Caribou conservation and recovery: multi-species occupancy monitoring program

Conservation and recovery are being planned at a landscape-level to protect the remaining Revelstoke-Shuswap caribou herds, support population increase, and ensure that suitable habitat is available in their traditional ranges. Revelstoke-Shuswap population increases could support the reestablishment of the Columbia South herd and requires continued collaboration with provincial and local stakeholders. The province of BC is currently leading a herd planning process for the Revelstoke-Shuswap population, and Parks Canada is engaged and coordinating recovery efforts with the province and Indigenous partners. Approach: • Parks Canada and the province of BC collaborate on caribou population monitoring. Census flights are conducted in the winter to estimate population size. • Parks Canada has established a remote camera network throughout the parks and on adjacent provincial land. The cameras capture images of caribou, their predators and other species such as deer, moose and elk. This data will assist in population recovery planning. More information: https://parks.canada.ca/pn-np/bc/glacier/nature/faune-flore-fauna-flora/caribou https://parks.canada.ca/pn-np/bc/revelstoke/nature/faune-flore-fauna-flora/caribou