Barren-ground caribou, Dolphin and Union population, management plan 2017

Official title: Management Plan for the Barren-ground Caribou (Rangifer tarandus groenlandicus), Dolphin and Union population, in Canada: Adoption of the Management Plan for the Dolphin and Union Caribou (Rangifer tarandus groenlandicus x pearyi) in the Northwest Territories and Nunavut [Proposed] - 2017

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Table of contents

• Document information
• Part 1
• Part 2

Species at Risk Act
Management Plan Series

Adopted under Section 69 of SARA

Part 1 - Table of contents

• Part 1 – Federal Addition to the Management Plan for the Dolphin and Union Caribou (Rangifer tarandus groenlandicus x pearyi) in the Northwest Territories and Nunavut, Prepared by Environment and Climate Change Canada.
  • Table of contents
  • Preface
  • Additions and modifications to the adopted document

Part 2 - Table of contents

• Part 2 – Management Plan for the Dolphin and Union Caribou (Rangifer tarandus groenlandicus x pearyi) in the Northwest Territories and Nunavut, prepared by the Government of the Northwest Territories, Department of Environment and Natural Resources; the Government of Nunavut, Department of Environment; and the Government of Canada, Environment and Climate Change Canada.
  • Table of contents
    • Preface
    • Acceptance statement
    • Acknowledgements
    • Executive summary
    • Acronyms
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 Plan development
    • 2.1 Purpose and principles
    • 2.2 Planning partners
    • 2.3 Management planning process
    • 2.4 Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit and traditional knowledge
  • 3 Historical and social perspective
    • 3.1 Communities that Harvest Dolphin and Union Caribou
    • 3.2 Use of the population and history of harvest management
  • 4 Species information
    • 4.1 Species status and assessment
    • 4.2 Species names
    • 4.3 Species description and biology
      • 4.3.1 Life cycle and reproduction
      • 4.3.2 Natural mortality and survival
      • 4.3.3 Diet
      • 4.3.4 Habitat needs
    • 4.4 Population and distribution
  • 5 Threats and limiting factors
    • 5.1 Threat assessment
    • 5.2 Description of threats
      • 5.2.1 Changes to sea ice affecting migration
      • 5.2.2 Predation and competition
      • 5.2.3 Harvest
      • 5.2.4 Parasites, diseases and insect harassment
      • 5.2.5 Other habitat changes due to climate change
      • 5.2.6 Icing events
      • 5.2.7 Mining
      • 5.2.8 Roads
      • 5.2.9 Flights
      • 5.2.10 Other threats
    • 5.3 Knowledge gaps
  • 6 Management
    • 6.1 Management goal
    • 6.2 Management objectives
    • 6.3 Approaches to management of the Dolphin and Union Caribou
    • 6.4 Approaches to achieve objectives
    • 6.5 Current management and other positive influences
    • 6.6 Managing based on population status (level)
      • 6.6.1 Determining population status
      • 6.6.2 Management actions recommended
  • 7 Measuring progress
  • 8 Next steps
  • 9 References
  • Appendix A: IUCN threat classification table and threat calculator results for Dolphin and Union Caribou
  • Appendix B: Dolphin and Union Caribou management framework
  • Appendix C: Effects on the environment and other species

List of figures

• Figure 1. Management planning process for Dolphin and Union Caribou.
• Figure 2. Caribou range map in Canada, broken down into designatable units (COSEWIC, 2011).
• Figure 3. Dolphin and Union Caribou near High Lake, west of Bathurst Inlet, April 2008. Photo by K. Poole, used with permission.
• Figure 4. Notable place names and the current range of Dolphin and Union Caribou (NWT Environment and Natural Resources, range data developed for Species at Risk program 2016).
• Figure 5. Distribution of calving locations from collared caribou. Data from 1987-89 (green dots; Gunn and Fournier 2000), 1994-97 (orange triangles; Nishi 2000), 1994-97 (red stars; Nishi 2000), 1999-2006 (purple diamonds; Poole et al. 2010) and 2003-06 (yellow squares; Poole et al. 2010). Figure modified from SARC 2013, by B. Fournier, GNWT-ENR 2016.
• Figure 6. Dolphin and Union Caribou fall migration between Victoria Island and the mainland (modified from Poole et al. 2010, by B. Fournier, GNWT-ENR 2016).
• Figure 7. Population Estimates from 1994 to 2015.
• Figure 8. Approximate distribution of wintering Dolphin and Union Caribou during the late 1980s (pink line), and the mid-1990s to mid-2000s (gold line), based on radio-collared caribou. Data from Poole et al. (2010); figure reproduced from the SARC (2013) by B. Fournier, GNWT-ENR 2016.
• Figure 9. Dolphin and Union Caribou cycles: Determining the location of the Dolphin and Union Caribou population within its cycle.

List of tables

• Table 1. Summary of status designations.
• Table 2. Summary of observations on the population and distribution of Dolphin and Union Caribou, from  TK, communities, and science up to 1990.
• Table 3. Threat calculator assessment
• Table 4. Management objectives
• Table 5. Approaches to management of the Dolphin and Union Caribou.