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 …
Arrow Lakes Caribou Society will be having an Annual General Meeting on November 5, 2020. To attend the meeting either in person or via the Zoom conference call, please RSVP to al.caribou.society@gmail.com before Nov 1, 2020.
The Caribou Conservation Breeding Foundation (CCBF) is a newly established non-for-profit organization dedicated to caribou recovery through the development of conservation breeding programs. Check out the CCBF website for more information and follow them on Facebook and Instagram to stay in the loop! The ALCS looks forward to working closely with the CCBF as well …
Organization Background Arrow Lakes Caribou Society (ALCS) envisions transparent, cooperative, collaborative, and evidence-based land use planning for caribou recovery that is sensitive to the values and needs of affected communities.ALCS is a local organization focused on the recovery of the Central Selkirk subpopulation of Woodland Caribou (Rangifer tarandus caribou).ALCS has facilitated communication between local user …
