Alberta's Action on Caribou: Caribou Range Planning

Alberta is taking leadership when it comes to recovering caribou herds, while also protecting Indigenous rights and respecting the livelihood of the many individuals and communities reliant upon resource industries within caribou ranges. We want to ensure caribou remain a part of our landscapes, and that we maintain strong, vibrant communities well into the future.

Alberta’s Draft Provincial Woodland Caribou Range Plan will build on existing work and develop actions and strategies to meet provincial and federal caribou population and habitat objectives. We will continue to plan for the range-specific details, applying the direction contained in the Draft Provincial Woodland Caribou Range Plan at the landscape level. We need your feedback to help shape how this will be done.

Social and economic outcomes are an important part of the range planning process. Our intention is to minimize all impacts to local communities while meeting caribou recovery objectives. We will be relying upon those with local knowledge of social and economic conditions to support this work as it advances.

Woodland Caribou Range Planning Engagement

Engagement in support of caribou range planning in Alberta has been broken into three general phases prior to release of a final range plan: Phase One: Early Engagement and Issues Identification Phase Two: Engagement on Draft Provincial Woodland Caribou Range Plan Phase Three: Engagement on Range-Specific Details We are currently in Phase Two engagement on the Draft Provincial Woodland Caribou Range Plan. Public Information Sessions In February and March 2018, the Government of Alberta hosted public information sessions on the Draft Provincial Woodland Caribou Range Plan. The intent and focus of these sessions was to provide an understanding on approaches being considered to support caribou conservation and recovery, and to listen to citizens living in communities that have a direct interest in caribou range planning.

To download a copy of the materials displayed at the public information sessions, see:

• Caribou Public Information Sessions – Display Materials - Feb 2018 (18 pages, 11.4 MB)
• Caribou Public Information Sessions – Current State Materials - Feb 2018 (18 pages, 10.0 MB)

If you were unable to attend an information session earlier this year, and would like to provide us with your feedback, please see the ‘Contribute to Range Planning’ section below. Feedback can be made at any time through the comment submission form.

To learn more about Alberta’s draft plan, see:

• Draft Provincial Woodland Caribou Range Plan - Dec 2017 (212 pages, 24 MB)
• Draft Range Plan Highlights: Alberta’s Approach to Achieve Caribou Recovery - Dec 2017 (4 pages, 11 MB)

To learn more about where Alberta’s caribou ranges are, see the map below:

• Alberta Caribou Ranges Map - Nov 2017 (1 page, 1.9 MB)