topic:"Caribou" found 5 records - Research Collections - Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies

Abstract: In a North American rainforest, that few people even know exists, about a dozen dwindling herds of caribou are struggling to survive. Caribou Rainforest doesn’t tell an easy story, ask easy questions, or pretend that there are easy solutions to the possible extinction of the last mountain caribou herds found in Canada and the United States. There are fewer than twenty animals left in the last US herd. Yet what Caribou Rainforest does—with photographs, words, and science—is explain why this is happening, so that as a community we don’t repeat our mistakes, even when our intentions are good. Author and photographer David Moskowitz has studied and photographed these caribou extensively in order to understand their plight. He hasn’t found villains, but rather climate change, predators, recreationists, settler colonialism, industrial logging, mineral extraction, and a perfect confluence of factors that have worked against this fragile species and the fragile environment upon which it relies. The story of this iconic animal and stunning landscape provides an example of shifting conservation challenges and tactics in the twenty-first century. Mountain caribou have been identified as an “umbrella species” by conservationists, meaning that protecting their habitat also helps preserve many other species who depend on the same ecosystem. The discussion topics are controversial and wrenching—upending the forestry economy of the region, exterminating wolves (who also struggle to survive) to protect the caribou, limiting recreational access to critical habitat, respecting the rights of indigenous peoples. The issues are contentious, but the opportunity to craft solutions still exists. If we do in fact lose the caribou, the task then pivots to how can we protect what remains of this rare rainforest ecosystem. In Caribou Rainforest, the author searches for lessons that can turn despair into hope: their story can become the inspiration and catalyst for committed change. (from Caribou Rainforest website)

Contents: North America's hidden rainforest. Map: Mountain caribou range : historical and current -- The mountains : our playground, their last refuge. Map: Overview of the Caribou Rainforest -- The Caribou Rainforest : a forest like none other. Map: Northwest inland temperate rainforest -- Mountain caribou : ghosts of the rainforest. Map: Historical and current caribou populations -- Wildlife of these mountains : a laboratory of evolution -- Human dimensions : the language of a landscape -- The path ahead : reflections on grief and hope -- Acknowledgments -- Source notes -- Selected bibliography -- Photographer's notes -- Get involved.

Notes: Banff Mountain Film and Book Festival finalist for Mountain Environment and Natural History

ISBN: 9781680511284

Accession Number: P2020-1

Call Number: 04.2 M85c

Location: Reading Room

Collection: Archives Library

URL Notes: Website for Caribou Rainforest project

Websites

https://caribourainforest.org/the-book

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Extinction triage

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue946

Medium: Library - Periodical

Published Date: 2018

Author: Stuart, Ryan

Publisher: In Canadian Rockies Annual, Vol. 3, 2018

Call Number: P

Author: Stuart, Ryan

Editor: Ward, Meghan J.

Publisher: In Canadian Rockies Annual, Vol. 3, 2018

Published Date: 2018

Physical Description: p.58-63

Medium: Library - Periodical

Subjects: Wildlife; Caribou; Banff National Park; Jasper National Park

Abstract: Caribou numbers are dwindling in the mountain parks despite millions of dollars being allocated to save them. Should we be giving up on one species for the sake of another?

Language: English

Call Number: P

Collection: Archives Library

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Personal Interest Files - "Caribou" to "Christmas Cards"

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions55800

Part Of: Ben Gadd fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of personal interest materials, including newspaper clippings, research articles, loose notes, and other textual records collected by Ben Gadd. Materials are arranged alphabetically by subject title.

Date Range: [ca.1980-2015]

Reference Code: M590 / I / C / 31 to 36

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Textual record; Published record; Newspaper clipping

Part Of: Ben Gadd fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M590; V810; S61

Series: M590 / I : Personal records

Sous-Fonds: M590

Sub-Series: M590 / I / C : Personal Interest Files

Accession Number: 2021.20

Reference Code: M590 / I / C / 31 to 36

GMD: Textual record; Published record; Newspaper clipping

Responsibility: Compiled by Ben Gadd

Date Range: [ca.1980-2015]

Physical Description: 12 cm of textual records

Scope & Content: File consists of personal interest materials, including newspaper clippings, research articles, loose notes, and other textual records collected by Ben Gadd. Materials are arranged alphabetically by subject title.

Notes: Contents of individual folders in file: M590 / I / C / 31 to 32 : Caribou [Files 2 and 3 of 3] M590 / I / C / 33 to 34 : Cheviot [Files 1 and 2 of 2] M590 / I / C / 35 : Christmas Bird Counts M590 / I / C / 36 : Christmas Cards

Name Access: Gadd, Ben

Subject Access: Environment; Wildlife; Caribou; Conservation; Birds; Mining; Natural resources; Christmas; Correspondence; Family and personal life; Holidays

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; Banff; Banff National Park

Reproduction Restrictions: Restrictions may apply

Language: English

Category: Environment; Communications; Natural resources; Family and personal life

Title Source: Original title used

Processing Status: Processed

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Personal Interest Files - "Ginnie and Stanley Boucher" to "Caribou"

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions55799

Part Of: Ben Gadd fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of personal interest materials, including newspaper clippings, research articles, loose notes, and other textual records collected by Ben Gadd. Materials are arranged alphabetically by subject title.

Date Range: [ca.1980-2015]

Reference Code: M590 / I / C / 22 to 30

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Textual record; Published record; Newspaper clipping

Part Of: Ben Gadd fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M590; V810; S61

Series: M590 / I : Personal records

Sous-Fonds: M590

Sub-Series: M590 / I / C : Personal Interest Files

Accession Number: 2021.20

Reference Code: M590 / I / C / 22 to 30

GMD: Textual record; Published record; Newspaper clipping

Responsibility: Compiled by Ben Gadd

Date Range: [ca.1980-2015]

Physical Description: 12 cm of textual records

Scope & Content: File consists of personal interest materials, including newspaper clippings, research articles, loose notes, and other textual records collected by Ben Gadd. Materials are arranged alphabetically by subject title.

Notes: Contents of individual folders in file: M590 / I / C / 22 : Ginnie and Stanley Boucher M590 / I / C / 23 : Brian Chaplin Committee Brief and Response by City M590 / I / C / 24 : Jim Butler M590 / I / C / 25 to 26 : Cadomin Cave [Files 1 and 2 of 2] M590 / I / C / 27 : Cadomin Cave Signs M590 / I / C / 28 : Canadian Mountaineering Co-op M590 / I / C / 29 : Canadian Nature Federation M590 / I / C / 30 : Caribou [File 1 of 3]

Name Access: Gadd, Ben

Subject Access: Environment; Wildlife; Caribou; Conservation; Organizations; Communications; Natural resources; Caves; Mountaineering; National parks and reserves

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; Banff; Banff National Park

Reproduction Restrictions: Restrictions may apply

Language: English

Category: Environment; Communications; Natural resources; Sports, recreation and leisure

Title Source: Original title used

Processing Status: Processed

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