Early last month 12 woodland caribou were released in Baxter State Park.
The name is a reference to the woodland caribou that were once abundant in the region.
The islands are notable for having Ontario's largest herd of woodland caribou.
Up higher, the pack of gray wolves had been trying to take down a woodland caribou.
Only the hardy survive here, including subarctic plants and a rare herd of woodland caribou.
Climate change may have negative potential for woodland caribou as well.
The effects of climate change on woodland caribou have not been studied.
The area is very remote and the most southern herd of woodland caribou can be found here.
The lake basin provides an important habitat for woodland caribou.
Mastodons and woodland caribou took over the trail blazing begun by earlier mammals.