)
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Southern mountain caribou are federally threatened w/ cultural and ecological importance. Their declines are thought to be caused by habitat loss, primarily from logging, but also all the other pressures on the land (roads, oil and gas, heli-skiing, agriculture). 📸 Ryan Dickie