Staff from the Environment climate change Canadian wildlife services will be in traveling to the north coast communities this month.
They will be holding Caribou Consultation Meetings in Nain Hopedale Makkovik North West River Sheshatshiu and Natuashish.
They will be speaking with all Nunatsiavut community members to discuss the proposed listing of the Torngat mountains caribou population and the Eastern migratory caribou population, which also includes the George River herd.
The committee on the status of endangered wildlife in Canada recently assessed each population as endangered, and the federal government is considering adding these populations to the list of at risk species under the federal species at risk act, or also known as ‘SARA’.
The Canadian wildlife service is seeking input to inform the minister of the environment’s recommendation to cabinet on whether to list these caribou populations as endangered under ‘SARA’.
The meetings will be a space to share information and knowledge about caribou, as well as learn about the species at risk act, and what would happen if the caribou populations are listed.
Before Christmas, Canadian wildlife service biologists visited Rigolet, Postville and Goose bay to talk with Nunatsiavut members.
Over the next week and a half they will be visiting Nain on January 28, Hopedale January 30, and Makkovik January 31 and North West River February 5th.
If you have any questions or would like more information on meetings you can contact Paul MacDonald at paul.macdonald2@canada.ca or call 709 896-6166.