Caribou habitat loss continues in Alberta and BC

ALBERTA BIODIVERSITY MONITORING INSTITUTE—May 2021.

Full article: http://blog.abmi.ca/2021/05/07/caribou-habitat-loss-continues-in-alberta-and-bc/#.Y6NFG3bMKUk

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Habitat loss in Woodland Caribou ranges has accelerated in Alberta and British Columbia, according to recent research by the Caribou Monitoring Unit and Federal and Provincial government collaborators.

Despite Canada having some of the most intact forests in the world, habitat loss is a major cause of Woodland Caribou population declines. This new study is among the first to measure the net change—habitat gained through reforestation and natural tree growth minus habitat lost from fires and logging—in caribou habitat across 70 caribou herds in both BC and Alberta. […]