Seven caribou calves born in first year of breeding program The Caribou Conservation Breeding Centre has begun achieving tangible results with the birth of seven healthy calves in its first year of operation. Jean-Francois Bisaillon, program manager of the Jasper Caribou Recovery Program for Jasper ...

Dear Editor, Jasper National Park management has closed large parts of formerly prime backcountry ski terrain as part of a larger program to protect and restore caribou populations that have sharply declined over the past century. JNP offers the hypothesis that ski tracks facilitate wolf movements a...

Three campers and a dog-walker have court dates after hiking into areas of Jasper National Park closed for caribou conservation. Parks Canada law enforcement staff responded to two separate incidents on the same day, according to media spokespeople for Jasper National Park. On the afternoon of Febru...

A Jasper National Park visitor has been charged by law enforcement personnel after entering an area closed for caribou conservation.  On the afternoon of February 26, after receiving a public report, Parks Canada wardens tracked down a skier and a snowshoer who had ignored area closure signs on Jasp...

Three backcountry users in Jasper National Park were given hefty fines for entering areas closed for caribou conservation. On November 24 Jasper Provincial Court heard that last spring, three individuals were charged by Parks Canada law enforcement officers for trespassing in delayed-access areas. A...

Skiers, horseback riders and hikers lose out; backcountry lodges forced into disrepair Riding across Maccarib Pass into the Tonquin Valley feels like passing through a mist-filled portal into Narnia, a magical place populated by mythical creatures, including grizzly bears, wolverines and endangered ...