Northern Skeena caribou film
Channel: GovernmentofBC
Date: 2017-02-23

In October 2015 five caribou herds in the northern portion of the Skeena Region of BC were surveyed to estimate population composition. The surveys were designed to observe as many animals as possible to ensure a large enough sample to provide accurate bull:cow and calf:cow ratios, but was not intended to provide a population estimate for the herds. This video highlights the methods, results, and recommendations coming from the survey.

Two of the herds, Carcross and Atlin, fall boundaries overlap with the Yukon and collaboration occurred with Yukon biologists to count the entire fall range. For the purposes of this film only the BC portion of the results are reported.

The full reports documenting the methods and results will be posted on the BC Government website once completed and a link provided here.