Mountain Caribou in 21st Century Ecosystems conference

• Start Date: October 16, 2002
• End Date: October 18, 2002
• City: Revelstoke, BC

Click here to download the “Summaries of Presentations” for this conference (1.2 MB PDF file).

This conference was attended by over 180 people. On October 16 and 17, twenty-two speakers presented information on the ecology and management of southeastern British Columbia’s red-listed mountain caribou populations. On October 16th, Dr. Dale Seip spoke to eighty people at an evening presentation open to the community. On October 18th, 80 people attended a field trip north of Revelstoke to learn about caribou habitat, forestry practices, and other topics.

A feature of the conference was the release of the provincial government’s “A Strategy for the Recovery of Mountain Caribou in British Columbia”.  As of 2014, updated Mountain Caribou recovery information can be found at:

http://www.env.gov.bc.ca/wld/speciesconservation/mc/

The Columbia Mountains Institute thanks the following agencies for their financial and in-kind support for this conference:

• BC Ministry of Forests
• BC Ministry of Water, Land, and Air Protection
• Canadian Mountain Holidays
• Columbia Basin Trust through the Columbia-Kootenay Fisheries Renewal Partnership
• Downie Timber
• Great Canadian Heli-skiing
• Mike Wiegele Helicopter Skiing
• Mountain Equipment Co-op
• Parks Canada
• Selkirk Tangiers Helicopter Skiing
• Tembec Industries