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Caribou Program

The fRI Research Caribou Program carries out applied research, in partnership with industry and the Government of Alberta, to help maintain caribou herds in Alberta into the future.

The fRI Research Caribou Program carries out applied research, in partnership with industry and the Government of Alberta to help maintain caribou herds in Alberta into the future.

A previous fRI Research program, the Woodland Caribou Program, was active from 1993 until 2005.

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Screen capture of the GIS disturbance tool in action.
  • Apr. 16, 2020
  • Blog

Caribou Habitat Disturbance Tool

Dan Wismer, our GIS analyst describes a new online tool that lets users run management scenarios to see the effects on caribou habitat.
Caribou remains

Close Encounters of the Fatal Kind | Webinar

Presentation from the Caribou Program

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Wolf Behaviour on Seismic Lines

Graphical abstract for a recent Caribou Program paper.

Wolf on a low-veg seismic line

The density of anthropogenic features explains seasonal and behaviour-based functional responses in selection of linear features by a social predator

Paper from the Caribou Program

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Wildlife Forage on Pipelines

Graphical abstract for a recent Caribou Program paper.

Aerial view of a pipeline in the Chinchaga

Wildlife Forage and Composition Cover on Pipeline Corridors in Alberta: Implications for wildlife conservation

2-page briefing note from the Caribou Program

Leonie Brown

Research Staff

Laura Finnegan

Program Lead

Tracy McKay

Research Staff

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