by Working Forest | Jan 23, 2018 | Articles
Only days after a new Minister of Natural Resources and Forestry took office, the Ontario government proposed two measures to address stakeholder concerns about species at risk legislation and its relationship to forest operations. The government has posted a proposal...
by Working Forest | Jan 15, 2018 | Articles
The Ontario government has begun an operation to move a threatened herd of caribou from a remote island because they are being hunted by wolves. According to CTV News, the operation began on Jan. 13, and “involves rounding up the remaining caribou off Michipicoten...
by Working Forest | Dec 12, 2017 | Articles
Ontario’s Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry is taking steps to save a caribou herd on an island in Lake Superior by moving healthy animals to another island with an existing herd. A statement from Minister Kathryn McGarry says: “We will be transporting...
by Working Forest | Nov 28, 2017 | Articles
VICTORIA – The governments of Canada and British Columbia have developed a draft conservation agreement, under the federal Species at Risk Act, to support southern mountain caribou recovery, starting with the population known as the...
