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Endangered Species: Caribou Recovery Program Has Achieved Modest Gains

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Report Type Reports and Testimonies
Report Date May 13, 1999
Report No. RCED-99-102
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Summary:

Since the 1960s, the last remaining woodland caribou population in the contiguous United States has inhabited the southern Selkirk Mountains, located in northeastern Washington, northern Idaho, and southeastern British Columbia. By 1980, the population had dwindled to about 30. This report provides information on (1) the amount and source of funds expended on the woodland caribou recovery program; (2) the results of the program, including the outcome of efforts to augment the population and the impact of the recovery efforts on land use; and (3) the future direction of the recovery program. GAO found that the United States and British Columbia spent an estimated $4.7 million on efforts to restore the woodland caribou population from 1984 through 1998. The caribou recovery program has made modest gains; for the immediate future, the program's top priority is to maintain the core population of caribou centered around the Stagleap Provincial Park.

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