To better understand how human activities affect the boreal caribou population in the NWT.

According to the data collected, KFN’s Traditional Territory is experiencing major effects of climate change, impacting KFN’s traditional way of life.

This research looked at how wildfire and permafrost thaw impact the recovery of vegetation important to boreal caribou in the Southern NWT.

Boreal caribou and vegetation monitoring in areas of recent wildfire burn, in addition to Indigenous Knowledge, were used to determine impacts of wildfire on boreal caribou.