Autonomy: ungulate edition

There are ongoing management efforts for caribou in the province, apparently.

Some of them, the province's own Department of Environment and Conservation is actually carrying out:

As part of the ongoing management efforts for caribou in the province, the Department of Environment and Conservation advises the public that it will conduct a mark-resight population census of the Middle Ridge caribou herd in the eastern and central portions of the island, beginning later this week and concluding by month’s end.

Some others? Ehhnn, not so much:

The Honourable Charlene Johnson, Minister of Environment and Conservation, announced today that the province will be participating with other organizations in efforts to determine the current status and health of the George River caribou herd. [...]

In collaboration with the Newfoundland and Labrador Departments of Environment and Conservation, and Natural Resources, the Nunatsiavut Government and the Institute for Environmental Monitoring and Research, the survey will be lead by biologists from the Government of Quebec in co-operation with the University of Laval.