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TB1066 Current Stateof Knowledge and Research on Woodland June 2020 A Review of the Relationship Between Flow,Current Habitat, State and of Biota Knowledge in LOTIC and SystemsResearch and on Methods Woodland for Determining Caribou Instreamin Canada Low Requirements 9491066 Current State of Knowledge and Research on Woodland Caribou in Canada No 1066 June 2020 Prepared by Kevin A. Solarik, PhD NCASI Montreal, Quebec National Council for Air and Stream Improvement, Inc. Acknowledgments A great deal of thanks is owed to Dr. John Cook of NCASI for his considerable insight and the revisions he provided in improving earlier drafts of this report. Helpful comments on earlier drafts were also provided by Kirsten Vice, NCASI. For more information about this research, contact: Kevin A. Solarik, PhD Kirsten Vice NCASI NCASI Director of Forestry Research, Canada and Vice President, Sustainable Manufacturing and Northeastern/Northcentral US Canadian Operations 2000 McGill College Avenue, 6th Floor 2000 McGill College Avenue, 6th Floor Montreal, Quebec, H3A 3H3 Canada Montreal, Quebec, H3A 3H3 Canada (514) 907-3153 (514) 907-3145 [email protected] [email protected] To request printed copies of this report, contact NCASI at [email protected] or (352) 244-0900. Cite this report as: NCASI. 2020. Current state of knowledge and research on woodland caribou in Canada. Technical Bulletin No. 1066. Cary, NC: National Council for Air and Stream Improvement, Inc. Errata: September 2020 - Table 3.1 (page 34) and Table 5.2 (pages 55-57) were edited to correct omissions and typos in the data. © 2020 by the National Council for Air and Stream Improvement, Inc. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY • Caribou (Rangifer tarandus) is a species of deer that lives in the tundra, taiga, and forest habitats at high latitudes in the northern hemisphere, including areas of Russia and Scandinavia, the United States, and Canada. Caribou is the species’ common name in North America, while reindeer is used in Europe and Asia. • In 2002, woodland caribou (Rangifer tarandus caribou), a subspecies of caribou, was designated as threatened in Canada on Schedule 1 of the federal Species at Risk Act (SARA). Six populations have been assessed a conservation status: three are endangered; one is threatened; and two are special concern. • Woodland caribou have experienced significant range contraction and population declines across their entire range over the last few decades. Although the ultimate reasons for declines can be multifaceted, it has become the consensus amongst researchers that unsustainable predation (primarily from wolves and bears) is the proximate mechanism behind such declines. It is believed that unsustainable predation is facilitated through habitat alteration (i.e., habitat loss, degradation, and fragmentation) from natural (e.g., wildfire, insect outbreaks) and anthropogenic (e.g., resources extraction activities such as forestry, oil and gas, mining, and tourism/leisure) causes. • Other factors known to affect woodland caribou include climate change and extremes in weather, forage availability, hunting and poaching, parasites, disease, and insects. Woodland caribou can be affected by a combination of these factors simultaneously, making it difficult to separately assess their relative effects. • Despite the significant amount of research recently undertaken on woodland caribou in Canada (320 peer-reviewed published articles between 2009 and 2019), substantial remaining information and knowledge gaps complicate and may inhibit effective management and recovery of the species. Woodland caribou research has focused on four specific regions: (1) central Rocky Mountains; (2) oil sands region of eastern Alberta; (3) northcentral region of Ontario; and (4) the Côte-Nord of Québec. As a result, large portions of the woodland caribou range remain understudied. • Given the demonstrated importance of energetic and nutritional influences on the performance of individuals and populations for barren-ground caribou and other ungulate species, a considerable need exists to increase understanding of these influences on a variety of population parameters, including survival, recruitment, longevity, and persistence. Despite growing recognition of the practical importance of bioenergetics and nutrition, there remains a notable lack of studies that have rigorously evaluated this issue for woodland caribou in Canada. National Council for Air and Stream Improvement Caribou population size (grey sphere: highest estimated; coloured spheres: current estimate) by subspecies range, known number of subpopulations (existent and extirpated), and most recent Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada (COSEWIC) status. (map credit: Chris Brackley, Canadian Geographic) National Council