Climate change emerging as biggest caribou threat: study
Habitat loss has long been considered the principle cause for concern
“There are a litany of reasons to do restoration and caribou aren’t the only species on the landscape. I think it behooves society to undo the disturbances we’ve created”
Łutsel K'e #Dene#FirstNation#Chief James Marlowe is among those who think access to the winter road should be restricted.
"Our elders, back in 1990, 1993, when the mines were opening up … that was one forecast they expected to happen was, if there's an ice road, there's going to be hundreds of people going up that road to slaughter #caribou and waste meat," he said.
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La stratégie de protection du caribou est encore reportée
"Le gouvernement Legault reporte encore une fois la publication du projet de « stratégie » gouvernementale pour tenter d’éviter la disparition du caribou forestier. La protection du cervidé menacé impliquera de préserver et de restaurer des pans entiers de la forêt boréale qui ont été dégradés par l’industrie forestière, prévient un expert de l’espèce."
ConocoPhillips' seismic application, which was submitted to the #Biden administration, requests testing across more than 270,000 acres of the Arctic. It would involve months of dragging heavy thumper trucks and other machinery across a fragile #ecosystem.
If approved, seismic blasting would threaten #PolarBears, #caribou herds, and other #wildlife that call the Arctic home. That's why we're calling on the #DepartmentOfTheInterior to reject any and all seismic activity on Arctic lands.
The #Willow Project is already a bad idea for our #environment. Proposed seismic blasting will make it even worse.
Seismic blasting helps #FossilFuel companies look for more oil and gas --
Did you guys miss me? I had to make a trip to Anchorage, but I have pics for you. A lovely little family/herd of caribou. Just beautiful. #Alaska#AlaskaWildlife#Caribou
During its final days, the #Trump administration unlawfully issued leases to #drill for #oil on the refuge's fragile coastal plain where these animals live.
This Anchorage Daily News article may be paywalled, but if you can read this piece by Seth Kantner, please do. It speaks to my heart on how climate change is impacting our beloved #Alaska before our very eyes. For some of us of a certain age, solastalgia, the sadness and mourning for the environment we loved but that's been lost, is very real.
@AlaskaWx@CarrieinFbx what a beautiful, sad piece, expressing #Solastalgia so powerfully. It is terrible to hear abuut the lack of #Caribou. Do you know whether they have moved elsewhere (due to #climateChange) or are overall numbers drastically declined?
"The #KivIA recommends that the proponent undertakes a fine-scale description and analysis of #caribou exposure and movements in the vicinity and at the #mine site to assess if the extension project will impact caribou exposure and movement."
Protection du caribou Les Québécois prêts à sacrifier des emplois
Les Québécois sont favorables à des mesures plus importantes pour protéger le caribou des bois. Selon une étude menée par des chercheurs de l’Université Laval, la population appuierait même une réduction du volume de récolte de bois alloué par Québec à l’industrie, à condition qu’elle permette le rétablissement de cette espèce menacée.
You may see some of the world's last great #WildlifeMigrations here. #Caribou travel as many as a thousand miles to calve. #Salmon swim up the forest's wild rivers to spawn. In the summer, billions of #birds, from whooping #cranes to #ArcticTerns, breed here. 🐦
Good morning, and enjoy one last piece of Orrin for now! I have plenty more but they'll provide have to wait until I have a second account set up (or decide whether to just let this one be nsfw, what do you reckon? :P)
This is another glorious piece by Shwonky, it was such a joy to be able to commission for more artwork of a character she originally designed! ^^
Returning with Orrin, hard at work in his forge. The detail Khatmedic put into this piece really brought him to life and elevated him into a character I just fell in love with! <3
Introducing another of my OCs, the #caribou blacksmith Orrin! I first bought him as an adopt commission from Shwonky back some years ago, and now have a range of beautiful pieces of him which I'm looking forward to sharing!
The first piece is Shwonky's glorious artwork, the second is my own pencil recreation from 2020, when I learned to draw during lockdown. :)