The forest-dwelling caribou (Rangifer tarandus) recovery plan in Québec - 2005-2012 : Plan de rétablissement du caribou forestier (Rangifer tarandus) au Québec - 2005-2012

However, they are unable to make the commitment that all of the proposed actions with be carried out, given the appropriations available for the recovery of threatened and vulnerable species, the priority assigned to each species, and the contribution of the many organizations involved over the entire duration of the Plan. [...] In 2002, the Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada (COSEWIC) recommended the status of threatened population for the forest-dwelling caribou of the boreal forest across Canada. [...] The forest-dwelling caribou is a dominant species of the boreal forest and has become an important element in the conservation of the biodiversity of this type of forest in North America. [...] Indeed, at the time of the arrival of the first Europeans in America in the early 17th century, the forest-dwelling caribou occupied the Maritime Provinces, the northern part of the State of New York, Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine as well as all of southern Québec (Moisan 1956; Courtois et al. [...] In May 2002, following the analysis of the report written by Thomas and Gray (2001), the Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife Species in Canada (COSEWIC)2 evaluated the situation of all of the forest-dwelling caribou in Canada.