Human Footprint & Natural Habitat
Human disturbance is hypothesized to increase moose and deer abundance, resulting in more predators and increased ‘collateral’ predation on …
Climate Change & Caribou Demography
In light of global climate change, understanding how species respond to climate variability is now fundamental to wildlife conservation …
Wolf Use of Human Disturbances
Long, narrow corridors are created throughout the forest of Western Canada to facilitate transportation and oil and gas exploration and extraction. These …
Ecosystem-monitoring Camera Program
The success of boreal woodland caribou recovery requires the use of multiple conservation approaches. These approaches must address both …
Habitat Restoration Collaborations
The CMU works closely with the Regional Industry Caribou Collaboration (RICC), a group of forestry and energy companies who conducts collaborative …
Population Estimates for Large Mammals
This program will develop recommendations for using camera trapping and spatial capture-recapture methods in future survey and monitoring efforts …
Wildfire, Caribou Use & Seismic Lines
In the past century, many caribou ranges have been threatened by climate change and human disturbance. Specifically, predation and habitat …
Columbia Mountains Caribou Research Project
The CMU has worked closely with the Columbia Mountains Caribou Research Project (CMCRP), playing a scientific advisory role. The CMCRP …
Caribou Habitat Gain & Loss
The CMU is working to evaluate trends in caribou habitat gain and loss across Alberta and British Columbia…