Semi-annual international caribou conference held in Yellowknife – CBC

Jun 15, 2026

Conference features conversations about caribou research, monitoring and stewardship

Hundreds of caribou biologists, harvesters, co-managers, and community members from across the spectrum of caribou monitoring, research and stewardship are gathering in Yellowknife this week.

The 20th North American Caribou Workshop (NACW) is being hosted by the N.W.T. government with caribou co-management partners, from Indigenous governments to resource and wildlife management boards.

“Caribou are ecologically and culturally very important across the circumpolar areas,” said Brad Woodworth, co-chair of the conference organizing committee and an ecologist with the wildlife division of the N.W.T. Department of Environment and Climate Change.

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