Management Planning Team

Who are the members of the Northern Mountain Caribou Management Team?

Under the federal Species at Risk Act, Environment Canada is responsible for co-ordinating the development of a management plan for Northern Mountain caribou. Regional responsibility for the management of wildlife, including woodland caribou, and their habitat is shared by several different groups and agencies. These groups and agencies also have a role in the development of a management plan.

In late 2007, the federal, territorial and provincial governments invited all First Nations, boards, and councils with responsibilities for the management of lands and wildlife within the range of this caribou population to form a team to draft a management plan. The involvement of all these groups early in the process is important because each of them will have a key role in implementing the recommendations of Plan once it is finalized.

The Northern Mountain Caribou Management Team is made up of the parties who expressed an interest in participating in drafting the Management Plan. Team members currently include representatives of the BC, Yukon and NWT governments, First Nations governments, wildlife Co-management Boards, the Treaty 8 Tribal Association, the Northern Nations Alliance, Environment Canada and Parks Canada.  All members of the Team are contributing to the draft Plan. The work of the Team as a whole will be done when the draft Plan is finished (October 2008).   

The Team is made up of three groups or committees. Each one has different responsibilities:

• The Steering Committee oversees technical work, guides the development of the Management Plan and liaises with the bodies they represent
• The Technical Working Group gathers information and drafts the Plan, and
• The Co-chairs Committee (a sub-committee of the larger Steering Committee) coordinates and oversees the entire process.

Which First Nations are represented on the Steering Committee?

Liard; Little Salmon/ Carmacks; Kluane; Kwanlin Dun; Champagne and Aishihik; Carcross Tagish; Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in; Taku River Tlingit; White River; Ross River Dena; and Ta’an Kwäch’än. 

Download a complete list of the members of the Northern Mountain Caribou Management Team here (21KB 1p. Doc). 

For additional information on the above agencies and groups that comprise our Team, visit our Links page.