for Air and Stream Improvement SOMMAIRE • Le caribou (Rangifer tarandus) est une espèce de la famille des chevreuils qui vit dans la toundra, la taïga et dans des habitats forestiers à des latitudes élevées de l'hémisphère nord, notamment dans certaines régions de la Russie et de la Scandinavie, des États-Unis et du Canada. Caribou est le nom commun utilisé en Amérique du Nord pour cette espèce, alors que renne est le nom commun utilisé en Europe et en Asie. • En 2002, le caribou forestier (Rangifer tarandus caribou), une sous-espèce du caribou, a été inscrit dans la catégorie des espèces menacées à l’annexe 1 de la Loi sur les espèces en péril (LEP) du Canada. Six sous-populations de caribous forestiers ont reçu un statut de conservation: trois ont un statut d'espèce en voie de disparition, une a un statut d'espèce menacée et deux ont un statut d'espèce préoccupante. • Au cours des dernières décennies, les populations de caribou forestier ont connu un déclin important et subi un rétrécissement significatif de leur aire de répartition, et ce, dans l’ensemble de leur aire de répartition. Bien que les causes fondamentales puissent être multiples, il y a un consensus parmi les chercheurs qu’un niveau de prédation insoutenable (principalement par les loups et les ours) est la cause la plus immédiate de ce déclin. On croit que ce niveau de prédation insoutenable est rendue plus facile par l’altération de l’habitat (c.-à-d. perte, dégradation et morcellement de l’habitat) causée par des phénomènes naturels (p. ex. feux de forêt, épidémie d’insectes) et des activités anthropiques (activités d’extraction des ressources telles que la foresterie, l’extraction des hydrocarbures, les activités minières ainsi que le tourisme/les loisirs). • D’autres facteurs connus pour avoir un effet sur le caribou forestier sont, entre autres, les changements climatiques et les phénomènes météorologiques extrêmes, la disponibilité du fourrage, la chasse et le braconnage, les parasites, les maladies et les insectes. Le caribou forestier peut être affecté par une combinaison de ces facteurs intervenant simultanément de sorte qu’il est difficile d’évaluer séparément leur effet relatif. • En dépit de l’énorme quantité de travaux de recherche entrepris récemment au Canada sur le caribou forestier (320 articles révisés par des pairs qui ont été publiés entre 2009 et 2019), le manque de connaissances et de renseignements dans d’autres domaines complexifie et peut ralentir les efforts de rétablissement et de bonne gestion de l’espèce. La recherche sur le caribou forestier a eu lieu seulement dans quatre régions spécifiques: (1) la zone centrale des Rocheuses; (2) la région des sables bitumineux de l’est de l’Alberta; (3) la région du centre nord de l’Ontario; et (4) la Côte- Nord au Québec. De grandes sections de l’aire de répartition du caribou forestier n’ont donc pas fait l’objet d’études. • Compte tenu qu’il a été démontré que les facteurs bioénergétiques et alimentaires ont une grande influence sur la performance des individus et des populations de caribou de la toundra et d’autres espèces d’ongulés, il est essentiel de mieux comprendre l’influence de ces facteurs sur une variété de paramètres de population, notamment la survie, le recrutement, la longévité et la persistance. Malgré que l’on reconnaisse de plus en plus l’importance pratique de la bioénergie et de l’alimentation, il existe un manque considérable d’études rigoureuse sur l’influence de ces facteurs sur le caribou forestier au Canada. National Council for Air and Stream Improvement Taille des populations de caribous (cercles gris: estimations les plus élevées; cercles colorés: estimations actuelles) par aire de répartition des sous-espèces, nombre connu de sous-populations (existantes et disparues) et le statut le plus récent attribué par le Comité sur la situation des espèces en péril au Canada (COSEPAC). (carte: courtoisie de Chris Brackley, Canadian Geographic) National Council for Air and Stream Improvement CURRENT STATE OF KNOWLEDGE AND RESEARCH ON WOODLAND CARIBOU IN CANADA TECHNICAL BULLETIN NO. 1066 JUNE 2020 ABSTRACT Caribou (Rangifer tarandus) is a species of deer that lives in the tundra, taiga, and forest habitats at high latitudes in the northern hemisphere, including areas of Russia and Scandinavia, the United States, and Canada. Caribou is the species’ common name in North America, while reindeer is used in Europe and Asia. Woodland caribou (Rangifer tarandus caribou), a subspecies of caribou, has been listed under the Canadian Species at Risk Act (SARA) as threatened. Six populations of woodland caribou are recognized in Canada, where three have a conservation status of endangered (Southern Mountain, Central Mountain, and Atlantic-Gaspésie), one threatened (boreal), and two special concern (Northern Mountain
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