Bathurst Caribou
Co-Management
In
the spring of 2000, federal, territorial and Aboriginal governments, First
Nations, Inuit organizations, Institutions of Public Government and
communities on or adjacent to the range of the Bathurst caribou herd
agreed to work cooperatively to prepare a management plan for this caribou
herd. This
agreement
(PDF = 20 KB) lead to the creation of the Bathurst Caribou Management
Planning Committee (BCMPC).
BCMPC members have worked together to prepare a plan on behalf of the
people who share and rely on the Bathurst barren-ground caribou herd.Find
the
Bathurst Caribou Management Plan
(PDF = 2052 KB)
 The
management plan focusses on cooperation, healthy
caribou and healthy caribou numbers, looking after caribou habitat and
managing harvesting. The
purpose of the plan is to establish a framework for long-term conservation
of the Bathurst caribou herd and the land that the herd uses.
Over
centuries, northern peoples have seen times of caribou abundance and
scarcity. The plan attempts to
ensure people continue to respect the caribou and to ensure that caribou
will return after times of scarcity.
This will be achieved, not by managing caribou but instead by
managing human activities that affect caribou and their habitat.
For
more information, or to provide your comments on the plan, contact:
Environment and
Natural Resources
Government
of the Northwest Territories
600,
5102-50th Ave
Yellowknife,
NT X1A 3S8 |
