| Help Protect Manitoba's Vanishing Woodland Caribou | 21 April 05 | ||
 The Natural Resources Defense Council BioGems Campaign has launched its most recent citizen action effort in support of the boreal regions of Manitoba, known as the 'Heart of the Boreal'. The latest in a series of letters emphasizes protection for Manitoba's threatened woodland caribou. The Wilderness Committee of Manitoba is also campaigning in support of legal protection under Manitoba's Endangered Species Act for the woodland caribou. Already the NRDC citizen action letter for protection of Manitoba's woodland caribou has generated over 24,000 letters, sent to Manitoba Conservation Minister Stan Struthers.According to scientists, a dwindling caribou population (now numbering roughly 2,000 animals in Manitoba) serves as an alert that the health of other forest wildlife is in jeopardy as well. Industrial activities such as: road building, clearcut logging, mining, hydro dams and transmission lines, commercial tourism, and new town sites have devastated the old-growth boreal forest habitat of the woodland caribou, cutting Manitoba's population of this boreal species in half in the span of just a few decades. The NRDC BioGem Campaign allows visitors to express their views in support of protecting Manitoba's boreal forest regions and send letters of support through the NRDC web site. Past NRDC 'Action Alerts' for the 'Heart of the Boreal' BioGem have generated tens of thousands of letters to the Canadian Government, Manitoba Government, Ontario Government, and Manitoba Hydro. The Manitoba Wilderness Committee website also allows supporters to send a letter to Premier Gary Doer about protecting woodland caribou under provincial law.
Visit The Wilderness Committee of Manitoba web site Source: Natural Resources Defense Council |
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