Dave Harmon, PW editor
- Sep 16, 2020
- 1 min read

Canada | Caribou populations in Jasper NP on verge of extirpation, new report says

Caribou populations in Jasper National Park are in deep trouble.

Of three southern mountain woodland caribou herds managed by Parks Canada, one — the Maligne herd — is now considered extirpated, or locally extinct, while the other two are dangerously small, according to the Jasper National Park's Species at Risk report.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/jasper-national-park-says-one-caribou-herd-gone-two-others-on-the-brink-of-local-extinction-1.5724943

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