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Caribou page (editorial)

Mountain caribou are the most endangered large mammal in the lower 48 states.  A small herd roams the Selkirk Mountains, west of the Purcell Trench, where Washington, Idaho and British Columbia intersect. 

Mountain caribou populations are declining sharply throughout their range.  The southern Selkirk herd has been studied intensely.  Researchers have generally called for more research.

Because mountain caribou are highly sensitive, their fascinating story highlights the plight of endangered species better than any other wildlife issue I know.  The endangered species argument is really the conservation argument in focus. 

I believe the story is well introduced by the Mountain Caribou Project, a coalition of US and Canadian conservation groups not afraid to address the controversial issues.

Please visit the project at:  www.mountaincaribou.org

The issues are simple - greed versus caribou. 

Greed's argument:  People have to eat.  Of Course, but world food production amounts to three thousand to four thousand calories of food for every man, woman and child on the face of the earth.  People are hungry because of poverty and maldistribution, and you cannot solve those problems with greed.

Don Tryon,  January 2008

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