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Porcupine Caribou Management Plan: 1996/1997 - 1999/2000
The Plan

The Porcupine Caribou Management Board (1985) published its first Interim Management Plan in 1989. It was to be used in Canada until the International Porcupine Caribou Board completed its plan for the whole Porcupine Caribou Herd and all its ranges in Alaska and Canada. In 1993, the International Board completed its plan and the interim Canadian plan ended. At that time, it was felt that the international plan was not detailed enough for day to day use in Canada, so the Porcupine Caribou Management Board produced a three year plan to be used by the Board members. This plan ran from 1993-1996.

The 1993-1996 plan proved to be a successful guide for the Board members to follow and its design was used as a model by other Boards. Following each year's activities, the Management Plan Committee reviewed the actions and work for that year, and reported on the results to the Board. As well, the results of the year's work were printed on stickers which were designed to be put in the plan booklet.

At the end of the third year, the Board reviewed the design of the plan to see what improvements could be made and several new suggestions were incorporated into the present 1996-2000 Plan.

First, the plan will now cover four years instead of three. Second, the sticker method of updating the plan did not work as well as intended, therefore, progress will be reported by means of printed inserts which can be put in the plan binder. Third, some of the columns have been combined to reflect the current concerns. The 1996-2000 plan is intended as a continuation of the 1993-1996 plan and the appendices in the first plan apply to the 1996-2000 plan.

Any plan is useful only if it is used. The Porcupine Caribou Management Plan has been designed to be simple, readable and useable. If you want more information about the herd or additional copies of this plan, please contact the Porcupine Caribou Management Board and we will send it to you.