🎉 Can we predict how a road will affect caribou before it's built? That's what our newly funded project on barren-ground caribou in the NWT will explore over the next 3 years, through NWT CIMP + Polar Knowledge Canada. Link in comments!

📢 Nîkanêse Wah tzee Stewardship Society is hiring a Restoration Director to lead their multi-year caribou habitat restoration program in Klinse-Za Park, BC. Hybrid, $90-120K, closes Aug 20. Amazing opportunity!

Restoration Director

We are looking for an experienced and collaborative leader to help guide our multi-year caribou habitat restoration program.

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Caribou suffer terribly in the heat of summer when the mosquitos and black flies come out in the heat. We are getting more and more hot days due to climate change.

Coltman www.nature.com/articles/nat... just passed 1000 cites GoogleScholar. Brought to the fore that selective hunting can lead to evolutionary change, leading to much debate, gnashing of teeth. Pigeon et al's update answered stats objections, is better paper onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Amazing opportunbity to improve wildlife conservation in Wyoming! eeik.fa.us2.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...

Environment and Climate Change Canada is seeking public comments on proposed Critical Habitat Protection Regulations under the Species at Risk Act. The proposal would streamline protection of critical habitat on federal lands without weakening protections. Comments are open until Sept. 16.

Des faons naissent encore en enclos plutôt qu'en liberté, et le Québec tarde toujours à restaurer l'habitat qui leur permettrait un jour d'en sortir. Il est temps que le gouvernement passe des mesures palliatives à une véritable restauration de l'habitat!

Naissance de caribous au Québec | Des faons condamnés à vivre en captivité ?

Les populations de caribous vivant en captivité ont accueilli 16 nouveaux faons, cette année, un bilan « mitigé » qui masque le fait que Québec se révèle toujours incapable de rétablir l’habitat de ce...

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Last day to comment on Canada's proposed fast-track for major project approvals. Roads like Grays Bay & Mackenzie Valley Highway cross declining barren-ground caribou ranges. We don't fully know which mitigations work. Precaution matters! Email engagement@pco-bcp.gc.ca by tonight.

Most caribou monitoring is narrowly focused on caribou only. Camera traps and ARUs let us monitor predators, insects, vegetation, weather, and soundscapes at the same time without disturbing wildlife. This graphic by Alison McCreesh captures this message from one of my #NACW2026 talks perfectly!

2 milliards pour moins de 200 véhicules. C'est le budget total consacré à la recherche scientifique au Canada par année.

Défense | Ottawa versera près de 2 milliards pour de nouveaux blindés

Après les sous-marins, les véhicules blindés. Ottawa versera près de 2 milliards de dollars sur quatre ans pour construire et livrer 190 véhicules blindés de soutien au combat à General Dynamics Land ...

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Last call: today (July 15) is the deadline to comment on GNWT's draft Best Management Practices for mitigating road effects on barren-ground caribou in the NWT. Roads are likely the biggest threat this species faces. If you have thoughts, now's the time at the link below!

Best Management Practices for Mitigating the Effects of Roads on Barren-ground Caribou in the NWT

Cliquez ici pour consulter la présente page en français. Overview The Government of the Northwest Territories (GNWT) is inviting Northerners to share their feedback on the draft Best Management Practi...

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Indigenous people make up 5% of the population but 75% of the people living on the street in Winnipeg. Poverty is the byproduct of colonial systems of oppression and genocide but is treated like a personal failure when many are born into it

Carney's Canada: subsidizing fossil fuels, cutting science. Data-based blog by E4D evidencefordemocracy.ca/canada-is-cu...

Canada is cutting public science. The risks will not be invisible forever. - Evidence For Democracy

Since Prime Minister Mark Carney was sworn in on March 14, 2025, the federal government has launched a major spending […]

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The Kugluktuk Angoniatit Association opposes the Grays Bay Road & Port Project. Caribou harvesters and Elders explain why in this short film. I study how roads affect caribou, and these concerns track a growing body of scientific evidence closely. Please watch and share widely!

Film Premiere | Kugluktuk Harvesters on the Grays Bay Road and Port

YouTube video by Kugluktuk HTO

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The closest thing to a wild caribou you'll see in Grands-Jardins these days is this silhouette. The herd has been in a 20-hectare enclosure since 2022 — a last resort after decades of habitat loss from logging. Quebec still hasn't committed to meaningfully restoring caribou habitat. #caribou

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www.nytimes.com/2026/07/06/u... an ominous trend: graduate admissions are down 15 percent from last year, on top of an 11 percent decrease from the previous year we are destroying our seed corn

Price: conservation of pacific salmon in Canada undermined by gov't cutbacks on monitoring, political pressure, ignoring science. Of 47 salmon populations assessed at risk by COSEWIC, none were listed under the Species at Risk Act. 🧪 conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

The Managed Erosion of Conservation Priorities for Pacific Salmon

Conservation policies worldwide promise to halt biodiversity loss, yet implementation frequently lags intent. We examine this disconnect through wild Pacific salmon (Oncorhynchus spp.) in Canada, whe...

