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Field & Stream

This is the first group of muskoxen I had ever seen in the wild.

Field & Stream

In the Refuge's pristine tundra and on its shores there are almost 200 species of birds, a formidable caribou herd, plus the largest polar bear habitat in the U.S., muskoxen, wolverines, grizzly bears and several species of whales.

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In contrast to caribou, muskoxen are hunted under an annual quota based on a 3 to 5% harvest of the total muskoxen estimated within the management unit.

Climate change and terrestrial wildlife management in the Canadian North

Historically, muskoxen (Ovibos moschatus) were sufficiently numerous to be an important part of the indigenous culture on the mid-arctic islands, but were less so on the mainland until a brief pulse in commercial hunting for hides in the late 1800s and early 1900s [6].

Climate change and terrestrial wildlife management in the Canadian North

Hunters frequently distrust survey techniques and disbelieve the results, especially when declines in caribou are reported [36], but the same may be true for muskoxen and hunted whales [37].

Climate change and terrestrial wildlife management in the Canadian North

Numbers of muskoxen in the NWT and Nunavut have been recently estimated at about 100,000 on the arctic islands and about 20,000 on the mainland [7].

Climate change and terrestrial wildlife management in the Canadian North

Managing polar bears has taken a different direction from managing caribou and muskoxen, at least partly because tracking polar bear abundance is logistically difficult and prohibitively expensive.

Climate change and terrestrial wildlife management in the Canadian North

Caribou, in their much greater range of latitudinal distribution (muskoxen are rarely found in the boreal forests) are less strongly coupled as a species by feedback loops to their forage [27].

Climate change and terrestrial wildlife management in the Canadian North

Hunting was not the cause of all known historic wildlife declines – muskoxen virtually disappeared from Banks and western Victoria Islands in the late 1800s, before European influences.

Climate change and terrestrial wildlife management in the Canadian North