The Caribou Recovery Pilot Project has been established to further develop the concept of a predator-free fenced area to support a small breeding population of woodland caribou (the Pilot). The Pilot is proposed as one conservation management tool in a suite of complementary recovery actions for boreal caribou that may be endorsed and implemented by the Government of Alberta as part of caribou action and range plans. Both habitat restoration and population management are likely required to ensure self-sustaining woodland caribou populations in northeast Alberta and the Pilot could provide immediate recovery benefits to complement longer-term habitat recovery efforts. 

See the linked Summary Report (2017)  

This initiative evaluated several cases of the latest efforts in resource and land policy integration, combined with a literature review, and interviews with 32 subject matter experts (SME’s) from Indigenous communities, academia, forest and energy sectors, government, Alberta Energy Regulator, and environmental organizations to develop specific recommendations for Alberta to overcome conflicting implementation forces and barriers.

Recommendations are presented to place Integrated Land Management in the right context on how development will occur, not on the decision of whether it occurs. By using the appropriate context, ILM can advance at operational and tactical scales to:

1. reduce industrial footprint through collaboration

2. produce better outcomes

3. provide provisional steps to follow to produce landscape level access plans

This initiative evaluated several cases of the latest efforts in resource and land policy integration, combined with a literature review, and interviews with 32 subject matter experts (SME’s) from Indigenous communities, academia, forest and energy sectors, government, Alberta Energy Regulator, and environmental organizations to develop specific recommendations for Alberta to overcome conflicting implementation forces and barriers.

Recommendations are presented to place Integrated Land Management in the right context on how development will occur, not on the decision of whether it occurs. By using the appropriate context, ILM can advance at operational and tactical scales to:

1. reduce industrial footprint through collaboration

2. produce better outcomes

3. provide provisional steps to follow to produce landscape level access plans