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I left the North American Caribou Workshop feeling optimistic. Bringing together Indigenous knowledge holders, community members, wildlife managers, and researchers leads to better conversations, and ultimately better caribou conservation. Glad to see CBC highlighting this!

Indigenous knowledge takes centre stage at Yellowknife caribou conference | CBC News

Nearly 400 caribou leaders and experts from around the circumpolar world gathered in Yellowknife for the 20th North American Caribou Conference this week.

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A thoughtful Mongabay article on Indigenous Guardians, Arctic road development, and migratory caribou in the Northwest Territories. Happy to have provided some input ❄️

As Canada eyes Arctic road expansion, Indigenous guardians race to understand caribou

For years, Wayne Mercredi spent hours driving the Tibbitt to Contwoyto winter road. Leaving early in the morning to take advantage of limited daylight, he’d travel the road’s 400-kilometer length (250...

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Amazing opportunity to conduct caribou research with real conservation impact! @wilderness.org is hiring a postdoc to model road effects on caribou. I'm part of the team — great people, supervised by the excellent Tim Fullman. Apply by July 19! thewildernesssociety.careers.hibob.com/jobs/25324d2...

Carney government is ‘shredding’ environmental rules and ‘misleading’ Canadians: former advisors. We need better environmental leadership! Time to step up and say no to industrial capture 🌱

Carney is ‘shredding’ environmental rules, ‘misleading’ the public: experts | The Narwhal

The government shut out its own climate science and policy advisors, they say, while gutting Canada’s environmental protections in favour of oil and gas

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The views of Great Slave Lake. Excited to be presenting at #NACW2026 this week, where researchers, managers, Indigenous knowledge holders, and community members will come together to discuss the future of caribou across North America. #Caribou #Conservation #Yellowknife

HELL NO indeed!

Marco Festa-Bianchet 🇨🇦@marcofesta.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Canada voted against the cons but got a conservative PM in liberal's clothing. Proposed 'major projects' bill treats the environment as a nuisance. Start construction before assessment, wreck habitat of endangered species like killer whales and caribou. HELL NO! 🧪 www.science.org/content/arti...

Happy #WorldCaribouDay!!! I've spent the past three years studying caribou, and they never cease to amaze me. Here's to healthy herds, connected landscapes, and the people who live alonside them in reciprocity.

Better Than the Usual News: Trump’s auction of oil leases in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge drew limited interest, with no major companies bidding and only two participants, who agreed to pay $3.7 million for five tracts.

🚨 Last chance to apply 🚨 The Narwhal is hiring ... and the deadline is this Sunday, June 7! We're looking for two senior reporters to pursue ambitious journalism about the natural world in Canada, one based in B.C. and another based (almost) anywhere in the country. thenarwhal.ca/work-with-us/

Work with us | The Narwhal

Jobs, hiring updates, fellowships, freelancing opportunities and opinion submission guidelines for our environment and energy coverage.

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Excellent opportunity here: a 5 year senior research fellowship in Life Sciences (broadly defined) at All Souls College Oxford. Many opportunities to work with the diverse & inclusive community here in @biology.ox.ac.uk here in the brand new Life & Mind Buiilding www.asc.ox.ac.uk/post-doctora...

"Canada’s ‘major projects’ should not come at the cost of the environment" Preserving Canada's amazing natural heritage is itself a major project that is not worth sacrificing!

Canada’s ‘major projects’ should not come at the cost of the environment

Impact assessments prevent harm before it occurs. Circumventing the process before we understand the risks is misguided and a gamble with our collective future.

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Despite their flashy appearance, Harlequin ducks can be surprisingly easy to overlook as they bob among waves and rocks. One of my favorite bird encounters from Atlantic Canada 🌊

Decisions about roads, mines, ports, railways, and energy infrastructure shapes ecosystems for decades. In many cases, negative impacts are difficult --or impossible-- to reverse. Public consultation on the federal government's proposed major-project reforms closes June 7. Make your voice heard!!!

Elbows Up for Nature  | Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society

Speak up for nature in Canada. Oppose weakening environmental protections in fast-tracked projects. Public consultation open until June 7.

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