Last Friday an agreement was reached between First Nations and the Federal and Provincial governments to protect the endangered and declining Mountain Caribou of Northeastern BC. Not everyone seems happy though as there still seems to be issues to address in the areas of recreation (mainly motorized) and the resource sector. "The Saulteau and West Moberly First Nations have partnered with the federal and provincial government to protect southern mountain caribou in northeastern...

At the moment the CBC website has an article about protecting caribou habitat from snowmobilers. The government has a scheme to do this by using gps tracking collars on the few remaining caribou to inform snowmobilers where they should not go. Comments on the article are still open.-x- Members of two B.C. Interior snowmobile clubs will get updated maps with off-limits caribou herd locations Members of two B.C. Interior snowmobile clubs will get access to parts of the...