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Lake Superior’s northern shore has been home to woodland caribou for thousands of years. But now, the species is facing local extinction. Some blame climate change for the caribou's decline. But the species has persisted through an ice age, and through warming temperatures. It’s survived climate change before. So why is it in trouble now?
Facing hungry wolves and a shrinking habitat, Lake Superior’s last caribou were flown to island sanctuaries. They can’t stay there forever
Article content A small group of dedicated scientists, researchers, and activists continue their years- long work to conserve and restore the Lake Superior caribou population. In 2018, after several months of pressure from the conservationists, the Ontario government relocated some of the last caribou from Michipicoten Island to the Slate Islands and Caribou Island. Gordon Eason, a now-retired biologist, said both of those populations have since grown. âWeâve heard estimates of 25 to 30 caribou on the Slates now,â Eason told Sault This Week, adding, prior to the relocation t...