Idaho Caribou are no more

[Nambaster]

What extinction in Idaho looks like: Last caribou captured, ending conservation program

Idaho’s last surviving mountain caribou was trapped on Jan. 14. The British Columbia Ministry of Forests’ capture ended more than 35 years of conservation aimed at preserving the mountain caribou.

www.idahostatesman.com

This to me is devastating. The lower 48 no longer has caribou.

 

[wheels]

just sad i know bc tried to do its part but ID WA acted like they were already gone

 

[Nambaster]

We lost a native species of ungulate and things are dead silent. Foreign genetic strands of wolves are celebrated and federally protected. It is a sad day.

 

[Brian in Montana]

It really is sad.

The amazing thing to me is how little publicity this issue ever got. There was probably something else, the the only thing I ever remember seeing about the plight of these struggling animals was a short article in Bugle magazine. I sure hate its come to this.maybe they can be reintroduced at some point from other woodland herds, but I understand that was tried already. One way or another, that herd that was probably there since the last ice age (or thereabouts) is irrevocably lost. That sucks. And I think very few people ever even new there were caribou in the lower 48.

 

[theat]

This was discussed quite a bit on here a couple weeks ago. I have seen quite a few articles over the years about these caribou in Mt and ID newspapers as well as the Montana Outdoors Magazine that FWP puts out. Pretty sad deal, but when you have a species that has adapted to survive in a very specific niche environment and humans drastically change that environment, you can't expect them to last very long.

What extinction in Idaho looks like: Last caribou captured, ending conservation program

https://www.idahostatesman.com/news/local/news-columns-blogs/letters-from-the-west/article226870904.html?fbclid=IwAR1yNHijoY9SlynpX6UOndCijoQMeHjRnQ9yTGv-fGECPW1pOGbHb0t1rVI

www.hunttalk.com

 

[Brian in Montana]

Thanks for posting the article. I actually read it after I posted. Very interesting, yet sad stuff.

 

[midwesterncrosshair]

And I think very few people ever even new there were caribou in the lower 48.

I sure as heck didn't know