Definitions

Biodiversity: The variety, distribution and abundance of different plants, animals, and microorganisms.

Threatened: A species that is likely to become endangered throughout all or a significant part of their range in the foreseeable future, if the factors that are causing its vulnerability are not reversed.

Endangered: A species that may become extinct or extirpated in a significant part of all of its Canadian range.

Extinct: A species that was indigenous to Canada that can no longer be found in Canada or elsewhere.

Extirpated: A species that no longer exists in the wild in Canada, but does exist elsewhere.

Source: Dictionary of Natural Resource Management (1996) UBC Press

Background

What rare and threatened species live in FML01?
     Tembec assessed rare or threatened species located in FML01 based on international, national and      regional classifications. Learn more about rare or threatened species in FML01.

Why is woodland caribou the main concern?
     Woodland caribou (Rangifer tarandus caribou) are classified threatened in western Canada by the      Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada (COSEWIC) and it's habitat is threatened

     by forestry operations.

What activities are threatening woodland caribou?
     Logging, mining, forest fires, utility development, parasites, predation and increased access by hunters.

Why is the Owl Lake Herd is of special concern to Tembec?
     The Owl Lake Caribou Herd uses the FML01 for calving, migration, and summer and winter habitat.      Calving also occurs in Nopiming Park, in some areas where logging is not permitted. The Eastern  

     Manitoba Woodland Caribou Advisory Committee (Manitoba Model Forest) is developing a  

     management strategy for this herd.

A potential solution: reduce hunting access
     Hunting access to caribou could be reduced by limiting road construction, hunting closures and access      restrictions.