Wolves or Caribou?
By DFOSpokesman-Review
06/01/2010
No one can predict how the endangered Selkirk woodland caribou will fare if another animal extirpated in large parts of its historic range — the gray wolf — moves back into their territory. In the last two or three years, wolves (likely moving south from BC or possibly east from Montana) have been documented on both the British Columbia and Idaho sides of the Selkirk Mountains near caribou recovery areas, Wakkinen said. That could be good — or bad — for caribou, depending on how things play out.
No one can predict how the endangered Selkirk woodland caribou will fare if another animal extirpated in large parts of its historic range — the gray wolf — moves back into their territory. In the last two or three years, wolves (likely moving south from BC or possibly east from Montana) have been documented on both the British Columbia and Idaho sides of the Selkirk Mountains near caribou recovery areas, Wakkinen said. That could be good — or bad — for caribou, depending on how things play out.