Thank you to everyone who attended our Caribou Maternity Pen Open House! It was a great, sunny afternoon spent at the Caribou Maternity Pen. Many great questions were asked, and groups took tours through the maternity pen to see where the caribou will be placed for a time between March/April-July/August this year! Remember, the Caribou …
Do you have some questions about what the Arrow Lakes Caribou Society is, or the maternity pen and its operations? Who is the Arrow Lakes Caribou Society? The Arrow Lakes Caribou Society (ALCS) was formed following two well-attended public forums, discussing caribou recovery efforts around Nakusp. ALCS is a non-profit organization headquartered in Nakusp, designed …
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Join us for the ALCS Open House on Saturday, February 26th at 11am at the Caribou Maternity Pen! Email us to register and receive directions.
The Arrow Lakes Caribou Society would like to thank Interfor for their contributions to the Caribou Maternity Pen Project. Efforts to recover the Southern Mountain Central Selkirk Caribou population have been supported with in-kind supplies from Interfor. Randy Waterous, Interfor Environment and Land Use Superintendent (Interior Woodlands) says “we hope to contribute to the herd …
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The Arrow Lakes Caribou Society would like to thank the Nakusp and Area Community Foundation (NACF) for their generous support of the Caribou Maternity Pen Project. The community foundation, which has been contributing towards Nakusp and area community projects for almost 20 years, granted ALCS with funding to buy a metal storage container for the …
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The Arrow Lakes Caribou Society would like to thank the Nakusp and Area Community Forest (NACFOR) for generously supporting the Central Selkirk Caribou Maternity Pen Project with in-kind donations. The goal of our project is to halt the population decline of the Central Selkirk subpopulation of Woodland Caribou. The maternity pen project would not have …
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Santa and his elf visited the Central Selkirk Caribou Maternity Pen to look for new sleigh-pulling recruits! There's no caribou in the pen yet, but Santa thinks it will be a great place for his reindeer to hang out in the off-season. If you would like to make a donation to the maternity pen (a …
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Since 2019, ALCS has received over $70,000 in in-kind work and materials from local businesses and stakeholders for maternity pen planning and construction. Following conditional government support for pen construction and operation in 2020/2021 from the South Area Caribou Team, pen construction ramped up in October. ALCS received $73,928 from the B.C. Provincial Government's Forest …
The Caribou Conservation Breeding Foundation has launched a fundraising campaign to set up a live stream video of wild caribou at a supplemental feeding station in east central British Columbia. The live stream will be available worldwide, inspiring viewers to engage in caribou conservation and species at risk recovery. For more information and to donate …
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