Pink Mountain Caribou monitoring project
The Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations (FLNRO) is proposing a monitoring program in the Pink Mountain Northern Mountain Caribou herd to 1) improve understanding of abundance and distribution of caribou in this herd, and confirm range boundaries, and 2) determine caribou use of the east side of the Williston Reservoir. A monitoring program was initiated in the Pink Mountain range in March, 2016 with the deployment of 21 radio collars. FLNRO will be monitoring these collared caribou throughout 2017-18, using a combination of fixed-wing aircraft surveys, GPS data, and recruitment surveys. FLNRO plans to investigate caribou use of the eastern side of the Williston Reservoir, north of the Ospika Arm, through aerial surveys and traditional knowledge.