Parties strike a deal giving the territory deadlines to come up with range plans for its boreal caribou herds
In the past, environmentalists have expressed disappointment with agreements similar to the one the federal government has struck with the Northwest Territories to protect endangered caribou because deadlines are often ignored.Ottawa and the Northwest Territories have reached a deal on protecting threatened caribou.The first of those plans is due this summer.
If that deadline is missed, the federal Environment Minister has the power to step in and impose protections.Environmentalists have pointed out the deadlines in those agreements are often ignored and the federal government faces at least one lawsuit trying to force it to act.The herds number about 6,000 animals and more than two-thirds of their range is considered undisturbed.
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